Do people take the Touhou fanbase too seriously?

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Vile Lasagna:
I kinda get what you're saying but I feel like you're just sprinkling dust in the wind. Such things are inevitable in any social circle and in the internet more than anything. The web brought about a whole new way of blind-relationships. When you log on you're no one. Asides from my sister, for instance, none of you know bloody shit about me. At most some might know what I study from reading some of my other posts but that's probably it. You don't my face, you don't know what I think, what I am like and that distance between people induces a lot of "fuck this shit". Because you don't know me and you know I don't know you you don't have to give a shit about what I think or about what I feel and respect becomes a more and more distant concept.

Then you take this environment with anonymity and without respect and throw in a bunch of over-exalted fans. It's inevitable. The circles quickly form in forums, boards, communities and there's a whole different kind of peer pressure. There's the always present need of establishing oneself as an individual or establishing a community as a "people". With the lack of personal boundaries these acts of self affirmation quickly turn to destruction and attack of everything that has not a direct influence in what your community represents, because having enemies is the quickest way you can set yourself apart from the rest of the world.

Of course that is a whole way of acting that is VERY VERY STUPID. But more and more I learn that people are amazingly stupid and the more people you have the more stupid they become. So the internet is populated almost exclusively by people that are complete retards on the large majority of their "cyber-lives" (and then every once in a while they'll play good boy and suck up to the people from whatever clan/community they want to belong to).

Regarding Touhou fandom I never hid it. I find the vast majority of it to be really stupid and I don't want anything to do with that. As Ark once pointed out I'm a traditionalist bastard and don't take well to... things. I am also a fan and, as such, am obviously unsatisfied with ZUN at points of his work but I believe that is proof that I like this cause otherwise I would look, say "yay" and not give a shit.

I think the answer to both things is self policing cause it's not like there's much you can do except not become a retarded yourself, and try to keep SOME measure of respect. Even I have kept inside tolerable boundaries in here despite shameless trolling every once in a while. So I guess there's not much you can do about your problems than holding on and taking it easy yourself u.u. Those people are likely retards anyway.

Edible:

Helepolis:

--- Quote from: Rosie Rune on July 23, 2009, 03:25:11 PM ---<big mofo essay>

Don't forget, at the end of the day; you're all nerds.

Take it easy.

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I don't consider myself as a nerd as I don't go 24/7 around with Touhou in my mind. I do consider myself as an addict. Addicts are not perse nerds.

Besides your essay, seriously. What are you trying to achieve anyway? I normally read such posts but the discussion of Touhou fandom is seriously becoming annoying.

Dollywitch:

--- Quote from: Firestorm29 on July 23, 2009, 03:46:10 PM ---I really can't say I see the same thing you do. Then again, I started becoming alittle more active in this community after coming from what has to be the most polarized fanbase I've ever seen in my life, and the Touhou fanbase isn't even near that from my point of view.

The only thing I can think of that might be near that area you mentioned is some YouTubers who RRRAAAAGGGEEEE!!! at people for asking "What is an anime is this?", but that's YouTube, a group of kids who excel at finding anything to complain about >.>;. Sounds like your fanbase is that combined with some 4channers who only believe what trolls and memes speak of.

I feel confident though that the only people that this place pushes out are those you mention, elitists who live for trying to separate and tier people and berate those of less skill or plays different modes.

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See, I'm not saying it's happening now.

I'm saying that it's going to happen in the near future.

It's like I'm identifying symptoms of HIV and warning you of the AIDs. I've just seen this happen a retarded amount of times now in just about every fandom.

--- Quote ---Besides your essay, seriously. What are you trying to achieve anyway? I normally read such posts but the discussion of Touhou fandom is seriously becoming annoying.
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Well really you don't have to read threads that are obviously about it. Another thing I dislike about internet culture is that apparently talking about a problem either makes it worse, or makes it exist if it doesn't, when the exact opposite is true in real life. Talking about "drama" is not necessarily the same as adding to it. If this was true half the world would be nuked by now.

Mima:
The Touhou Fandom has rapidly deteriorated to shit over the last few years, end of discussion.

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