And This Is Why I Hate Toxic "Fan" Boys and Their Bitching!

TK-7785 said:

To suppose that any toxicity is preventable on only one side of the argument over the other is daft. Since TLJ I've been seeing some nasty bile spew from both sides. It's a bit like politics really; most people who fall left or right of centre have a great deal more in common with one another than that which they don't. The problem comes with the polarisation. Again, the political analogy works. "Everyone who voted for Trump is a racist", "everyone who baked Bernie is a communist". Polarising the fanbase is equally unhealthy and divisive. I have friends who hated TLJ and some that liked it. They're still my friends...I've just stopped taking advise on what's a good film to watch on Netflix from those that liked it. KIDDING! :lol:

I will say this though, as a fan who found TLJ poorly written with too many pointless plot tangents and with even worse character development (pretty much every character...yes, including the white male ones) getting lumped in with the very small minority of fans who may well be sexist and/or racist (I've personally yet to meet a fan who is either of these things...for the sake of anecdotes) by the likes of JJ Abrams and Rian Johnson as a misogynistic racialist (both of whom have blatantly declared on social media that all those who didn't like TLJ are one or tuther) I find to be pretty insulting. More over, if a representative of the company whose product I've invested a large part of my life and income to comes out with that ****, at the very lest I'm not impressed, at worst they can shove it. My point is this top town tarring every fan with the same insult brush is ****ing stupid and has only fanned the flames of the divide. Any company worth it's salt would be listing to the genuine grievances and taking note. All the rest of the nasty bile floating around they should rise above it and ignore it.

On a parting note, just a wee thought nugget I had recently, and this is meant as a genuine point of note from my own experience not a jab or jibe to either side of the discussion. The hysteria and fan theorising over what the next SW instalment would bring us was undoubtedly rampant post ANH through to when things died down after ROTJ. Same thing happened with the whiff of the Special Editions and the Prequels. Even though the Prequels weren't well received by all, there was still plenty of theorising between trilogy releases. When Disney announced TFA and then Rogue One we saw the same; fans in constant debate of who Snoke was, where's Rey from, what will we see of Luke etc. Since TLJ I've hardly seen any of that sort discussion. Prior to TLJ YouTube would be lit up with theory videos. Now...it's pretty baron. I haven't had any such discussion with friends (fans or otherwise), not with intention, but because the lack on continuity and setting up for intrigue has buggered it. We could probably argue until the cows come home on why that might be, but I think that's pretty telling on the state of the fanbase. For me, the queues that Abrams set up in TFA being completely ignored by Johnson and then the admittance from Lucasfilm that they threw out Lucas' sequel trilogy treatment, then Johnson threw out Abrams' treatment and are pretty much winging it from film to film with a franchise that has been built on strong character arcs and classic storytelling archetypes. Well...that's just ****ing crazy. If you build a house without foundations don't be surprised if half of it falls down a few years later.

Chris

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