My two primary fandoms are Tolkien and Star Wars. Tolkien, at least my parts of it, are calm for the fandom. Star Wars… there is no avoiding drama even though I make an effort. But even existing on Tumblr for the past decade (even the couple of years I flatly refused to have anything to do with fandom on the site; I had a tulips & log cabin-centric blog then) has done a lot of harm due to all the anti and purity culture, villain discourse, and all the other BS. Sometimes I'm honestly not sure being there has done more good than harm.
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My two primary fandoms are Tolkien and Star Wars. Tolkien, at least my parts of it, are calm for the fandom. Star Wars… there is no avoiding drama even though I make an effort. But even existing on Tumblr for the past decade (even the couple of years I flatly refused to have anything to do with fandom on the site; I had a tulips & log cabin-centric blog then) has done a lot of harm due to all the anti and purity culture, villain discourse, and all the other BS. Sometimes I'm honestly not sure being there has done more good than harm.