I think it is important to get it out and try to remember not to do it to anyone else. We all get really jaded by our experiences. I've been so turned off by certain fans it's hard to see the difference from them and other fans in the fandom. Recently, I caught a post on one of my flists. A fan wrote a crossover, Torchwood and Weiss Kruz. A brilliant cross in my book and she was met with such negativity. It was like poo poo, you wrote a crossover and crossovers are universally bad unless they're the fandoms I think that fit.
It just blew me away. Mind you, I'm anal retentive about crossover stuff myself. It has to be written well, but I honestly don't think you should judge it just because it's a crossover. I've seen some awesome stuff out there. A Gundamwing B-5 crossover, wonderpeice, and they made it fit.
Now I have this horridly sour taste for Torchwood fandom. When mind you, I've felt at home in Who-fandom and FMA fandom, both of which have their quarks and wars, but seem to be willing to welcome multifandom fans.
And well, don't get me going about Gundamwing fans... *twitch*
I guess what I'm saying is, we all have things that make us irritable because of how we've been treated or how we see other folks treated, so we react. I damn well know I will NOT post my Torchwood Crossover on the Torchwood lists because of it and I have this negative impression about it, knowing that they hogpiled someone who didn't fit their idea of creativity. Which is likely why I hated GW fandom....
Anyhow, I'm glad you wrote about it. It puts it all in perspective.
*Hugs* thanks for understanding. Hopefully I'll get more free time once things settle down again. I've been dreadful to my flist of late.
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It just blew me away. Mind you, I'm anal retentive about crossover stuff myself. It has to be written well, but I honestly don't think you should judge it just because it's a crossover. I've seen some awesome stuff out there. A Gundamwing B-5 crossover, wonderpeice, and they made it fit.
Now I have this horridly sour taste for Torchwood fandom. When mind you, I've felt at home in Who-fandom and FMA fandom, both of which have their quarks and wars, but seem to be willing to welcome multifandom fans.
And well, don't get me going about Gundamwing fans... *twitch*
I guess what I'm saying is, we all have things that make us irritable because of how we've been treated or how we see other folks treated, so we react. I damn well know I will NOT post my Torchwood Crossover on the Torchwood lists because of it and I have this negative impression about it, knowing that they hogpiled someone who didn't fit their idea of creativity. Which is likely why I hated GW fandom....
Anyhow, I'm glad you wrote about it. It puts it all in perspective.
*Hugs* thanks for understanding. Hopefully I'll get more free time once things settle down again. I've been dreadful to my flist of late.