Fandoms Should All Get Along

We should all get along.

I admit; I am not some professor of animation, film, or culture, or anything of the sort. There is not a single reference I could give that would justify heeding my words. The same, however, could be said about most ordinary individuals reading this right now.

Horror-genre fans, anime fans, video game fans, etc.; Most individuals would be inclined to admit that there is one genre or style they favor above others, and that is okay. We are all entitled to our opinion, and to like and dislike different things.

The problem is that some people do not see it that way. They think that their word, as one fan from a thousand or one-hundred thousand, should be the one standard applied above others. Everyone else is wrong except for them, and everyone is stupid for thinking otherwise. That is the kind of attitude that produces “toxic fandoms,” where everyone who has seen a series can only get into hateful arguments over who’s right and who’s wrong rather than expressing their shared fulfillment.

I, for one, thought that Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man 3 was a great movie. For obvious reasons (including a certain infamous dance scene), everyone thought the movie was “corny” or flat-out awful. In my opinion, those silly moments, and the moment where their expression over-do it and look more like gastro-intestinal distress than emotions, add a sort of narm charm. It is over-the-top, but it didn’t become any less entertaining to me. I do not abide anyone by my own personal tastes. It is okay to dislike it, and inform me of such, without going, “No, you’re wrong to like this movie! How dare you like this movie?! Here’s a ten-page article of why you’re wrong for liking this movie!”

And do not get me started on the people who scream, “SJW! SJW,” as if a story featuring a strong female or non-binary character with any form of non-heterosexual romances or ship-teases was some sort of assault against humanity. Those are the sorts whose qualms lie not even in the fandoms themselves, but in their own personal biases that they are applying to a work of fiction and against those who view it. Here is a thought: Don’t like it? Don’t watch or read it.

More than that, why does it matter so much? These are products of fiction. Nobody is forcing them on the audience. There is no gun being held to anyone’s head.

Like I said, we all have the freedom to like and dislike what we want, and we cannot expect every person from every fandom to feel the same way. All I ask is that we try to treat one another with decency befitting fellow humans.

We are all the same; joined by passion and feelings of fondness. I do not understand why we have to come at one another with anger and hateful words over something that is intended to bring us enjoyment. As a man of as much logic as emotion, I see no reason for it.

And, hey, if you do think you can produce something better; try it. More power to you, but we are all as equally free to our opinions about it, and to be free of harassment for that opinion.

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