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[mrv3000]

There's an unpopular fandom meme going around, but I can't really think of anything at the moment. Instead I'm going to point at and mock this post:

http://community.livejournal.com/startrek/978680.html

It seems to happen in every single fandom that has older versions of something new: the hard-core fan who doesn't want other kinds of fans (usually new fans) to exsist (like, anywhere) because "THIS FANDOM IS MINE MINE MINE AND YOU CAN'T BE ON THE INTERNET BECAUSE YOU'RE DESTROYING THE PURITY OF THIS SHOW/MOVIE/BOOK/COMIC!!!! *STOMP STOMP STOMP*" Mwah.

Comments

[principia-coh.livejournal.com]

You know, they could've just posted YOU DAMN KIDS GET OFF MY LAWN! and it would've been about as effective.

By the way, if someone is trying to be all More Old School Than You, it would be better not to do it with an animated GIF of a character from TNG who was forcibly grafted onto DS9. I'm just saying.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

You know, they could've just posted YOU DAMN KIDS GET OFF MY LAWN! and it would've been about as effective.

Complete with a cane-shake and turning on the hose. :D

By the way, if someone is trying to be all More Old School Than You, it would be better not to do it with an animated GIF of a character from TNG who was forcibly grafted onto DS9. I'm just saying.

*SNORTS*

[yourebrilliant.livejournal.com]

Oh good lord.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Very special, yes? :D

[professor_mirror]

Hilariously, I'm an old school Trekkie who is LOVING the new fannish glee in the wake of the movie. The macros, gifs, and action figure theatre picspams showing up on ontd_startrek are HILARIOUS.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

You're totally a SPY!!

[shinyopals.livejournal.com]

EWWWWW.... FANGIRL COOTIES.

I also kind of lolled about how fandom_wank has jumped on this one as OMG OLD SCHOOL FANBOYS ARE IDIOTS, yet when it comes to Doctor Who...

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

This is because in DW old school fans are correct and new fans really do have cooties. DUH.

[principia-coh.livejournal.com]

I also kind of lolled about how fandom_wank has jumped on this one as OMG OLD SCHOOL FANBOYS ARE IDIOTS, yet when it comes to Doctor Who...

Yes, but BRITISH old school fanboys are always right, or didn't you know that? XP

[rosewarren.livejournal.com]

Yes, only Old School Fans are relevant and authentic. All newcomers should be shot.

What do they think HAPPENS to a fandom if new people never join in?

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Things die out, but THEY ARE PURE! And then they wind up stealing the body of a blonde and snogging the hell out of a manic depressive alien. It's sort of a strange path.

[sarae03.livejournal.com]

LOL...wow!
It's been a while since I've read anything that ridiculous...thanks for the entertainment today. :)

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

It is pretty amusing, isn't it? :D

[joyfulfeather.livejournal.com]

HAH! I always expect links like that to make me angry -- but instead I just cackled. Thanks for that. :D Poor old skool fanboys.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

*pats them* Must be horrible to have to share the intarwebs with icky icky girls!

[frenchroast.livejournal.com]

Holy crap, people just went crazy in that post.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Plenty of crazy to go around! :D

[skybound2]

*face palm*

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Oh! Oh! You've got one of those fangirl icons! I can tell because it has a picture of that dude and WORDS!

[papilio-luna.livejournal.com]

TROOOOOOL IN THE DUNGEON!

I think I just got stupider reading all that.

Having said that... why do people not realise that fangirling isn't a zero-sum game? It's not like I have an allotment of, like, 10 Fandom Points™ and if I spend them all on staring at David Tennant's crotch (handy visual aid provided in icon) I won't have any left over to talk about whether or not Gallifrey had a harsh climate given its residents' ultra-resilient biology, and what the evidence in the BFAs is for this theory. I can do both! At the same time even! The human brain (especially the female brain, ackshully) is really good at multitasking. Especially when staring at David Tennant's crotch really just requires my lizard brain and not much else.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

I think I just got stupider reading all that.

:D

And your point system is cracking me up! "Oh sorry. I can't discuss any hair-related topics right now. I've used my points this week." :D

[tripocket.livejournal.com]

I don't know what's worse the fact that they went there or the fact that I read every last bit of it.

[larissa-j.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry. It's pretty bad.

[katesutton.livejournal.com]

??? I think that person thinks they are REALLY COOL because they do fandom RIGHT. Whereas, when it comes down to it, we are all dorking out about a TV show. In this case, one with entire MADE UP LANGUAGES(you can still buy the Klingon Dictionary, trufax) and the aliens in the original were sometimes maybe one step up from Doctor Who's bubblewrap aliens. ALSO THIS SHOW INVENTED SEX POLLEN, YES? And bodyswapping.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Yeah, really any kind of "THIS SHOW IS SRS BUSINESS!!!" stuff is just...laughable. That goes for pretty much any show.

[anotokino.livejournal.com]

Is it me or has the entire purpose of Star Trek being a show about space exploration been shamelessly eclipsed by rabid fangirling?
She can't be serious XD I've been a TOS fan for some time now and we can certainly fangirl with the best of them. Has she only ever hung out on the "male side" of old school fandom? cause they've always struck me as a bit boring

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Apparently they're a known troll. Either that or they really are that obtuse. :D

[spikewriter]

I'm sitting here with tears literally running down my cheeks because I'm laughing so hard. I've only been able to glimpse at the original post but my reaction when I saw the Worf gif was "bitch, please."

Ah, gotta love fans who want it all enshrined in amber and it can only be done their way and how they think it's appropriate and any deviation an opportunity for scorn and mockery. Oh, and the "I've been in fandom longer than you game" -- I remember getting that played at me at a con where two women sneered at me because I was a "newbie," making tacky comments behind my back while we stood in line deliberately loud enough so I could hear. (I was wearing a TNG uniform at the time - and was then skinny enough to look good in it.)

Finally, I had enough and turned around. "How long have you been watching the show?"

They looked surprised at being confronted but said, "Longer than you."

"How long? Just the year."

"Since the early 70s when it was first in syndication -- but that's still longer than –"

"September 1966. Mantrap. Wrote letters to NBC when we were trying to save the show. Whadda ya think of that, newbie?"

That shut them up for about five minutes -- wouldn't have pulled the fandom age card, but they were Just. So. Annoying.

However, all of you are lovely, lovely people and have made me laugh. I love having clever and witty folks in my fandoms, no matter how long they've been watching.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

BWAH!!! That story is great! Fandom snobbery is always a BUHWUH? with me. Isn't everyone here to play? :D

[bluewingedpixie.livejournal.com]

Is it me or has the entire purpose of Star Trek being a show about space exploration

They lost me in lolz right here. Seriously?

Whether it's Who or Trek, old school fans wouldn't have new material to watch if it weren't for the new fanbase! I was bored and needed entertainment - thanks for providing ;)

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Stop talking logic! ;)

[beck-liz.livejournal.com]

Second comment down there's this: We joined Star Trek, not Twilight Fangirls Make Icons of Cute Boys.

Hahahahahahahahaha. *snortgiggle* Oh, you poor, poor thing. Also, you think they're Twilight fangirls? Wow, are you behind the times - fangirls have been doing that for yeaaaaaars. Hee.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

I wonder how many Trek fanboys had pics of the short-skirted women back in the day?

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

*checks* Oh. Actually, that's the "girls are ruining Trek by being girls" one. The Damn kids stuff has been hitting fanficrants for over a month.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

At least they're keeping everyone entertained. :D

[eternalblue.livejournal.com]

Ugh. I couldn't help myself and read the entire thing. I feel kind of icky now.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

*hoses you off*