Gwen, an apology

[galadriel1010]

A few of my friends recently have posted in their journals about the amount of anti-Gwen vitriol that they've seen, and wondering why there is so much.

So I, being me, replied, explained why I didn't like her and tried to join the discussion.

I didn't realise it was a rhetorical question. Nor did I realise that there's been a lot of anti-Gwen stuff around, because the fandom places I hang out in are Twitter and my flist. This does not cover any of the major non-fic communities or AGA. I had no idea it was going on. So when I saw stuff in my flist asking why people dislike Gwen... I thought they were honestly asking.

Being lonely, bored and procrastinating, I felt like answering it.

So, basically, I didn't know the context, and I apologise for joining in where I shouldn't have. Apparently the fandom is full of Gwen hate that people on my flist don't want to see. My flist is mostly full of people who like Gwen, and I keep feeling like I have to justify my dislike. I shouldn't feel like I have to, and I shouldn't try. So I'll stop.

ETA: I don't think most of the people I'm apologising to are actually friends with me, so they won't see this.

Comments

[fiwen1010.livejournal.com]

Sorry for the delayed reply. There was an enthusiastic union of shit and fan, and then I could not remember where this comment was.

That does help to clarify it, yes. Although reading back over it, I did actually answer the question of why I can fogive Ianto more easily than Gwen... to start with at least, I may have got distracted later on. And there was quite a lot of comparing Gwen to Ianto, especially in their motivations. This surprises me a little, I can be like a dog with a bone who later realises that bone got abandoned and I started chewing on a stick for half an hour instead.

I hope you enjoyed the debate anyway, and that it wasn't a whole pile of suck that you didn't want in your journal. I genuinely did enjoy that post and the debate that stemmed from it - especailly when we got into marmite metaphors.

[taffimai.livejournal.com]

No worries about the delay, shit happens. I hope it's better now?

There was some decent debate but there was also a lot of suck that I didn't want in my journal. Sadly, that suck doesn't begin compare to the level of suck that happened outside my journal as a result of the post.

Honestly? At this point I want to set fire to the internet.

[fiwen1010.livejournal.com]

Shit is getting better. It keeps recurring, but I'm only a week away from being home, so it should all be done soon.

Your post was an enjoyable debate. What's happened since has been a shit pile.