<LE RANT>
FOR THE LOVE OF EVERYTHING, LEAVE MARK GATISS AND STEVE MOFFAT ALONE. THEY ARE NOT YOUR BFF’S. TWITTER IS NOT AN OPEN FORUM FOR YOU TO DISCUSS YOUR FANDOM WOES/SHIPPING PREFERENCES/THEIR PRIVATE LIVES/ETC. ETC. WE ARE PRIVILEGED ENOUGH TO HAVE A DIRECT LINE OF COMMUNICATION WITH THEM, IT’S TIME TO STOP ABUSING IT.
DO YOU SEE HOW FRUSTRATED THEY’RE GETTING? IT’S REACHED A POINT WHERE THEY’RE ACTIVELY STATING THAT THEY’RE ANNOYED. TWEETING THINGS LIKE, “THIS GETS LESS FUNNY OVER TIME” IS A POLITE WAY OF SAYING TO BACK DOWN. IAN HALLARD IS NOW FIELDING COMMENTS….REALLY?! THESE MEN ARE GENTLEMEN. CAN WE EXTEND TO THEM THE SAME COURTESY THAT THEY BESTOW UPON US?!
PLEASE. I’M NOT ASKING. I’M BEGGING. MARK GATISS IS ONE OF MY HEROES, AND THESE SHENANIGANS ARE KILLING ME. THINK BEFORE YOU TWEET. IF IT’S SOMETHING SO PRUDENT THAT YOU SIMPLY MUST TAG MOFFAT AND GATISS, GO AHEAD. I KNOW THEY APPRECIATE THE FANDOM WHEN WE ARE DOING WHAT WE’RE GOOD AT- BEING CLEVER, CREATIVE, COMPASSIONATE AND COURTEOUS! BUT IF YOU WOULDN’T SHARE YOUR TWEET WITH YOUR MUM- WHY SEND IT OVER TO THE MEN WHO ARE BASICALLY THE FANDOM’S PARENTS?!
LET MOFFAT AND GATISS DO THEIR JOBS. LET THEM CREATE IN PEACE. THEY’RE EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONALS. I PROMISE- IT WILL BE WORTH THE WAIT. AND IN THE MEANTIME, LET’S DO THEM PROUD AND ACT LIKE MATURE FANS.
THANK YOU.
</LE RANT>
