User blog:Neonpink/Shipping Fan Wars: Oh the Joys of Fandom...except not really.

I've been in a lot of fandoms. Especially ones with particularly intense "ship wars" (see: Harry Potter and the Harry/Hermione vs. Ron/Hermione debates. Talk about intense ship wars. Ironically enough, it was a debate that was very similar to Creddie vs. Seddie.) Anyways, as a sucker for romance, I always find myself drawn to a particular couple (always the love/hate relationship...so yes, I ship Seddie) and then drawn to the ship debates or "wars" that inevitably exist.

However, no matter how many fandoms I'm in or how many ship wars I come across, it always amazes me just HOW into it people get. I was especially surprised when I saw how it existed for iCarly (call it my naivete I suppose. I figured, "a show this fun and light-hearted? Of course there aren't ship wars." haha)

Don't get me wrong, I love Seddie and I love talking about it and analyzing it and debating it in a polite manner with those who see differently, but sometimes it seems like people cross the line from just caring about their ship and wanting to defend it, to being downright spiteful towards others.

People start taking shipping personally and get really worked up. I've always thought fandom was supposed to be a sort of fun, light-hearted positive thing. But for some people it seems to legitimately make them angry or upset. That's not what fandom is about, is it? I mean, it shouldn't be bringing you down. It should be fun.

But hey, whatever floats your boat I guess. haha

I know iSAFW is an episode of contention, but Dan was right. Ships make people act really ridiculous sometimes. Discuss it. Analyze it. Debate it in a civilized manner. Enjoy it. But try to keep it in perspective. It's just a fictional couple on a children's TV show. No need to make things personal. At the end of they day we all love iCarly so...*end blog saying the same semi-patronizing thing that I'm sure has been said a million times before by a chick that's only been apart of this wiki for two days and really has no right to talk... :P*

So uhmmm...who's psyched for new episodes of iCarly? I hope we get more Spencer heavy episodes (a la iGet Pranky). He's hilarious. I kind of love him.