User blog comment:Ceras SanMarina/A blog post./@comment-1271618-20091022191551

Yeah, you'd be right about the South Park thing (seems I'm not too subtle about that!). My experience with that fandom wasn't much of a good one. I wasn't doing too well at the end either in the real-life department, so internet backdraft like that was what I wanted to get far away from (still got burnt).

I can understand just not liking some characters, but I found it kind of scary how younger SP fangirls called for Wendy's head. Some took their hate to quite obsessive extents. It wasn't just limited to her, though. Admittedly, South Park being meant as a male-oriented gag show would mean we wouldn't really expect the female characters to be focused on and developed as much, but still...what the heck? That was only one problem on top of many that I saw while there.

Yeah, if you want anything filled on the kinkmeme, it seems you best make it US/UK. I'm not against shipping in its entirety, but in some fandoms (like this one) it seems it's a highly flammable subject. Back when I tried writing fanfiction, I had my preferred pairs but kept my stuff more "gen" as I couldn't trust myself to write romance (or even anything more). I've seen some disturbing backlash against Germany/Italy lately from "Germancest" kooks who claim that Italy is a rapist and standing in the way of Germany and Prussia's "canon" love, and use the old "Italy did horrible things in WWII!" excuse as to why Italy is evil and should be hated. Oh the utter irony.

I was in DC Comics fandom for a bit, and wound up feeling disgusted by the end in that one as well (Teen Titans shipwars were pretty bad). I also got disenchanted with the Death Note fandom and their yaoi shipwars. I'll read genfic or pairing fic as long as it's written well enough. I'm more of a reader than a writer, when it comes to stuff like that now.

Thanks for the clarification though on the Germany note! The thing that I do like about Hetalia fandom is the discussion of historical trivia and the headcanon theories in relation to it. I've seen people claim they're just in Hetalia for "history" and some that claim they just like it for "the gay boys". I think there's quite a bit to offer in the fandom.