(no subject)

The America-centric nature of fandom on the Internet is really pissing me off lately. It sucks that most good fandom comes from the States, and anything not from the States is from England, and Australia mostly just makes shit right now, but every fan all over the world loves good fandom. I just find it really frustrating and patronising the way America treats non-Americans in general, but one would think that, on the internet, people would be more open-minded. My best buddies on my flist come from all over the globe. It's our international community, where we can talk to people from EVERYWHERE about the things we love. Why is that hard for people to understand?

I was laughed at on Jake Smollett's Facebook for not knowing what grits were (not by him.) I just saw this rather patonising comment on Whedonesque:
"I've been seeing the Aussie's tweet about the show though :) - they like their Mr Whedon!"
Discussion questions all over different communities are unnecessarily America-centric. And then we have the added insult of not being able to stream TV shows online, of not getting to see Dr. Horrible at the same time as the States, of not contributing towards ratings even though we contribute towards the profit margins. Is it not bad enough that we're at a disadvantage just by distance? That half the time, the shows we love don't air in our countries? I mean, is it even the MAJORITY of fandom that's American?! Plus nearly every single one of our favourite shows has an Australian invader working on it...think about it.

Okay, I need to cut out the late-night rants. I developed a theory on James Marsden: he keeps being directed by men who are threatened by his all-around AWESOMENESS and therefore relegate him to being the almost-ran behind far less awesome guys.

ETA: Go vote for Misha as Mr. Twitter Universe or whatever. Does anyone know if "Jared" and "Jensen"'s Twitters are legit? Or why any of those twits beat Muhney?

Green Queen