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Ghostbusters, Frozen, and the strange entitlement of fan culture
sitnspin:
As an artist, I find the idea of fans attempting to dictate how I create to be irritating at best. As a fan, I can understand the impulse. Personally, I would never demand a writer, filmmaker, or show runner cave to my demands. As a queer WOC I've made polite requests and suggestions to the media in general in relation to more diversity and positive representation, but that's it. In the end, a real creator has to follow thier vision. They can listen to feedback and decide if it warrants making adjustments to better communicate the ideas they are attempting to convey, but ultimately the art is theirs and they should do as thier creative impulse demands.
jwhouk:
Fandom is Broken
Tova:
Great article. I remember reading that King novel, not quite appreciating just how close to reality it was.
And on the subject of death threats from feral fans. This article is recent as well.
I Got Death Threats For Reporting On A Video Game Delay
What in the actual fuck is going on in these people's heads?
sitnspin:
The internet provides a sense of perceived anonymity. More importantly, it breaks down our sense of empathy. It's easier to ignore another person's essential humanity when you only ever experience them as words on a screen. Plus, people are pretty much bastards anyway, the internet just makes it easier to be so without consequences.
Neko_Ali:
Being 'anonymous' emboldens the worst of us. There are plenty in the world who are only as polite as they are to people's faces for fear of what could happen to them if they said what they wanted to say. Which is just a fancy way of saying they don't wanna get punched in the face. None of this is new. People talk behind other people's backs all the time. The internet just adds several layers of insulation, and lets the truly sociopath types get lots of attention when they feel death threats are an appropriate reaction to something.
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