Your first line is dead on. I often seen the people in this community picking every small thing up as an excuse to bitch or to bash. I think it's almost a mob mentality, or at least the "popular kids clique" mentality that drives a lot of the community.
I'm not saying I approve of how selfish and immature Hamilton is, of course. I see a lot of flaws in how she sees the world and how she handles things. I just don't think she's deserving the viciousness that many people here spew.
Originally the community had a purpose that was not to tear the author to shreds (I believe the rules actually state it's not allowed!), but to talk more about how the series was in steep decline. Back when it started, the only place to talk Hamilton was the Anita_Blake_Fan community, and many of us were sick of getting jumped on and attacked for daring to say that we didn't like the newer books. People would say that Anita's characterisation was perfect and we would deny that, only to be met with mountains of people telling us that we didn't really have a right to be in a fan community if we weren't fans. Obviously we're still dealing with that mentality from outside the group, but the atmosphere here as changed rather graphically since it all began.
*shrug* I still hang out and watch because I like some of the more intelligent discussion and laughing at some of Hamilton's antics and phrasings are definitely worth the price of admission :)
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Date: 2008-08-19 12:48 pm (UTC)I'm not saying I approve of how selfish and immature Hamilton is, of course. I see a lot of flaws in how she sees the world and how she handles things. I just don't think she's deserving the viciousness that many people here spew.
Originally the community had a purpose that was not to tear the author to shreds (I believe the rules actually state it's not allowed!), but to talk more about how the series was in steep decline. Back when it started, the only place to talk Hamilton was the Anita_Blake_Fan community, and many of us were sick of getting jumped on and attacked for daring to say that we didn't like the newer books. People would say that Anita's characterisation was perfect and we would deny that, only to be met with mountains of people telling us that we didn't really have a right to be in a fan community if we weren't fans. Obviously we're still dealing with that mentality from outside the group, but the atmosphere here as changed rather graphically since it all began.
*shrug* I still hang out and watch because I like some of the more intelligent discussion and laughing at some of Hamilton's antics and phrasings are definitely worth the price of admission :)