the anti-S4 thread over on Gateworld

[tielan]

Honestly, they should just rename it to "My Entitlement Issues, Let Me Show You Them!"

It would more accurately describe the sentiments therein.

Comments

[beatrice_otter]

Well, with no new Star Wars movies coming out, it's not so bad these days, but I've never seen any fandom as bad for wanking as Star Wars.

[beanie-j.livejournal.com]

I've heard about a few famed wanks to do with Star Wars, but I dodged that particular bullet by not particularly liking it...

Harry Potter, anyone???

[beatrice_otter]

Yes, but see, Harry Potter fans may have a few specific quibbles with certain things, but they still like Harry Potter. One SW BNF once made a--very convincing--case that all true SW fans hate SW, at heart. Certainly, George Lucas is routinely villified as a matter of course for just about everything, in ways that I've never heard JKR attacked. Of course, I've only dabbled in the fringes of HP fandom, so it could just be that I don't know much about it.

[lilyayl.livejournal.com]

You've never heard JKR attacked?! For one sample (just choosing the first instance to come to mind), look up Harmony or the Harmoniums. One of the more extreme cases, but their attitudes in weaker forms (or stronger) have cropped up in many discussions/threads/etc.

[beatrice_otter]

Yes, but I've also heard HP fans say nice things about her with no qualifications. I have never once heard a really serious SW fan say anything nice about GL without serious qualifications.

[lilyayl.livejournal.com]

Okay, I will grant that she isn't universally hated by any stretch, but there are definite pockets who love HP, but hate JK or at least really wish she would just shut already (or that she had written the books differently) and let her story stand.

[tielan]

I'd say HP is the exception to prove all rules. It's just so large and in the public eye that it can't help but be wanktastic...