....o.O

[reenka]

Okay, I really don't get this.

What's an 'other, lesser mortal'?? o_0 What is an 'insignificant' person? Why do people, uh, refer that way [as 'small'] to themselves in all seriousness without any apparent joking self-deprecation or realization this is the height of just... y'know, self-esteem issues? Eh? Whuh? Did I miss something?

Yeah, so apparently there's some sort of... thing going on in the meta-circles currently about Big Bad BNFs & their anti-communist ways or whatever and it's just sort of... funny?? heh.

What I find most amusing is how ready people are to perpetuate such a meaningless hierarchy in every aspect of their lives, including their online hobby. It's like, the person can't truly be a 'BNF', not -really-, unless you accept -yourself- as 'non-BNF'-- ie, a plebe, 'just' a lurker, and/or pathetic loser wannabe [or whatever]. It's funny I even say this 'cause I'm not one of those people big on self-confidence myself, in real life or online-- I'm totally constantly aware what a sad lamer I am. But. There's a difference between not being self-confident and being a willing Tool of the Man, while [of course] bitching at said Man [who, btw, doesn't exist because basically... THIS IS FANDOM, OKAY, NOT WORLD POLITICS] :P

I'm sorry I locked this, but. Wank = inconvenient, even though this is -my- lj, which means [generally] no one ever wanks here unless they like me, but still. Uh. -.- And now I go to sleep.

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[yourpoison.livejournal.com]

Maaaan, there is sooooo much [old] BNF wank in HP when it was already big, it's not even funny-- I mean, I think we -invented- BNF wank, really :D People tell -me- they're scared to talk to me 'cause I'm so cool/intimidating/well-known/etc, so imagine how they feel about someone who's actually popular :)) ahahaha oh man. It's not so much the ficcers as people's -reactions- to the ficcers (they seem saner about artists for some reason, maybe because more people are either aspiring writers or feel inadequate if they're not & think they're 'intelligent' or... have issues....). The thing that totally befuddles me is just the whole idea people have of themselves as 'small fry' or whatever, 'unworthy' to even friend a popular fic-writer ON LJ, ahafalskjfldakjad;kjldagsg. Oh man. There are of course tons of silent people who friend -only- well-known people, but the people going on about how oppressed they are because the Big Girls won't talk to them & hold their hand is... I mea... the ENTITLEMENT... it's...*cracks up*