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On the other hand, size doesn't make a community or a convention.
That said, it's not uncommon in the current day and age for fandoms to be like that. It happens with anime series, it happens with other shows and things. It's more of a 'now' generation than a 'past stuff' generation and I suppose if fans move on to a new medium there's not really a place for that.
I really hope you are right about the hardcore people, but I remain healthily sceptical.
PS - I am not a Pollyanna, honest.
Quote from: OleGrayMane on June 30, 2019, 02:50:51 PMPS - I am not a Pollyanna, honest.Depending on your definition of “Pollyanna” in slang (there are a few ways to take it), I’d rather be a Pollyanna any day than one of the sad legions of whiners and pessimists that plague the internet. Society could use a good dose of Pollyanna-ism, as far as I’m concerned. For example... the current climate of the Star Wars community. I’d waaay rather be irrepressibly positive and cheerful about my fandom than spend my every waking moment stressed out about it and tearing down every little aspect I don’t like!
But I do genuinely hope for a time when there's no separation - at least, people can collect or like what they want, but the whole hostility is gone. That's my hope as a PONY fan.
Society could use a good dose of Pollyanna-ism, as far as I’m concerned. For example... the current climate of the Star Wars community. I’d waaay rather be irrepressibly positive and cheerful about my fandom than spend my every waking moment stressed out about it and tearing down every little aspect I don’t like!
Quote from: Nemesis on June 30, 2019, 04:59:57 PMSociety could use a good dose of Pollyanna-ism, as far as I’m concerned. For example... the current climate of the Star Wars community. I’d waaay rather be irrepressibly positive and cheerful about my fandom than spend my every waking moment stressed out about it and tearing down every little aspect I don’t like!SW is the go-to antifandom right now. It's sad. I say as a pessimist and SW fan who isn't touching its fandom with a ten foot pole right now
Quote from: Zapper on July 01, 2019, 08:13:54 AMQuote from: Nemesis on June 30, 2019, 04:59:57 PMSociety could use a good dose of Pollyanna-ism, as far as I’m concerned. For example... the current climate of the Star Wars community. I’d waaay rather be irrepressibly positive and cheerful about my fandom than spend my every waking moment stressed out about it and tearing down every little aspect I don’t like!SW is the go-to antifandom right now. It's sad. I say as a pessimist and SW fan who isn't touching its fandom with a ten foot pole right now It makes me long for the simpler, more innocent time when there was just the prequels vs. originals divide.
Long story short, each fan can have their clique but integrate the MLP generations, please.
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