Post by merh on Jul 7, 2018 2:02:22 GMT
Would we boycott GotG?... This (AGAIN) is another example of misdiagnosis of who comprises the fanbase; and what the boycott is all about.
The majority of boycotting fans do not support these trolls who engage in personal attacks. Neither have they made personal attacks. That small subset is made up of a relatively few extreme fans and transient trolls who are not even real SW fans to begin with. They go from fanbase to fanbase doing this stuff on every mainstream film.
The boycotting fans are voicing their criticisms. Criticism of poorly written characters, poorly written plots, badly subverted storylines, and occasional cringeworthy humor. All of which has been very legibly and competently explained.
Gunn tweeted: "Star Wars (or any movie) may be important to you, but it doesn't belong to you.
"If your self-esteem depends on how good you think the current Star Wars is, or your childhood is ruined because you don't like something in a movie, GO TO THERAPY.
"Critique it. Don't like it. But spewing hate and bile at individuals just doing their best to tell a story, even if the story sucks, is lame. Don't watch it!"
"If your self-esteem depends on how good you think the current Star Wars is, or your childhood is ruined because you don't like something in a movie, GO TO THERAPY.
"Critique it. Don't like it. But spewing hate and bile at individuals just doing their best to tell a story, even if the story sucks, is lame. Don't watch it!"
BUT YET AGAIN Disney and their fanatically faithful defenders are lumping the 2 groups together. They continue to scream that both groups have the same motives and doing the same thing. That they are actually all one group. The boycotting fans are sick of it and it's only inspired them to boycott even more.
So, no. There's no reason for the boycotting fans to boycott GotG because that's not what the boycotting is about in the first place. (In case you forgot what it's about, just look at the sentence above hi-lighted in bold).
However, continuing this narrative based off of mislabeling the fanbase (it's makeup and motives) will only continue to fan the flames of boycotting when episode IX comes around.
P.S. - The Jar Jar/Ahmed Best thing was about fanatical prequel haters. And that's a whole 'nother conversation.
Who cares what the people who make it say about the toxic fans?
You can define them as not you here, yet when Lucas Films addresses the issue, fanboys claim they are trashing the entire fandom.