Honestly I feel like the desire to be right overwrites the desire to have a conversation in many cases. This is also the case with many a place/people IRL but the problem here juxtaposed with two things:
What I do think needs to stop is like. . . Alright, hypothetical example. I have a chubby Seeker. I make a thread asking if anyone else’s characters have a bodytype that deviates from the model. At some point someone posts that they think my fatcat is lore breaking. I reply with an explanation for why she is the way she is but ultimately agree to disagree. They post that no they will not agree to disagree and here is why. Thread devolves into six pages of the same point being echoed over and over and over with a rapidly degrading tone.
There are just times when you need to leave the keyboard and ask yourself if telling a person they’re wrong fifty eight different ways about a fictional universe is worth it. I don’t personally feel like I’ve been the victim of this but I have watched and I do feel for some of these people. I can only imagine how much it sucks to be excited over a shiny new toy and then told that not only is your toy bad but YOU are bad for liking it.
- We’re all nerds playing Catgirls Online but seem to have forgotten we’re all nerds playing Catgirls Online.
- Even though many of us are just a bunch of text on a screen that text has been written by real people.
What I do think needs to stop is like. . . Alright, hypothetical example. I have a chubby Seeker. I make a thread asking if anyone else’s characters have a bodytype that deviates from the model. At some point someone posts that they think my fatcat is lore breaking. I reply with an explanation for why she is the way she is but ultimately agree to disagree. They post that no they will not agree to disagree and here is why. Thread devolves into six pages of the same point being echoed over and over and over with a rapidly degrading tone.
There are just times when you need to leave the keyboard and ask yourself if telling a person they’re wrong fifty eight different ways about a fictional universe is worth it. I don’t personally feel like I’ve been the victim of this but I have watched and I do feel for some of these people. I can only imagine how much it sucks to be excited over a shiny new toy and then told that not only is your toy bad but YOU are bad for liking it.
