#anyway curate yr fandom experience I end up blocking most of these people especially on twt

[excitedrainbow]

so so excited for Burrow’s End and so so frustrated with the biggest parasocial fans telling anyone who was discussing what other TTRPG systems could be used that they should never question the expert GMs, please just leave us to our (loving!) conversations!

there are always going to be dickheads who talk shit and rudely tag in the people/performers they’re referring to, but most of the time any fan critique or discussion I see of D20 comes out of being big fans of both the show and TTRPGs, is super respectful, and no one is tagging in anyone involved with the show. yeah some of us get tired of how often DnD is used in the recent games, because it isn’t always the best system for the story and there LOADS of other TTRPGs that would be cool to use!

for this season, most of the discussion went DnD???? Again???? > wait it looks like there’s a bunch of combat and monsters > probably not suited for Wanderhome/other suggested TTRPGs > what other animal TTRPGs could work > Aabria is an incredible GM and she’s worked with other systems before so her choice of DnD for this story is interesting, let’s see how this works out for the story > oooh this is what Aabria has said about using DnD, ok cool, can’t wait to be emotionally hurt im so tired of seeing a loud minority of people increasingly butting in on respectful conversations to say “they like DnD! they play however they want to! they’re the performers why do you question their choices?” Or “omg how dare you have the audacity to question them” or other bullshit like that. if all you want to do is never have conversations about TTRPGs or cast/GM choices etc. and never want to hear any respectful critique or discussion then I think your fandom experience is going to be poorer, but that’s your choice. you don’t have to start shit with other people just because you can’t stand that they’re lovingly but thoroughly discussing/critiquing this form of media and not putting the cast on pedestals. parasocial attachments to vaguely famous people aren’t new things but god they are getting worse and making the experience of fandom more awful

#there is also a marked decrease in media literacy #and an increase in people starting from bad faith #the number of times I’ve seen people go WELL FROM YOUR TONE IT READ LIKE #and there’s literally no text anywhere that supports their interpretation #also people are allowed to be a little frustrated before a show airs #most of them will watch it! most of them will adjust their opinions! #WOTC are a very flawed corporation and DnD 5e is a big monopoly in TTRPGs!!!!!!! #there are so many other cool TTRPGs it would be cool to see them used for the right stories!!!!! #aabria literally said this in the tags of a post on tumblr #and most of us read those tags and went OK INTERESTING #and we love her as a GM #like open ur mind to a richer fandom experience and to the FUN of other TTRPGs #and don’t put people on pedestals #Dimension 20 #TTRPGs #god sorry just had to vent I hate the increasing number of fans going YOU CANT CRITIQUE THESE PEOPLE HOW DARE YOU #ALSO I love DnD despite its origins and history it’s so fun #I also LOVE other TTRPGs! #anyway curate yr fandom experience I end up blocking most of these people especially on twt #you wanna block me go right ahead we will all be happy