It seems recently a lot of people are having crisises of fandom. I wonder why people take this all so seriously. After reading Felidae_h's posts and the responses on the Furuba fanfic blog and the innumerable rants against newbie dbz/linkin park AMV creators on the animemusicvideos.org forums I really find myself confused. Why do people care so much when people do something they like badly? The AMV creators rail daily about the awful linkinball Z music videos that clog the database. But is it so hard just not to download or watch them? The fact that creator xyz is making a horrible video doesn't mean that I have to watch it. Nor does it affect the music videos I make in any discernable way. The same goes for fanfiction. There have been a ton of bad Fruits Basket fanfics recently posted to FF.net. I mean really bad. There has been a lot of talk and complaint about it. I really just dont get it. If the story is bad, I don't have to read it. No one is holding a gun to my head. I can happily ignore it and go on with my enjoyment of the series. It also doesn't effect my writing one way or another. Sometimes I feel strange because everyone else seems to be so offended by the newbies and wannabies. Does that mean that I don't like amv's or fruits basket as much as they? If I'm not wrought up about it, does that mean I'm not as emotionly involved as the others? I often feel detatched and confused at the emotions and actions of others. I guess it comes down to the fact that I'm selfish. The things I make, when all is said and done, I make for myself. I write, create music videos, bead, draw, whatever, for my own enjoyment. When it's not fun anymore, I don't do it anymore. Its the creation process that engages me, less then the final product. I guess I just won't ever get how other people's half-assed efforts is supposed to make that less fun... Mmm...bleh...I don't even know what I'm trying to say anymore. This reads like a rant against the people complaining about stuff in their fandom. It's not meant to be. *They* don't bother me anymore than the wannabies and newbies do. I just don't understand them. It's like the sub/dub wars. I just don't get it.