Originally I wanted to say that the attitude you described is exactly what keeps me away from some fandoms or to be more precise from participating actively in some fandoms - like SPN and Torchwood. But then I realised that I'm still in the LotR fandom and that even after 10 years there still is the entitlement issue as well as the annual discussion of plagiarism. This is not necessarily identical with the subject you raised but I suppose that's because you'd have to be REALLY mental to think that your actions could influence the long dead Tolkien or Jackson and his long finished movies. But I think it's still the same form of entitlement - some fans thinking they deserve to say in which direction the ship's supposed to sail.
So, what does that say about fandom? Is this something that is bound to happen in every fandom? Has it something to do with the "source", i.e. the show/movie itself - do some formats attract crazy people more than others do? Is this merely a reflection of how much the 'influence' of the internet (and spreading your ideas and finding other crazy people to agree with you in lightning speed) has grown?
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on 2009-07-31 07:15 am (UTC)Originally I wanted to say that the attitude you described is exactly what keeps me away from some fandoms or to be more precise from participating actively in some fandoms - like SPN and Torchwood. But then I realised that I'm still in the LotR fandom and that even after 10 years there still is the entitlement issue as well as the annual discussion of plagiarism. This is not necessarily identical with the subject you raised but I suppose that's because you'd have to be REALLY mental to think that your actions could influence the long dead Tolkien or Jackson and his long finished movies. But I think it's still the same form of entitlement - some fans thinking they deserve to say in which direction the ship's supposed to sail.
So, what does that say about fandom? Is this something that is bound to happen in every fandom? Has it something to do with the "source", i.e. the show/movie itself - do some formats attract crazy people more than others do? Is this merely a reflection of how much the 'influence' of the internet (and spreading your ideas and finding other crazy people to agree with you in lightning speed) has grown?