antilles333 wrote...
While I will not mention things, yes there have been people who have trolled and intentionally put things to create Jerk-offery.
Like I said, I've read every post. Yes. Every post. I think I've counted about 800 negative to the thread posts, about 1000 "how many pages now?" posts and the rest positive on topic posts actually having to do with the history of quarians and answering FAQ's about Tali and her family. I've also seen people put their creative hands to work and start actually drawing and writing.
So yeah. 1800 negative posts.
Out of nearly 34,000.
I don't believe we need to attack them, I just don't want to associate with them.
Did you count posts like this? That have no content, explain no reason for being so attached to Tali, etc.?
Anonymous wrote...
My eyes droop, my fingertips are numb and only the presence of caffeine in my blood sustains me. My night has been filled with pain, joy, horror and excitement, yet I near the brink, the precipice of consciousness. The world darkens around me, a single, overwhelming void that threatens to swallow me and consume my soul for eternity.
And yet I persevere. I remain strong. I have poured blood and sweat into this thread. it is a part of me now, a part of us all, no longer simply a ream of words and pictures, rather an ideal, a unifying force that raises our tired spirits and revives our battered bodies. I speak to you from the edge of reason, the exent of my physical endurance but I do with strength in my voice and determination in my heart!
You, all of you! My fellow tali-lovers, it is your love and devotion that sustains me in my darkest hour and drives me onward! And I say to you that I will NOT let slumber take me! I will NOT succumb to weakness! I WILL post and post until my last breath AND I WILL SEE THIS PAGE REACH ONE THOUSAND PAGES!!!
TALI LOVE WILL CONQUER ALL!!!
I don't enjoy reading posts like that. Do you? That is plenty enough to keep me away from that thread. That sort of thing takes time and dedication develop - exactly as the posts says. I don't need to see how they got there to know that they are there already. To be fair there has been some discussion which has been worth reading, even on the most recent pages. Also, I doubt it really means anything to the individuals who say things like that. But they're going with the flow. There's a flow to it.
What if I like Tali? What if I want to talk about her, but don't need any sense of belonging to a fan group or mock-cult worship group of her? What if I don't like "praying to the goddess"? Can't I make a thread about it?
I came into the thread, and they welcomed me, and said I was welcome to join. But they put it into words of faith that seemed to be codified. So no, I don't want to discuss anything with them on those grounds. That pulls me in with the people who are most fanatical.
Early on in the Tali fandom world there was a fan art with her leaning out of the MAKO with her boobs lolling around, and aliens drooling over her. In a way it's funny - but I remember getting the clear impression some people liked the picture of her. Then there were a few posts of pictures of her naked, some more clearly influenced by pornography, with big boobs and disgusting body language, than others. I can imagine wondering what an alien looks like under the Suit, I've always wanted to see a Turian, lol - but they aren't trying to be realistic with those posts. In both cases, I've seen a number of approvals, and no clear disapprovals.
Now, I'm not a fascist, this may be beyond my understanding so I won't declare that they have to stop, I won't curse them out or make fun of them, I'm not a dick. But it's not something I care to be associated with, and it's clearly enough to cause a violent reaction in people. People aren't responding to the number of posts, or the off-topicness of the thread, but that it's become an in-crowd. I like Tali, I don't like in-crowds.
Modifié par Alocormin, 17 février 2010 - 05:09 .
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