Fanbase antics affects on characters/couples

Tami, perfect place to put this!

Fanbases have never tipped me in one direction or another however, they have kept me from continuing to post at certain websites.

The fanbase love or hate can become very tiring just reading them. There is no thought process invoved in "well she's a slut" or "she has 2 kids from 2 dads" especially when the character's "virtue" is not involved in the discussion. I think all fans need to realize that they like the character/couple for a personal reason. They once related to that character or they watched the couple fall in love. There is NO perfect character or couple and I tend to respond better when a fan can say either that the character is being written out of character (but lets be honest, once written it becomes their character) or my character/ couple is wrong but I like them anyways and state the reasons why.

Tami, perfect example is Jerry & Alexis. I can state that I don't like him as a character but he did treat her good and after he was gone I missed him. I don't not like the pairing because I like her w/ someone else; I didn't like the character because he wronged Alan & Robin. But I can also say that as a pairing they worked and would've worked if they kept him on. Maybe one day I would've gotten over the Metro Crisis.

Fanbases seem to lose objectivity while debating. IMO as always! For the most part I will read what people on other boards say but I take it with a grain a salt if i know and associate them with a fanbase that causes problems on that board.

I will say that if I don't like a character already I will up my dislike if the fanbase is rude

Ok, so on all of the other boards I cruise, there are 2 distinct camps... Liason & JaSam.

The Liason fans on this board (all 2 of them) are reasonable respectful adults. Over on SoapNet the war rages on & it is vicious. I can't post there anymore because I can't stand the sniping & berating each other & it's the Liason mostly attacking the JaSam.

I was never a Liason fan, or Liz for that matter, but if there had ever been a chance of me liking them, the Liason fans on the SoapNet board would have turned me off of them. I hope that answers your queston, Tam.

I also have to say that one of my favorite people to post with is KathyLuvsJason, because our opinions are so vastly different on Sam & Liz, but we are able to state our opinions & debate the issues & agree to disagree & never once has she ever called me an idiot for not agreeing with her. See, Liz fans & Sam fans can be friends.

luckygirl wrote:Ok, so on all of the other boards I cruise, there are 2 distinct camps... Liason & JaSam.

The Liason fans on this board (all 2 of them) are reasonable respectful adults. Over on SoapNet the war rages on & it is vicious. I can't post there anymore because I can't stand the sniping & berating each other & it's the Liason mostly attacking the JaSam.

I was never a Liason fan, or Liz for that matter, but if there had ever been a chance of me liking them, the Liason fans on the SoapNet board would have turned me off of them. I hope that answers your queston, Tam.

I also have to say that one of my favorite people to post with is KathyLuvsJason, because our opinions are so vastly different on Sam & Liz, but we are able to state our opinions & debate the issues & agree to disagree & never once has she ever called me an idiot for not agreeing with her. See, Liz fans & Sam fans can be friends.

Replace the word SoapNet with SOC and you will get my view exactly!

Those two fanbases are constantly at war with each other, and it gets pretty ugly. People are rude to one another, belittling, and vile on some message boards when it comes to those two couples. I have seen other fanbases differ on opinions, but never to the level of those two. Before meeting the lovely people I know now, I thought I could never be friends with a Liz fan, but man, was I wrong! It all depends on how you go about declaring your love/hate. If it is done in a respectful manner, everything is cool! It's okay to disagree about some things; it keeps the world interesting! (Although I love finding someone who almost always agrees with me too! )

I'm pretty sure that I have always made my opinion clear, but I hope that I have never been ugly with anyone.

I know we can sometimes get a little harsh with Liz or Sam or Claudia or Jerry or etc. around here at times, but I think we really try hard not to, and also understand that it isn't a personal attack to his/her fans or his/her portrayer.

I think one of the things that helps boards like ours is the rant/roasting section. When I really want to let Liz (or any other character that I hate) have it, I can go in there, have my say, and get it over with. If it is something I think needs debated, I can calm myself down enough to post my opinion in the General GH area and then roast her away in the proper place! For example, I don't agree with her treatment of Lucky (or tiic's either) so I made a post in the GH area, but when I felt the need to scream, I did it in the Liz hate thread. If someone loves her, they know they should just not read it. The same goes for Sam; when someone hates her, they can talk about it in her hate thread, and I can stay out! It's a win-win IMO!