Clearly it's all because we're OMG IN LUV with hawt blondes!1111
...because heaven knows I've never seen blonds before, being from Scandinavia and all.;-)
but there didn't seem to be this slavish devotion to the authors/text as there is here. Maybe because it as aimed at teens/adults as opposed to children?
I would have guessed the difference is that BtVS is a TV show, and fans of TV shows are more used to the idea of their favourite show not being perfect, they know it can jump the shark, and that many people influence the result. In general, people have more respect for authors of published books, so that attitude probably carries over to fandom as well, even fandoms of TV shows. I don't think being aimed for children has anything to do with it. Aren't LotR-fans incredibly defensive of Tolkien as well?
BUT I do like logical arguments.
God yes. Preferably arguments which shows that the person giving them has done some thinking on his/her own, and is not only spewing stuff that other people on his/her side has said before them with the exact same phrasing.
(hard to believe you can compare a two hundred year old vampire who's killed thousands and a 15 year old boy!)
Well, you've already nailed that one. They're both blond, and that's ground for comparison.;-)
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Date: 2004-08-31 12:02 pm (UTC)...because heaven knows I've never seen blonds before, being from Scandinavia and all.;-)
but there didn't seem to be this slavish devotion to the authors/text as there is here. Maybe because it as aimed at teens/adults as opposed to children?
I would have guessed the difference is that BtVS is a TV show, and fans of TV shows are more used to the idea of their favourite show not being perfect, they know it can jump the shark, and that many people influence the result. In general, people have more respect for authors of published books, so that attitude probably carries over to fandom as well, even fandoms of TV shows. I don't think being aimed for children has anything to do with it. Aren't LotR-fans incredibly defensive of Tolkien as well?
BUT I do like logical arguments.
God yes. Preferably arguments which shows that the person giving them has done some thinking on his/her own, and is not only spewing stuff that other people on his/her side has said before them with the exact same phrasing.
(hard to believe you can compare a two hundred year old vampire who's killed thousands and a 15 year old boy!)
Well, you've already nailed that one. They're both blond, and that's ground for comparison.;-)