Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2017 9:35:35 GMT -5
Like how have your opinions/attitude towards the series/general feelings about the books changed? What about the forums? What did you used to do that you don't do now? What do you do now that you didn't used to do? You can be general or really specific.
For me, I used to be a huge Brambleclaw fan- my first account was called Brambleclawfan1234, and super defensive of him. Whenever I saw a post/thread complaining/accusing Brambleclaw, I'd go into a fury and, well, defend him. The most common complaint back then was his relationship with Hawkfrost and breaking Squirrelflight's trust back then, and I was super eager to defend his relationship with his brother and proclaim that Squirrelflight was just super rear-hurt and insensitive to his feelings. I was also an uber Ashfur hater back then, jumping into debates about him and well, going nuts. In general, I was really intolerant of people who disagreed with me and no matter how hard I tried to respect them they'd post one of those "I can't understand/get people who ______" and sent me into a rage again. Everyone's seen them, it's literally a "You suck because of your opinions without saying your name", and I'm sure everyone's had one of those directed at them before. The forums were my guilty pleasure- I was known as the "chill, nice girl who never got mad" in real life, yet forums was where I was always salty and sometimes even rude. Even though I got better and more mature over time, it was super slow- I was super hypocritical, making fun of my past self yet not being much better than I was then. Really, the only thing I'm proud of back then was a really long post defending and criticizing both Dovewing and Ivypool- it was basically a super in-depth look into both of them from my neutral stance on either, a ton of people liked it, and for the first time I felt like I said something useful there that didn't force me to drop my own opinion yet also didn't attack others because of theirs. After that was when I really left the petty arguments and only joined discussions I thought were worth joining- no silly vents and rages, no overly-used debates- discussions with open-minded people with calm attitudes.
Now I just don't care as much. I don't hate Bramblestar now- I'm neutral on him- but while I'll still feel like defending him every once and a while the fire just isn't there anymore. I don't care for Ashfur anymore- I'm still highly critical of him from the moment he tried to kill Firestar and after that, but other incidents that have happened such as the StarClan vs Dark Forest debate- and the lack of a definition between the two- have made me rather careless regarding where he is now and I honestly forget he exists at times. In general, I've just become more open-minded over time. Irl I'm now majoring in International Studies, where I've become increasingly open-minded and while not condoning or tolerating things I still deem as wrong, let's say I'm not thrown into a rage anymore when I see it. This has basically trickled into being on forums, where I one- struggle to discuss things with people who aren't going to take what I say with a grain of salt, and two- don't really debate anymore, one because I feel like it's been with the same people for the past 6 years over and over again, and it's getting old, but because I've been less willing to defend or criticize characters. For example, take Squirrelflight- in the old days, I hated her with a passion, but now I see her incredibly good qualities and her incredibly detrimental flaws equally. I see her as a talented, respectable deputy and mother because that's what she is now.
Speaking of which, I really only care about characters around now, and who they are now. I used to be a part of the "background character defense squad", but now if they are dead and don't appear in StarClan... unfortunately they're gone, and I don't feel like wasting the energy on characters the Erins don't even remember anymore. I also focus on characters as they are now. I don't judge Ivypool based on Ivypaw, Squirrelflight based on Squirrelpaw, or Ashfur based on Ashpaw. I acknowledge the characters did things in the past that were significant and deserve to be remembered, but as far as I'm concerned Ivypool is a talented warrior and mentor, Dovewing is a good and caring mother, Squirrelflight is an amazing deputy, and Ashfur is gone. Zip. Doesn't exist.
So yeah, I guess in a nutshell I used to be a hot-headed, passionate geek, and now I'm more chill, don't care much for the series anymore, and yet the few times I do I'm more focused on the now than the past.
For me, I used to be a huge Brambleclaw fan- my first account was called Brambleclawfan1234, and super defensive of him. Whenever I saw a post/thread complaining/accusing Brambleclaw, I'd go into a fury and, well, defend him. The most common complaint back then was his relationship with Hawkfrost and breaking Squirrelflight's trust back then, and I was super eager to defend his relationship with his brother and proclaim that Squirrelflight was just super rear-hurt and insensitive to his feelings. I was also an uber Ashfur hater back then, jumping into debates about him and well, going nuts. In general, I was really intolerant of people who disagreed with me and no matter how hard I tried to respect them they'd post one of those "I can't understand/get people who ______" and sent me into a rage again. Everyone's seen them, it's literally a "You suck because of your opinions without saying your name", and I'm sure everyone's had one of those directed at them before. The forums were my guilty pleasure- I was known as the "chill, nice girl who never got mad" in real life, yet forums was where I was always salty and sometimes even rude. Even though I got better and more mature over time, it was super slow- I was super hypocritical, making fun of my past self yet not being much better than I was then. Really, the only thing I'm proud of back then was a really long post defending and criticizing both Dovewing and Ivypool- it was basically a super in-depth look into both of them from my neutral stance on either, a ton of people liked it, and for the first time I felt like I said something useful there that didn't force me to drop my own opinion yet also didn't attack others because of theirs. After that was when I really left the petty arguments and only joined discussions I thought were worth joining- no silly vents and rages, no overly-used debates- discussions with open-minded people with calm attitudes.
Now I just don't care as much. I don't hate Bramblestar now- I'm neutral on him- but while I'll still feel like defending him every once and a while the fire just isn't there anymore. I don't care for Ashfur anymore- I'm still highly critical of him from the moment he tried to kill Firestar and after that, but other incidents that have happened such as the StarClan vs Dark Forest debate- and the lack of a definition between the two- have made me rather careless regarding where he is now and I honestly forget he exists at times. In general, I've just become more open-minded over time. Irl I'm now majoring in International Studies, where I've become increasingly open-minded and while not condoning or tolerating things I still deem as wrong, let's say I'm not thrown into a rage anymore when I see it. This has basically trickled into being on forums, where I one- struggle to discuss things with people who aren't going to take what I say with a grain of salt, and two- don't really debate anymore, one because I feel like it's been with the same people for the past 6 years over and over again, and it's getting old, but because I've been less willing to defend or criticize characters. For example, take Squirrelflight- in the old days, I hated her with a passion, but now I see her incredibly good qualities and her incredibly detrimental flaws equally. I see her as a talented, respectable deputy and mother because that's what she is now.
Speaking of which, I really only care about characters around now, and who they are now. I used to be a part of the "background character defense squad", but now if they are dead and don't appear in StarClan... unfortunately they're gone, and I don't feel like wasting the energy on characters the Erins don't even remember anymore. I also focus on characters as they are now. I don't judge Ivypool based on Ivypaw, Squirrelflight based on Squirrelpaw, or Ashfur based on Ashpaw. I acknowledge the characters did things in the past that were significant and deserve to be remembered, but as far as I'm concerned Ivypool is a talented warrior and mentor, Dovewing is a good and caring mother, Squirrelflight is an amazing deputy, and Ashfur is gone. Zip. Doesn't exist.
So yeah, I guess in a nutshell I used to be a hot-headed, passionate geek, and now I'm more chill, don't care much for the series anymore, and yet the few times I do I'm more focused on the now than the past.