My "whatever" was actually more directed at her than at you. And I like her, so it isn't that. But I do feel that fans at large, movieverse and others, are much too fond of victimizing themselves. And that I *have* noticed.
Oh yeah, there's no lack of martyrs or masters of passive-aggressive behavior in fandom. I prefer not to use those tactics, and if I'm coming across that way, that's not my intention at all.
Dex asked for opinions and I gave mine, along with my impressions.
However, being labeled a shitty writer or a pedophile based on nothing more than one's chosen pairing becomes wearing after a while.
And yes, it has happened to me, and to others, and I don't think either is applicable to me (or to the others).
I think it might have something to do with the fact that movieverse writers are more interested in comic stories than the other way around. And I think that's natural, really. For us, any interpretation, including comics, is valid. For you, not so much.
That's true, but I also think that the overwhelming amount of X-canon simply baffles many movieverse writers and really, unless one gets into the comics, fic about Dazzler or Marrow isn't going to be of interest to most movieverse fans. Nor are the more action-based, less-romance type of stories, because, as trite as it sounds, if I wanted that, I'd read the comics.
Strangely, the freedom from thirty years of canon afforded me by the X-Men movie has not carried over into my Smallville writing, and I can't seem to shake the shadow of Superman as iconic figure, and rewrite Smallville's future to feature a happy ending for Clark and Lex, though the romantic in me would like to.
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Oh yeah, there's no lack of martyrs or masters of passive-aggressive behavior in fandom. I prefer not to use those tactics, and if I'm coming across that way, that's not my intention at all.
Dex asked for opinions and I gave mine, along with my impressions.
However, being labeled a shitty writer or a pedophile based on nothing more than one's chosen pairing becomes wearing after a while.
And yes, it has happened to me, and to others, and I don't think either is applicable to me (or to the others).
I think it might have something to do with the fact that movieverse writers are more interested in comic stories than the other way around. And I think that's natural, really. For us, any interpretation, including comics, is valid. For you, not so much.
That's true, but I also think that the overwhelming amount of X-canon simply baffles many movieverse writers and really, unless one gets into the comics, fic about Dazzler or Marrow isn't going to be of interest to most movieverse fans. Nor are the more action-based, less-romance type of stories, because, as trite as it sounds, if I wanted that, I'd read the comics.
Strangely, the freedom from thirty years of canon afforded me by the X-Men movie has not carried over into my Smallville writing, and I can't seem to shake the shadow of Superman as iconic figure, and rewrite Smallville's future to feature a happy ending for Clark and Lex, though the romantic in me would like to.