TeenZombie wrote...
I responded kind of harshly a few days ago when you came into this thread to "stereotype" it, while real discussion was going on before and after your post. You're doing the same thing now; there is plenty of discussion on the last few pages that you could join in, if you cared to, or you could start a new topic and I'm sure people would join in, but you're back just to state your opinion and leave again. What's the point?
If you don't like character support threads, and you don't feel that they are "inclusive," nothing is stopping you from using Ecael's Adblocking Thread to keep them out of your view. There is no "sway" that exists on the forums, just because people post in those threads. If you'd rather just ignore them, and post in other threads, nothing is stopping you.
Or, you could do what many people do, and go from thread to thread and actually participate in discussions, without worrying about "cliques."
Personally, I think that while certain individuals who post a lot might express their views on characters they do or don't like, no groups on this forum are organized into rivalries. And I'm glad that we have posters in this group, for instance, who are big fans of other love interests, and alert us to fan fiction and art that I wouldn't have been exposed to otherwise, because I simply don't have the time to go to every LI thread more than once in a long while.
I don't expect anything of the character threads but social interaction with other fans, good discussion, and sharing fan fiction and fan art. I don't know what else you think we should be doing in here, but I enjoy these threads, and I'm glad they exist.
That post was meant in jest... if you took offense to it then I apologize. I will try to be more civil from now on, if that is what you wish. Just so you know I do support Kaidan... And it's not that I don't like the whole concept of supporting characters you like, I love it in fact.. I just feel that:
A) It is creating division - I have heard several people in character support threads admit that they stick to that thread almost always and rarely visit others. While fans of different characters do interact with each other it isn't as frequent as it used to be... I just wish people would mingle more and not be afraid to discuss things with someone who belongs to another thread (e.g. the Tali and Miranda threads - I believe both have admitted to not being the best of friends at points [like Emil who said something along the lines of there being a "cold war" between the two])
It is preventing people from having in-depth discussion of the actual story and having too much focus on individual characters (his forum is titled "Official Campaign Quests and Storylines" for a reason - I don't see why they can't create a different forum for this purpose, e.g. "Character discussion"). Using the adblocking thing won't help as this is a community issue, not just an individual problem, I don't think me using the adblocker will make people any more willing to engage in in-depth story discussion and questions.
C) When I say I don't have any "sway" I mean that because the majority of fans tend to be so wrapped up in their own support threads if I post an individual thread asking questions about the story then it will not receive nearly as much attention as anything support thread related.
I just want more peace and interaction with the support threads and more relevance to the actual story in this forum. Is that such a bad thing?
Modifié par Lady of the Waters, 16 mai 2010 - 03:20 .
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