somehow get the impression that vids that are "just" character vids or "just" shipper vids are somehow less. . . serious? Or taken less seriously? I think character vids are more commonly taken seriously than shipper vids, but I agree about shipper vids. I feel there's a certain stigma attached to them and I do not like it. ;) I kind of don't care because I'm a rebel like that and I think there are some shipper vids out there that beat the pants off any other vids... and I'll continue to think that regardless of whether they get the critical acclaim they deserve, but I do know what you mean. I think anything shippy has a bit of a stigma attached to it, actually... which I find sort of silly. I mean why be snobbish about people having a passion for a certain ship, when passion of some sort is surely the one thing that drew us all to fandom in the first place?
I think sometimes the subtextual or implied argument is that if you are a shipper you can't see things objectively. I take issue with that, because I think the subjectivity of one's view of canon exists regardless of who you ship or what character you like. Ususally I find that people who are snobby about those things just mean that they don't like whatever it is that they're talking about--which is a different thing entirely.
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I think character vids are more commonly taken seriously than shipper vids, but I agree about shipper vids. I feel there's a certain stigma attached to them and I do not like it. ;) I kind of don't care because I'm a rebel like that and I think there are some shipper vids out there that beat the pants off any other vids... and I'll continue to think that regardless of whether they get the critical acclaim they deserve, but I do know what you mean. I think anything shippy has a bit of a stigma attached to it, actually... which I find sort of silly. I mean why be snobbish about people having a passion for a certain ship, when passion of some sort is surely the one thing that drew us all to fandom in the first place?
I think sometimes the subtextual or implied argument is that if you are a shipper you can't see things objectively. I take issue with that, because I think the subjectivity of one's view of canon exists regardless of who you ship or what character you like. Ususally I find that people who are snobby about those things just mean that they don't like whatever it is that they're talking about--which is a different thing entirely.
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