Joss Whedon

[itsnotmymind]

Before I saw any of Whedon's shows, when my only exposure to him was his run on the Astonishing X-Men comics (which didn't do much for me), I used to be really bothered and get defensive of him when I read some of the harsher feminist criticisms - not because I had any reason to think Joss Whedon was particularly bad or good at feminism, but because the nature and tone of the criticisms bothered me.

Yet once I actually became a fan of first Firefly and then Buffy, and concluded that Joss Whedon is a genius at television storytelling, I became quickly much more bothered by the Joss-is-my-master-he-can-do-no-wrong people (who I had been aware of before, but hadn't spared much thought or been bothered by). I think these days I've found a more happy medium between Whedon's critics and his supporters - but it still seems weird to me that becoming a fan of the guy led me to be more negative about his fans than I had been prior to being a fan of his work.

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[itsnotmymind.livejournal.com]

OK, I won't go into it any further. I'm pulling from some of my own personal experiences, but I don't want to get into that, either. I'm struggling a bit with an apology here - I hope "I'm sorry if I upset you" doesn't sound dismissive.

[honeymink]

Oh no, you haven't upset me at all. Sorry if that came across that way and I would have written more and even tried to be eloquent, I think we had a good discussion going but I realised the post was not locked and while I don't think anyone in rl knows my internet handle... you can never be too careful. I have no problem sharing things with people I'm close to in rl or with people on my f-list but I just don't want to be visible to random people I meet in rl if that makes sense. One reason why I'm not really on other social media and am kind of debating that Instagram account.

[itsnotmymind.livejournal.com]

That makes sense, and I am glad to hear I haven't upset you :)