Hi anon. I appreciate your message, I truly do, but please don’t feel sorry. There’s no need bc I am not a victim here. I’m just someone who got fed up. Also I wasn’t directly targeted by the person in question for the sole reason that I decided not to attempt a conversation w/ her after seeing how she treated everybody - much kinder, more patient ppl than moi - when they dared challenge her “vision” in any way.
There’s no point in having a discussion with someone like her bc it will never be a discussion but it will most certainly turn into a pointless sandbox fight. I blocked her early on for this very reason but her increasingly arrogant, aggressive comments and CAPSLOCK TANTRUMS still kept showing up on my dash when people I follow kept reblogging the thread she hijacked to promote herself by shitting on others. And I got angry.
Now I’m usually good at not reblog-commenting on things I don’t like, have no interest in, or fundamentally disagree with because live/ship and let live/ship, right? but this just pushed me over the edge and since I have an asshole streak, I felt this immense urge to say a few select words with which her “little posse” took an issue. Or tried anyway. They objected to me not un-blocking her (never will, #sorrynotsorry) and not properly educating myself on her background before reacting to her shitty behavior in a thread that had nothing to do with her theories. Because apparently hijacking assholes who are so busy assholing that they repeatedly fail to properly articulate their thoughts and who show zero courtesy or respect to others should be catered to this way now. You should go out of your way to make them feel welcome and understood while they hurl ignorant, petty insults into your face. Sure. I had a good laugh and clicked “block” a couple more times to put an end to this insanity.
I don’t generalize tho or hate certain groups of fans on principle. I know there are nutjobs in every fraction of the fandom as well as (relatively) reasonable people (lbr we are fans, we will never be completely reasonable). I can co-exist with your team, anon, or any others that don’t share my particular take on stuff and things. This is why I stopped tagging my musings which have become rather harsh lately. I don’t want to offend people. I comment on ‘ships, not shippers. But I do have my b.s. limit. I also have my issues with the show and I will continue discussing them to my heart’s content on my blog which anyone can unfollow and/or block. It will not hurt my feelings. I, however, won’t start hijacking posts, inserting myself into pro- discussions, and hounding/attacking others just because they disagree and then expect them to be nice to me. And if someone keeps acting like an ass on my dash and I have some free time, they can expect a comment, too, but not the kind, fair, considerate sort. As far as I’m concerned, you lose that “privilege” by throwing the first (and second and third) personal insult, and you will get what you give.
I still read posts from fans outside “my circle” and I still occasionally talk in private w/ fans who have different perspectives. I don’t automatically equate difference of opinion with a personal attack. So no general or residual hate here towards you, anon, I assure you. I already cleaned my dash of those select few I don’t wish to see there, and now I really consider this case closed. Let’s move on. After all, we have a wedding to prepare for and my shotgun still needs cleaning.