Unpopular fandomeme

[filthgoblin]

Pinched this one from perdiccas and terraswrath.

Ask me about anything fannish and I will give you my unpopular opinion about it.

It can be anything, from shows, ships to fandom itself; all unpopular opinions will be genuine. If I don't have an unpopular opinion on something, I'm not going to make it up.

I'm not going to bitch for the sake of it, but if I do have something less than popular to say, I won't keep it to myself.

Comments

[candesgirl.livejournal.com]

Hmm, Doctor Who :)

[filthgoblin.livejournal.com]

I suppose my main unpopular opinion here is that I can't be arsed with the fandom. I love the show but I got into it through new!Who and there's an awful lot of snobs in the fandom who judge you if you got into it throught Tennant. I am exploring some of the older stuff now, but I don't feel the need to go justify myself to anyone.

My other less than popular opinion is that I don't dig the fanfic. I just can't imagine the Doctor getting it on with any of his assistants and Doctor/Master fic tends to be really samey. I like BDSM & hate!sex as much as the next person but it's a bit limited in its scope.

I guess the best thing about this fandom for me is the RPS, and writing the recent JS/DT fic I posted felt like coming home.

[terraswrath.livejournal.com]

I would agree with everything you have written here although I had to comment to mention that your exploration of classic!Who is something that I admire in you. I think why a lot of classic fans are set against the new fans is that some of them so easily dismiss the roots of the show. It's like they can't believe that there ever was something prior to the millenium that's worth taking a look at. But you are aware of that history and are willing to approach it: not because you feel obligated, but because you want to go deeper. Whoever would want you to justify to them are idiots.

Also, with you on the repetitive D/M BDSM fic. But you have to admit, it's a way of getting noticed by all the speshul peoplez out there. *eyeroll*

[filthgoblin.livejournal.com]

I don't want to be noticed by speshul peepel. I want them to stay out of my sandpit and stop with the superiority complex already. Fandom is not a hierarchy, nor does it exist to validate you or make up for your low self-worth.

And yes, I am enjoying the audiobooks for what they are. They're entertaining. I'm not going through them because I want to be able to tick them off and show how well-versed I am in "obscure canon". After all, I am led to believe that Doctor Who is an entertainment show and not a way to one-up your fellow human beings? Maybe that's my unpopular view.