^^;;;

It just seems to me that we've got a fandom that's ruled by scary fangirl-nazis that ALSO happens to have OMG some of the very worst fanfiction I've ever, ever, ever had the bad luck to read. HOLY JESUS, IT'S SO BAD. REALLY REALLY REALLY OMG BAD.

Holy YES.
And these two things are intimately related, I feel.

So they're not scaring off the 'tweens who write bad self-insertions about the American exchange student who comes to stay at Shigure-san's house. They're scaring off... me.

*pats* And all of the other intelligent folks out there. *sigh*

And if they're scaring me off, they're probably scaring off other fanwriters who know the difference between a comma and a semicolon

THANK you!

or who realize that Japanese students actually DO have class on Saturday mornings

They generally don't anymore. But they USED to. *nods*

and they don't do any other number of things that American students do.

XD But you don't expect them to actually RESEARCH a foreign CULTURE, do you?! *snickers*

Maybe I need to learn to be less skittish.

I say you just brandish the mighty Fist of Death™ and charge right in. I'll get your back. ;)

Or perhaps I need to learn not to CARE about the psycho fangirls.

Honestly? You HAVE to in this fandom. Or you will lose your everloving mind.

But I do know that the more I learn about all the scary manga purists in the fandom, the less I find myself in the mood to work on "A Bump in the Road."

I've been observing them since October, and there are many things I've noticed about the "purists" since. The truth is, they're a very small but vocal group, slowly gathering followers from the ignorant. They're really nothing to be intimidated by. But GODS are they irritating. +<_< Okay, I'll finally shut up, now. =D Sorry, Niamh. &hearts;