I don't understand (an AB post)

[mhalachai]

This is a post about the Anita Blake fandom. Just so you know ahead of time.

I made the mistake (yes, I'm considering it a mistake now) to sign on for the new Laurell K. Hamilton forums as I wanted to track the fanfic thread (There is an empty forum on the boards entitled "fanfic" and I was ever-so-curious as to what that was all about). I then started reading some of the other posts, and quickly remebered why I'm not on any AB communities on LJ or the like.

Why does one spend so much time trashing a book that one hates? Villifying a) the characters, b) the author and c) the people who read the books? I myself have grown away from series in the past, when the author goes in a direction I find annoying or 'wrong' in my mind... I move on.

So, gentle reader, I ask you these simple questions:

1 - Do you understand the vitriol among the "fans" against people who still like the books?
2 - Do you get why anyone would spend the energy slagging a book they profess to hate?
3 - Is there any place on the net where a discussion on the books are presnet in a pleasant and construtive format? I know I may have asked this before, but I seem to have forgotten.

Thanks.

Comments

[goddessvicky.livejournal.com]

How wierd is it. I just registed on there last night. I was reading about Edward and how they were all angry and hoped he didn't come back into the series because they didn't want Anita to sleep with him becuase she's a "big slut" now.

::sigh::

I don't understand that. It's akin to people reading fan-fic and then just bashing the author. If you dont like it, don't read it.

But I totally agree. Its disrespectful to be on the author's ACTUAL forum and be saying that stuff. I'm kinda suprised they're letting it go on.

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

They've been saying that for a while now about Edward. Never mind that that's the last thing LKH would do. It's her main squick, I hear :P

its disrespectful to be on the author's ACTUAL forum and be saying that stuff. I'm kinda suprised they're letting it go on.

It used to be worse, which is why they took the boards down for so long. There's a note on the board FAQ that Laurell doesn't come to the boards because she's a technophobe; I figure that's an excuse for her not wanting to read all the trash people are talking about her (and she's a technophobe)

[watcher457.livejournal.com]

personally, i'm waiting for baited breath for Edward. he's my favorite and i'm terribly curious to see what will happen. it's like tossing oil on the raging fire that is anita. hm...