User blog comment:Sloopernicus/The Shallowness of the Jeff the Killer Fandom/@comment-24659482-20140502215516/@comment-24352864-20140506180920

A few thoughts came to my mind when I read this (just logged on recently, no internet for a while so my comment is a little late):

What I am about to write is only based on what little knowledge, speculations and experiences I have in these kinds of things so it's not an absolute truth.

@HuntressNight22 - How is the world too cruel in accordance with criticism? How is the world cruel for critisizing something too much?

Criticism is part of the package if someone posts a story. Without it, I don't think anyone could judge a story if it's good or bad. Without it, we would have no divide between quality and well--no quality. Without criticism, we wouldn't have Pasta of the Month.

That said though, enjoyment is another thing. People can always enjoy something that received bad criticism, as long as they find something they like with it.

So some people didn't like JtK but why should it stop you? Enjoy what you like, but sometimes there is a problem that comes in the form of forcing others to like what you like.

("I just...I don't know why...but I find it offensive when someone critisizes Jeff the Killer.")

That's one thing that makes people hate the fandom I guess. I experienced this first hand. Believe me, it's hard to deal with fangirls in real-life. Like they're literally sitting beside you in a room, forcing you to enjoy something that they do. They're kind of lacking in respect because of what they're doing.

("So what; if the story hardly had any logic to it; but at least it has creativity and people find joy in reading that story and can relate to it! I'm only 13, and I feel as though this world is cruel, and I wish that everyone and everything could just reverse the time and fix everything that has went wrong in history, and make things right!!")

I brought this up because of a certain part. "people find joy in reading that story and can relate to it!" When you used the word people, it was as if you are speaking on behalf of a large group, which the JtK fandom may be but you also have to consider which sides have raised the most points. In the time I spent on JtK's page, the ones who didn't like it succeeded in raising the most arguments that completely buried the fangirls claims that it is the best pasta ever written.

On another note, there is the part where you say that people can relate to it. But how sure are you in that claim? Not saying that it isn't legitimate but you need to have some sort of proof for that. I for one experienced bullying as well, even at a younger age than Jeff in his story. I was declared as rank 1 in our academic standing back at elementary. Some of my classmates started taunting me, challenging me to physical brawls (which I would obviously lose) and spreading false lies about me. Did that make me want to kill them? No. At best, it made me want to embarrass them publicly but of course, I don't have the strength to do it. Did that make me want to kill my parents and siblings? Of course not; they have nothing to do with it.

Jeff (in his story),had it worse but the point is that it's not completely relateable and enjoyable as you make it out to be, even with someone like me who went through the same thing though not on the same level.

Sorry if I sound a little mean, and sorry for the long comment...