Originally Posted by
WebSlingWonder
I watched this board tear itself apart for years over the same few topics, namely OMD. And it was excruciating and exhausting. I left for a good amount of years and then, when I came back at the tail end of Slott's run it was fine. But then, with Spencer (seemingly) putting a lot of terrible Spidey stories to rest, you fans started picking up again and getting back to your old tricks. Now every time I turn around it's "Oh, I hate OMD" "Quesada is to blame for OMD" "JMS's run is overrated" "Silk is terrible" "Spider-Man should team up with She-Hulk" Enough is enough. I'm sick of it. And don't somebody say, "Well you don't have to be here. You could go somewhere else." Do you know how lonely it is to be a comic fan? How painful it is to like something other people dislike? "Comics are stupid" "Comics are dumb" "Comics are too complicated". I thought coming to these boards would help me make some friends, but it didn't. Instead, I'm just alone in my thoughts here as well as elsewhere.
I believe fandom in general is the worst thing to happen to a writer, and I say that as a writer. It scares me to think that creative work can leave the people who created it behind.