I don't know if I'd consider myself a "rabid" anymore, to be honest. I really don't care what you ship. Honestly, the only Harry/Hermione shipper who bothers me anymore is Steve Kloves. I have no idea what's going on in fandom right now that prompted this post from you, so yeah. Erm, I won't lie and say that I was always so accepting, though. I would argue constantly and I enjoyed it; it was a distraction from my depression. If I have any notoriety in the shipping wars, my posts at Portkey were my worst offense. I'm sorry for those.
Since leaving all but the basics of HP fandom for AI fandom, most especially Kradam (or Kris Allen/Adam Lambert), I understand now what's it like to be ridiculed for what you ship. Thinking they'd be perfect together and being met with "it will never happen, you're delusional" etc made me realize that karma does exist. It also made me realize how much being a Harmonian in this fandom must have sucked and how my intrusion on a safe space like Portkey was a really douchey thing to do. I didn't hate all Harmonians, though. I had an online relationship with one and chatted with others almost every night. We tended to avoid shipping discussion, however. lol
Basically, ship whatever you want. It's no skin off my nose.
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Date: Thursday, October 7th, 2010 01:05 pm (UTC)From:I don't know if I'd consider myself a "rabid" anymore, to be honest. I really don't care what you ship. Honestly, the only Harry/Hermione shipper who bothers me anymore is Steve Kloves. I have no idea what's going on in fandom right now that prompted this post from you, so yeah. Erm, I won't lie and say that I was always so accepting, though. I would argue constantly and I enjoyed it; it was a distraction from my depression. If I have any notoriety in the shipping wars, my posts at Portkey were my worst offense. I'm sorry for those.
Since leaving all but the basics of HP fandom for AI fandom, most especially Kradam (or Kris Allen/Adam Lambert), I understand now what's it like to be ridiculed for what you ship. Thinking they'd be perfect together and being met with "it will never happen, you're delusional" etc made me realize that karma does exist. It also made me realize how much being a Harmonian in this fandom must have sucked and how my intrusion on a safe space like Portkey was a really douchey thing to do. I didn't hate all Harmonians, though. I had an online relationship with one and chatted with others almost every night. We tended to avoid shipping discussion, however. lol
Basically, ship whatever you want. It's no skin off my nose.