edwardspoonhands:

liraelblack:

edwardspoonhands:

misbehaving-timelord:

*fangirling over John Green fangirling over someone I also fangirl over*

Fangirling over you fangirling over John fangirling over someone I also fangirl over.
However, allow me to suggest that we all just calm down and appreciate each other as human beings for a moment…before continuing to flail.

I’m just wondering why it’s so bad to “fangirl” lately. It seems like people who are excited to see people they look up to or respect a lot are getting a lot of heat on youtube lately and I just don’t get it. I understand people can take it too far (I know what a sasaeng and anti-fan are afterall) but this isn’t true of all fangirling. Is putting it down now trying to stop that kind of fangirling? I guess, but all it makes me feel is ashamed to like a youtuber so much and ashamed to even want to meet them.

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with fangirling. I just heard some anecdotal reports coming out of Playlist Live of people following creators into bathrooms with cameras, camping outside their hotel room doors, pushing and shoving to get access, and generally being not-awesome. 
That’s way beyond fangirling, but sometimes people don’t get that. I want us to remember that we’re all people, on both sides of every interaction. 
I am extremely honored that people get excited about seeing me, and their excitement makes me excited and it’s wonderful. 99.99999% of those interactions have been overwhelmingly positive…some of those moments have been the best of my life. But there’s a line, and if you forget that people are people, it’s easy to cross it. 
It’s also important to remember that that line can be crossed from either side, sometimes creators likewise forget that their fans are people, and they don’t treat them with respect…I have even more contempt for that.
So yeah…never be ashamed of your enthusiasms…fangirling is for everyone and there’s no shame in it. You should have seen me when I met Neil Gaiman in New York…i was USELESS!

edwardspoonhands:

thatfandomblog:

Did you ever notice that the vlog brothers are like the mafia of youtube… like seriously they own everything

shhhhhhhh

edwardspoonhands:

eyesofdoctoreckleburg:

and I thought I got excited.

That was exciting…my heart is still beating quite fast.
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