Human BrianJul 17, 2017

#rant #DrWho13
Not the rant you are thinking of.

Being a fan is not a rational thing, it's an emotional one. And while we'd like to think that fans are all smart folk that stick together, it's not really true.

I've seen stars gently explain to grown fans that they are not the characters they play. I've seen flame wars over things much, much smaller than the gender of the title character of one of the most iconic SF TV shows there is.

Fandom is emotional, not rational.

Show threadHuman BrianJul 17, 2017

« So:

1) You don't get to call someone "not a real fan" if they don't like a change in a show. Even if you think they are an idiot, and the change is a good one. They may be an idiot. Still a fan.

2) There are going to be perfectly nice fans, not bigots or idiots, who are upset by #drwho13 being female. They may not be able to articulate why to your satisfaction. Tough. They have that right.

#endrant

Show threadnein09
@shadowfirebird someone being upset by that reads to me as someone being upset that I'm as much of a person as a man is.
Jul 17, 2017 at 5:37pmWeb
Show threadHuman BrianJul 17, 2017

@nein09 And sometimes that would be an apt analogy, because, let's face it, some people are a bit crap.

And sometimes it wouldn't, any more than it would be for, say, coming home to your parents for a visit and being entirely thrown because they've repainted your room.

Again: it's about emotion, not rational thought. You can't control how you feel -- although you can sure as hell control what you do about it…

Show threadnein09Jul 17, 2017
@shadowfirebird also, it's not analogy, what I said, it's really what men are upset about a lot of the time. That not all people are men.
Show threadHuman BrianJul 17, 2017
@nein09 Well, that's an enormous generalisation … which is more true than not, probably. But still a simplification.
Show threadHuman BrianJul 17, 2017
@nein09 I mean, for example: how on earth do you know they are all white?
Show threadnein09Jul 17, 2017
@shadowfirebird that's overwhelmingly who I have heard the same shit from for years and years and years.