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loquaciousquark (![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} loquaciousquark) wrote in ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/community.gif){kind=small} fandom_wank,@ 2007-08-31 23:52:00 |
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I like to bend it bend it! (but not too often)
Alternate Title: Shipping: Fucking. Serious. Business.
Inkatara_zuko, Avatar: the Last Airbender fans congregate to discuss their shippy Zutarian love. It's normally pretty wank-free, but with Season Three rapidly approaching after an unannounced hiatus of almost a year, many of the wankier fans are coming out of the woodwork.
It starts relatively simply.hyper_roo decides to post about the possibility of Zutara becoming canon. Their post probably has some decent points, if anyone would bother to read them. Unfortunately, she/he does not realize that she is not the first to do this kind of post and that they are, in fact, the second person to make a post about Zutara's canonicity (or lack thereof) in the last 36 hours, and that posts of this nature have been at least weekly for the last month or so.
rachelthedemon, among others, is sick of these posts. Not only that, but her reply ("TO HELL WITH CANON") is the reply that has been frequently used on this posts because these posts are the same over and over and over again:
"If you've ever wondered why the rest of the fandom likes to mock the hell out of us? THIS IS WHY. Because collectively, we are obnoxiously immature and don't know when to accept things the way they are and shut up. Unfortunately, that gives those of us who are sane about shipping a bad name.
Really. I'm almost ashamed to even LIKE Zutara thanks to some of what's been posted here in reaction to the Season 3 trailer, because I don't want to be lumped in with the crazy.
The horse is dead. The carcass is maggot-infested and sagging and rotting and there is absolutely nothing you can do to make it get back up again.
The community pretty much divides from there. Some people agree with rachelthedemon. Others support the OP and agree that Zutara will be canon. Additionally, rachelthedemon is accused of killing hope and overreacting. (Also, we have someone who thinks Dante Basco's voice is sexy.)
Apparently all this controversy is too much.hyper_roo feels personally attacked and leaves the ship in a new post (mood: betrayed). People are upset and blame their fellow shippers. Other people don't know what's going on, but think everyone's overreacting. The word flounce is used. xxawayfrommexx posts to the community in support of hyper_roo to general support:
"It's been, perhaps, a month since I last checked this community, so when I came here I was like: YAY! My Zutara sanctuary!
Then I see that more than 5 or 6 people have left.
T.T
It really makes me sad.
I read HyperRoo's little post, and all ,and I saw most of the Zutara posters were kinda like Kataang posters. Now please, I'm not bashing Kataang posters; my brother is one. But really people, we used to pride ourselves is saying "I'm not like immature Kataang person, who bashes other, I'M ZUTARIST AND AM MATURE!! >P "
Then why did you go off at HyperRoo? Yes, I see that many people are like, "ZUTARA WILL BE CANNON!!oneone!" but, really, I thought that most of the comments were a tad rude. So... what are you going to do about it?"
But rachelthedemon is still unhappy and letsxxawayfrommexx know exactly how many posts on this topic have been made since July 28 (eight separate posts, not including hyper_roo's, averaging out to about two a week). anais_ninja thinks she's missing the point.
Finally, the mods step in to wrap everything up and tell everyone to play nice.
Alternate Title: Shipping: Fucking. Serious. Business.
In
katara_zuko, Avatar: the Last Airbender fans congregate to discuss their shippy Zutarian love. It's normally pretty wank-free, but with Season Three rapidly approaching after an unannounced hiatus of almost a year, many of the wankier fans are coming out of the woodwork.It starts relatively simply.
hyper_roo decides to post about the possibility of Zutara becoming canon. Their post probably has some decent points, if anyone would bother to read them. Unfortunately, she/he does not realize that she is not the first to do this kind of post and that they are, in fact, the second person to make a post about Zutara's canonicity (or lack thereof) in the last 36 hours, and that posts of this nature have been at least weekly for the last month or so.rachelthedemon, among others, is sick of these posts. Not only that, but her reply ("TO HELL WITH CANON") is the reply that has been frequently used on this posts because these posts are the same over and over and over again:
"If you've ever wondered why the rest of the fandom likes to mock the hell out of us? THIS IS WHY. Because collectively, we are obnoxiously immature and don't know when to accept things the way they are and shut up. Unfortunately, that gives those of us who are sane about shipping a bad name.
Really. I'm almost ashamed to even LIKE Zutara thanks to some of what's been posted here in reaction to the Season 3 trailer, because I don't want to be lumped in with the crazy.
The horse is dead. The carcass is maggot-infested and sagging and rotting and there is absolutely nothing you can do to make it get back up again.
The community pretty much divides from there. Some people agree with rachelthedemon. Others support the OP and agree that Zutara will be canon. Additionally, rachelthedemon is accused of killing hope and overreacting. (Also, we have someone who thinks Dante Basco's voice is sexy.)
Apparently all this controversy is too much.
hyper_roo feels personally attacked and leaves the ship in a new post (mood: betrayed). People are upset and blame their fellow shippers. Other people don't know what's going on, but think everyone's overreacting. The word flounce is used. xxawayfrommexx posts to the community in support of hyper_roo to general support:"It's been, perhaps, a month since I last checked this community, so when I came here I was like: YAY! My Zutara sanctuary!
Then I see that more than 5 or 6 people have left.
T.T
It really makes me sad.
I read HyperRoo's little post, and all ,and I saw most of the Zutara posters were kinda like Kataang posters. Now please, I'm not bashing Kataang posters; my brother is one. But really people, we used to pride ourselves is saying "I'm not like immature Kataang person, who bashes other, I'M ZUTARIST AND AM MATURE!! >P "
Then why did you go off at HyperRoo? Yes, I see that many people are like, "ZUTARA WILL BE CANNON!!oneone!" but, really, I thought that most of the comments were a tad rude. So... what are you going to do about it?"
But rachelthedemon is still unhappy and lets
xxawayfrommexx know exactly how many posts on this topic have been made since July 28 (eight separate posts, not including hyper_roo's, averaging out to about two a week). anais_ninja thinks she's missing the point.Finally, the mods step in to wrap everything up and tell everyone to play nice.
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