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misscamDisclaimer: I like Rose. I like Martha. I like Sara. I like Catherine. I like Lady Heather. I like Cameron. I like Cuddy. I like a lot of female characters. Quite often, there's one or two things I can identify with, though I very rarely feel one of them is some sort of avatar for me. They do sometimes annoy me, but hey, so can my friends.
I hardly ever feel a particular need to hate on a character. I do however sometimes feel the urge to, if not hate on, grrr at other parts of fandom. (For varying reasons - personal differences, petty grudges, particular opinions I've felt offensive, that they've insulted me first... Blah, blah.) So I got to wondering - how much of character bashing is really trying to strike at the fans of that character? How much character hate is motivated by the way the fans of that character acts? How much does hating on your favourite character make you want to hate on another one, the one your 'enemies' really like? And how much is driven by shipwars?
What do you think?
Because I'm thinking there is quite often a personal element at work too. From my viewpoint, fictional characters should not inspire that much hate. Fictional characters should not inspire Anybodybut... sort of places. Not just on their own. There has to be something else at work. Doesn't there?
I hope so, because the amount of hate and energy put into that hate sometimes just makes me dive for the Wankshelter. It seems so... Stupid, and yet I get involved in petty grrr-ing stuff myself, even knowing it's bloody stupid. Why? (I think I can safely say that both people who really, really like Rose and people who really, really don't like Rose have both at different times inspired me to be stupidly contrary. Maybe because it makes me feel like there's no room in the middle. I've had similar reactions in CSI fandom and House fandom I don't even want to look at.)
I suspect the trouble is that fandom is full of humans. Humans only have I-POV, and anyone who has written a bit know why I-POV can be a pain in the ass. Maybe we should get ourselves a narrator - "And 'lo, then Cam was a hateful git."
But then, would anyone really listen to some annoying know-it-all?
Meanwhile, you can all do some for Martha and Rose non-bashing and sign-up for the Martha and Rose or Martha/Rose ficathon. Hurrah!
I hardly ever feel a particular need to hate on a character. I do however sometimes feel the urge to, if not hate on, grrr at other parts of fandom. (For varying reasons - personal differences, petty grudges, particular opinions I've felt offensive, that they've insulted me first... Blah, blah.) So I got to wondering - how much of character bashing is really trying to strike at the fans of that character? How much character hate is motivated by the way the fans of that character acts? How much does hating on your favourite character make you want to hate on another one, the one your 'enemies' really like? And how much is driven by shipwars?
What do you think?
Because I'm thinking there is quite often a personal element at work too. From my viewpoint, fictional characters should not inspire that much hate. Fictional characters should not inspire Anybodybut... sort of places. Not just on their own. There has to be something else at work. Doesn't there?
I hope so, because the amount of hate and energy put into that hate sometimes just makes me dive for the Wankshelter. It seems so... Stupid, and yet I get involved in petty grrr-ing stuff myself, even knowing it's bloody stupid. Why? (I think I can safely say that both people who really, really like Rose and people who really, really don't like Rose have both at different times inspired me to be stupidly contrary. Maybe because it makes me feel like there's no room in the middle. I've had similar reactions in CSI fandom and House fandom I don't even want to look at.)
I suspect the trouble is that fandom is full of humans. Humans only have I-POV, and anyone who has written a bit know why I-POV can be a pain in the ass. Maybe we should get ourselves a narrator - "And 'lo, then Cam was a hateful git."
But then, would anyone really listen to some annoying know-it-all?
Meanwhile, you can all do some for Martha and Rose non-bashing and sign-up for the Martha and Rose or Martha/Rose ficathon. Hurrah!