User blog comment:Paul.rea/Teen Wolf News 090514/@comment-76.5.102.2-20140909221521/@comment-76.5.102.2-20140910045753

While I genuinely respect that you want to call attention to dangerous and persistent negativity, quippy but unsolicited psychiatric advice from an internet person who knows nothing about us is likely to raise backs. But I'm sorry I raised mine. You have truly hit upon the contradition of fan rage: if we hate it, why bother? The answer: because we still care, that's why we're angry, and we have enough nostalgia to lament the changes and wish for improvement. We go on the internet to voice that, and indulge in some cathartic venting with fellow fans, which can get over the top and silly, but that's part of the "fun" of sharing the ups and downs of a fictional world, and a symptom of the internet, where anonymity and distance lets people cut loose a little. And if people go on tumblr looking for opinions, that is what they will find, because that's the forum in which people express them, complete with tagged categories. But then, we go back to our daily lives in the real world, where presumably and hopefully we don't cart that negativity around. And eventually, as someone pointed out earlier, most fans will lose interest, or retreat to quiet annoyance or fondness, once the flush of the season or series wears off. Until then, having that "fun," or what have you, belittled or criticized, as if that behavior from one faction is a sign of mental/behavioral problems, instead of just indulgance and commiseration over the internet, makes people defensive, which makes people want to explain themselves-hence the rants. Regardless, however, thank you for the info on this site and the statistics.