[Discussion] The Battle of the Monday Blahs

[muccamukk]

Before I go out and start shovelling snow, I thought I'd post our weekly round of positivity! Suggested topics include but are in no way limited to:

• Post about bits of canon you currently love/are thinking about.


• What random related facts delight you?


• Rec a fanwork you've recently discovered or revisited for the hundredth time.


• Actor just that damn pretty you have to share a pic or gif? Share one!

What's making you happy in HBO War Fandom this week, folks?

Comments

Re: Overall fandom membership~

[thrillingdetectivetales]

Ha! Well at least some good came out of it, given yourself and sugardaddynixon lol. Either way I'm very glad you're here! Totally feel on the whole "fandom skews young" thing, too. There are a few I would like to actively participate in but I'm a bit too old to be the like, main demographic of fandom and I always feel vaguely weird about it because I don't understand the slang. xD

Re: Overall fandom membership~

[kaasknot]

I read a thing yonks ago on tunglr.hell that hypothesized that a likely contributing factor to the extreme reactionary tendencies of antis was bc the different wars millennials/older generations vs younger generations grew up with: older fans grew up with the Cold War, where if you didn't humanize your enemy, the world would die in a fire nuclear armageddon; but that later generations, who grew up post-9/11, were exposed to deep insecurity and the rise of the police state, which emphasizes strict authoritarianism and polarized thinking. Obvs a generalization, and not the sole reason for antis, but it likely plays a factor into the overall surge of aggressive conservativism in younger swathes of fandom (ie antis are Christian Fundies in a gay hat).

Anyway, I've got better ways of burning out neurons than policing my kinks or worrying about protecting The Children, lol.