The Fourth Wal

[sinderella81]

I feel recently, like some fans in some fandoms (and I'm in a couple, so this isn't a jab at any one in particular) have just lost their manners when it comes to interacting with actors/actresses/directors/etc ... Yes, the fourth wall has practically been torn down with Twitter and Tumblr, but ... I feel like you should still respect whatever famous person you are tweeting to ...

Bagging on an actor who they feel didn't do all they should have to keep another actor on a show is uncool ... Tweeting to someone and telling them about how they're making it hard to not ship them with one of their costars is inappropriate.

I just ... when did fans lose their shit and get this feeling of entitlement?  Respect these people who just want to have a little bit of a private life.  I get that they're famous, so they are in the limelight a bit but ... wow.

*shakes my head*  I'm glad I'm not one of the crazy ones.

Comments

[xanthe.livejournal.com]

It's all been so inappropriate! The behaviour of some fans... *shudders*. I think the accessibility of some of the actors on Twitter hasn't helped. I hope/trust they know we aren't all like that. However, I am annoyed in NCIS's case that these are the fans they have been pandering to for the past few seasons. NCIS, particularly Glasberg, created this monster to a certain extent, and if they'd just concentrated on the other characters and relationships more evenly over the past 4 years, instead of only investing in one particular character and relationship, then they wouldn't have created this extreme sense of entitlement. Not that I think that's a lesson they've learned at all.

[cinderella81.livejournal.com]

I'm sure that the actors/actresses/directors/etc. on Twitter know that we aren't all like those select few. Some of it could be writers who want to make sure fans kept watching but ... if they had continued to watch a quality show ... *sigh*