In the spirit of making this page about all things
nerdy or for the various fandoms, I decided to make a list of my top ten New
Year’s resolutions essential for every fanboy or fangirl. These are designed to
make us better fans with less strife and in fighting than we had in 2017.
5. Do not feed the trolls
It is essential to our existence as a fanbase to
recognize when someone is just being a troll and to not bring them the
attention, fame, or glory they seek by engaging them. It can be damaging to an
entire fandom to do so. (Either by clicking on their click-bait, or trying to argue
with them in the comments section). Some trolls are easy to recognize. Others
or more subtle. It will be another entire blog for how to avoid them, but the
simple resolution is to ignore all trolls.
4. Try not to make or subscribe to
ridiculous fan theories
Sometimes hindsight is 20/20 in revealing how
ridiculous certain fan theories are. However, most should be obvious from the
start, and should not get a huge amount of attention. The reason for this is
exactly what happened with Star Wars: The Last Jedi. We as fans run the risk of
setting up unreasonable expectations. Fan Theories like Snoke is Mace Windu or
an avatar of an evil Luke Skywalker should never gain so much traction. Making
fan theories is part of the fun of being a fan, but we can lose ourselves in
them and forget what a screenwriter is actually going to do. Our resolution
should be to be more level headed about them.
3. Do not support loot crates or extras
with real money in video games – EVER.
Honestly we gamers and fangirls/fanboys are at fault
for EA attempting to get us to pay extra money in their games. The digital
gambling idea works because we the people shell out the cash. We even buy
virtual real estate in video games for hundreds of thousands, even millions of
dollars. If we want to just play our video games and have good stories, we need
to stop paying for the extra content. We are only the best at something if we
have paid zero extra dollars to prove it. The more our resolution becomes to
stop paying for the loot crates, the more they will stop trying to make an
extra buck with shady practices.
2. Do not dress up as Harley Quinn, Joker,
or Deadpool for comic con
Comic cons have come a long way since my college days
at the turn of the millennium. More and more fantastic cosplay can be seen, and
even the low budget costumes are always so creative. But every comic con also
has become overrun with certain characters, and unless you are going to do a
creative twist on these characters, we as cosplayers should try new things. When
Deadpool 2 comes out there will naturally be a surge in Deadpool again, but by
then maybe some people will try to be Cable, Colossus, or Negasonic Teenage
Warhead. Maybe? I think it is a good resolution.
1. Play and watch less, read more
I can already hear some of my blog readers gasping. “Read?
I don’t . . . read!” It has become sort of a dirty word in our instant
gratification culture, but I would be remiss as an author if I didn’t plug the
importance of reading. How many of us have actually read the book “Ready Player
One” and knew it was awesome before we saw a trailer for the feature film? I am
guilty. I did not. Read comics. Make them give us the good stories when these
things turn into movies. Support struggling and new authors. Reading is where
the true good stories come from, so make a resolution to support it, and treat
your imagination, not just your eyes.
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