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[seventhe]

I'm off to class now, but owlmoose and bottle_of_shine are suck awesome terrible people going to regret ever inviting me to http://fanlore.org/.

Oh, dear fandom.

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[shahrizai.livejournal.com]

I worry about OTW though too. I look at the list of people on the board, and I don't recognize any of them, and I'm no spring chicken in fandom. I worry about their commitment to anime/video game fandom. If they get interviewed by the media, and are asked 'what do you think about Sailor Moon tentacle porn?' are they going to claim 'oh no, that's not *our* kind of thing'? I don't think OTW represents me because I look at Harry Potter fandom with the same disdain that book fandomers look down on anime with.

I worry that there's a secret group of people close to the board that know the fannish identities of those on the board that say they don't want it known. I've been around the block and I know that so many projects like this are filled with elitism and if you aren't close to the main players you don't have a say or you are kept in the dark.

The thing I like about Laura Hale is her transparency. I've never had any doubt as to her identity, she's never seemed bigger than life (yeah, sure, I can come out of nowhere and chat astolat up on her journal.) She's accessible, she isn't a BNF, and I empathize with her because fandom has jumped down her throat whenever she's made a mistake. She's the underdog, she's the anti-elite, and I want her to win because of it. I've never seen OTW come out and say 'we want Final Fantasy fans to edit our wiki!' when Laura has done just that in several communities.

[shahrizai.livejournal.com]

Of course, please feel free to prove me wrong - I'm not stuck in my ways and I'd like someone to give me more info.