his main concern is maintaining his obsessive catalog of knowledge, then using that armament to win arguments with whoever will listen. If he thinks the changes are bad, he will usually be happy enough to just have that as another thing he can be correct about.
The SECOND type of nerd is a ball of insecure, fragile, cringe-tastic emotion. If the writers make a change to the fictional universe he’s become attached to, he lacks the ability to say “meh. I’ll just ignore that. Maybe it means I don’t really care for this latest iteration of the series, or this TV adaptation. I’ll just hope they do better next time.”
Both of these types of nerd sound insufferable in their own way, in my opinion, to be absolutely frank with you.
Yeah. I agree. Nobody should aspire to be either one of those fucking assholes.
But the new variety is much more likely to ruin stuff. Like I’ve mentioned, there is evidence that producers and/or writers are responding to them. When the oldschool nerd acted smug and sarcastic, nobody paid any attention to his stupid ass. Everyone just went “man, that guy takes fandom waaaaay too seriously” and totally ignored the dipshit.
So, ya know, I prefer that version. The one that doesn’t wreck up the place.
Both of these types of nerd sound insufferable in their own way, in my opinion, to be absolutely frank with you.
Yeah. I agree. Nobody should aspire to be either one of those fucking assholes.
But the new variety is much more likely to ruin stuff. Like I’ve mentioned, there is evidence that producers and/or writers are responding to them. When the oldschool nerd acted smug and sarcastic, nobody paid any attention to his stupid ass. Everyone just went “man, that guy takes fandom waaaaay too seriously” and totally ignored the dipshit.
So, ya know, I prefer that version. The one that doesn’t wreck up the place.
I do get what you’re saying. Can’t help but agree, if this is the case.
Out of curiosity, do you have any examples of stuff you watch that was ruined?