meiran:

I’m an old and crotchety fan. I will frequently say things that sound a lot like “get off my lawn.”

So I’ve been doing the online fandom thing since season one of Buffy. I actually had to wait an entire day to download a tiny resolution clip of two second scenes and read transcripts made by fans…

Yes, a thousand times.

I say this all the time here but the B5 fandom on Tumblr is the nicest most accepting place ever, I can’t stand elitism.

I’m a big video game fan and I’m a huge fan of the game Silent Hill. There’s only 2 of the games I don’t really enjoy all that much, and I enjoyed both the films. But the Silent Hill fandom is so elitist and so hostile and extremist that I can’t go near it, it’s genuinely intimidating. No one can get along, and they’re supposed to be fans of the same thing!

I’m eternally grateful that the B5 fandom here is so welcoming, kind and thoughtful, and that we can have actual discussion without resorting to ad homonyms or elitist snobbery, and I really hope that stays the same.