The thing that upsets me most about the whole fan reaction to the finale is how attacked everyone feels on all sides.
This is not the first or even strongest hint of caution regarding the project that I've heard, although I do find myself wondering if I'd written instead of vidded it, if it would have seemed less threatening? This is not particularly a question aimed at you, more a general observation that the medium of the project is pretty unusual to the point I'm not sure I've even heard of anyone else doing it for television, and therefore there's no framework within which to place it or understand it easily? And in addition it was released at a time of intra-fandom stress?
Relating it to an elaborate, personal canon AU is kind of the first thing that occurs to me, but it's also something that doesn't occur to everyone, I've noticed. I may be reading too much into a short comment, and if so, I apologise, but it seems that being able to put it in that context (big damn AU) also helped you understand it in a way that was more easily relatable to your own fannish participation?
I can't say that there was no element of critique in the project - or that I have any intention of being less, um, emphatic. But I can say with sincerity that I'm sorry you felt attacked (or whatever less strong word would be appropriate).
It's why I say I hate what the finale did to fandom more than anything about the finale itself. This was the most productive and positive and joyful way I knew how to respond, and still I end up causing rifts.
Perhaps the best thing I can do is offer an amnesty - I always knew you liked the finale and therefore wasn't expecting you to jump on board this project - nor do I expect you to continue posting when I post about it (which I'm sure will die down with time). Although obviously your posts are welcome.
If you would feel more comfortable without me on your flist, I also have a completely open friending/unfriending policy and will understand if you want to make that choice. This is most emphatically not said in the hopes that you will unfriend me, but simply if it's an elephant in the room and you'd rather do so, the best thing I can do is try and make that decision okay?
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This is not the first or even strongest hint of caution regarding the project that I've heard, although I do find myself wondering if I'd written instead of vidded it, if it would have seemed less threatening? This is not particularly a question aimed at you, more a general observation that the medium of the project is pretty unusual to the point I'm not sure I've even heard of anyone else doing it for television, and therefore there's no framework within which to place it or understand it easily? And in addition it was released at a time of intra-fandom stress?
Relating it to an elaborate, personal canon AU is kind of the first thing that occurs to me, but it's also something that doesn't occur to everyone, I've noticed. I may be reading too much into a short comment, and if so, I apologise, but it seems that being able to put it in that context (big damn AU) also helped you understand it in a way that was more easily relatable to your own fannish participation?
I can't say that there was no element of critique in the project - or that I have any intention of being less, um, emphatic. But I can say with sincerity that I'm sorry you felt attacked (or whatever less strong word would be appropriate).
It's why I say I hate what the finale did to fandom more than anything about the finale itself. This was the most productive and positive and joyful way I knew how to respond, and still I end up causing rifts.
Perhaps the best thing I can do is offer an amnesty - I always knew you liked the finale and therefore wasn't expecting you to jump on board this project - nor do I expect you to continue posting when I post about it (which I'm sure will die down with time). Although obviously your posts are welcome.
If you would feel more comfortable without me on your flist, I also have a completely open friending/unfriending policy and will understand if you want to make that choice. This is most emphatically not said in the hopes that you will unfriend me, but simply if it's an elephant in the room and you'd rather do so, the best thing I can do is try and make that decision okay?