Okay, I love this. First of all, I love humorous rhetoric thrown in to make points, and then I love fandom meta. I agree with you 100%. I think size of an flist doesn't matter so much as the quality. I mean, this is kind of where I see some BNFs getting lonely, because either they're loved unconditionally or hated beyond reason. There's no middle ground of those who respect them, but disagree at times. My flist right now, I believe, has a good mix of the following must-haves, revolving around the ST fandom:
1.) The gut-reaction enthusiasts. "OMG, YOU THINK KIRK AND SPOCK WERE BONDED IN THE MOVIES TOO?"
2.) The enthusiasts who meta. "WE AGREE THEY WERE BONDED. When did it occur and what evidence is there?"
3.) The ones who respectfully disagree. "I don't think they were bonded, why do you believe so?"
4.) The non ST fandom supporters. "I'm not in your fandom, but that's some hot men you've got there and I like your lj layout, you kooky trekkie, you."
But then there are days when I hesitate before posting about some meta thingamabob, because some days I really just want happy gut feelings about what I post and not people debating or questioning, and other times I want debates and discussion and instead get nothing but "YAY I AGREE 100%" So you are correct, as you can't always get both.
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1.) The gut-reaction enthusiasts. "OMG, YOU THINK KIRK AND SPOCK WERE BONDED IN THE MOVIES TOO?"
2.) The enthusiasts who meta. "WE AGREE THEY WERE BONDED. When did it occur and what evidence is there?"
3.) The ones who respectfully disagree. "I don't think they were bonded, why do you believe so?"
4.) The non ST fandom supporters. "I'm not in your fandom, but that's some hot men you've got there and I like your lj layout, you kooky trekkie, you."
But then there are days when I hesitate before posting about some meta thingamabob, because some days I really just want happy gut feelings about what I post and not people debating or questioning, and other times I want debates and discussion and instead get nothing but "YAY I AGREE 100%" So you are correct, as you can't always get both.