Channel 5 is having a night dedicated to Star Wars fandom, but though I will always love Star Wars, my interest in being part of the fandom has kind of…dropped to zero now. Star Wars fandom on Tumblr is freakin’ awesome, and it was freakin’ awesome back on LJ too for the most part (I’ve made great friends there) but mainstream Star Wars fandom…eh, between Simon Pegg and violent harassers and general pockets of vile behaviour I’ve gone right off it. I don’t really feel like calling myself a “Star Wars fan” anymore, even though I am, y’know?
(Also, Channel 5′s usual output is offensive garbage, so that’s another reason not to watch their show I guess.)
What Channel 5 is this?
I’d really love to see more mainstream outlets look at the diversity and coolness of SW fandom on tumblr. Maybe it’s because of the visual emphasis here and how it makes appreciating the sheer design qualities of the Prequels and such that makes it better here than elsewhere. I have a fear though that when mainstream recognition of online fandom catches up, however, that the tumblr set is going to be completely swallowed up by TFA fandom, both the genuine kind by first time fans and the horrible, but inevitable corporate kind that I’m sure Disney is already planting.
Channel 5 in the UK! …it specializes in programs that could basically be subtitled ‘Poor People Are Destroying Society!” (Well….it also shows Gotham and The Walking Dead I guess.) Google ‘Channel 5 + benefits’, you’ll see the icky stuff! Er, if you want to.
I wrote an article once that kind of summed up my thoughts on tumblr SW fandom vs mainstream fandom! Well, it was really more about female SW fandom vs male SW fandom. But the point still stands! The point being, er, that we’re awesome and deserve to be recognised more.