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Q&A for Transformers Fans, Day 15
Jun. 19th, 2015 11:06 pmUnpopular Opinion: What is one thing about the franchise or fanbase that you like the least?
*sigh* There is a seedy, gross underbelly of misogyny in this fandom. Y’all know exactly what I’m talking about. They’re our version of GamerGate in potentia: they’ve always been with us, they’ve always made things just that bit shittier by their presence, and they’ve always gotten more attention than they deserved.
The Bay movies’ target audience, basically.
I’m not gonna credit them with ‘ruining’ anything. I have been in the TF fandom for over decade and they haven’t stopped me from creating, posting and fangirling over whatever I damn well pleased. Sometimes I can even forget they exist. And the people I do hang out with are so great at insulating each other from that shit and/or ruthless mockery at the few that barge into our spaces. (Remember the ‘Kup sex is gross!’ anon? We got some great Kup smut out of that.)
It’s kind of unavoidable. The foundation of this fandom is steeped in machismo. In a perfect world there’d be nothing wrong with that, but I don’t live there. I just kind of wish there was less ignore-fu and more calling-out. Might improve things overall.
*sigh* There is a seedy, gross underbelly of misogyny in this fandom. Y’all know exactly what I’m talking about. They’re our version of GamerGate in potentia: they’ve always been with us, they’ve always made things just that bit shittier by their presence, and they’ve always gotten more attention than they deserved.
The Bay movies’ target audience, basically.
I’m not gonna credit them with ‘ruining’ anything. I have been in the TF fandom for over decade and they haven’t stopped me from creating, posting and fangirling over whatever I damn well pleased. Sometimes I can even forget they exist. And the people I do hang out with are so great at insulating each other from that shit and/or ruthless mockery at the few that barge into our spaces. (Remember the ‘Kup sex is gross!’ anon? We got some great Kup smut out of that.)
It’s kind of unavoidable. The foundation of this fandom is steeped in machismo. In a perfect world there’d be nothing wrong with that, but I don’t live there. I just kind of wish there was less ignore-fu and more calling-out. Might improve things overall.
