And there was that one time...

You know, I really hate starting posts - I'm never quite sure what to say or how to segue into the beginning... Yeah, I make no sense.

So I'll just jump right into the latest fandom wank concerning Jensen.

There were some people that created a lj comm and a website that satirically mocked Jensen and his fanatical fans. They were served a cease and desist order and the site and comm were forced to be shut down.

I'd link to things, but I'm not in the mood to do all that html work AND most of the posts concerning this issue have been deleted and/or flocked.

I'm just going to start tossing out thoughts. They aren't brilliant, they aren't in order, and they might not make sense. But they are mine in regards to the events that took place.

I personally wasn't too impressed, amused or anything positive when I watched the illiteracy video. And I watched it with the sound off (due to my work computer not having any speakers). I didn't bother to go back and rewatch it once I got to a computer with sound because the visuals alone disturbed me. Yes, there was a video made about how Jensen is functionally illiterate.

I don't understand how these people are fans. I don't. I don't know them personally so perhaps I'm missing the big picture here. But I don't find the whole thing funny and obviously Jensen's management team didn't either.

I'm not happy that a C&D order was issued and a site and LJ comm were removed. It bothers me that a person's freedom of speech was just crushed. And yes, I personally didn't agree at all with the content, but I don't necessarily like the actions taken.

To contradict myself even further, I don't blame his management team for ordering the C&D order though. Seriously, if you stumbled across those videos and that site and saw your client getting displayed so negatively, you'd do something about it. That is why he has them, that is what they are there for.

And I don't think Jensen is a bad person, nor am I disappointed in him. I'm saddened to see fans quickly throwing him under the bus because of this decision.

I don't believe that fandom should always stand together. Clearly there are differing opinions from one person to the next. I do not want to stand behind the people responsible for the videos/site and say that I support them. I don't support them. I do think it sucks that their site and comm were forced to be taken down, but that is about all the sympathy I have for them. I don't wish them ill or any other nonsense, but meh.

The reason I posted this post is not to cause further wank. I just felt the need to ramble in my own journal about my thoughts and reactions to this.

I really just hope that Jensen never got to see the site and or videos and that this legal action was taken strictly by his management team.

EDIT: vinylroad was kind enough to let me link to her post in regards to this whole thing. I feel that her post was exactly what I wanted to say, but a hell of a lot more eloquent than mine came out :) Here

Additionally, idiosyncratic was also wonderful enough to let me link to her post, which again put into words what I was thinking. Here