Thursday, September 19, 2013

Why is it so difficult to Be positive-Comicgeekdad Pt.2

Comic Geek Dad again. It's been a really weird day as I have been giving the events of the Fallout for the last episode of Heroes of Cosplay a look. Re-reading The Lawgivers Blog (One of the Female Dr.'s Who), about being a villain,reading the 8th Doctor's post, reading Chloe's posts here, reading some of the responses to Chloe's posts, reading Jessica Merizan's response...and feeling frustrated because yesterday, all I really wanted was to Thank the Cosplayers for trying (You see the word to the left right?) to show the masses what Cosplay is all about. Notice I didn't thank Heroes of Cosplay- the show. Why? Well, personally I feel it failed to represent what makes Conventions special. Period. It had potential, but it actually failed on that small but specific and important point. And created what  I feel is a shit ton of negative. And those who appeared on that damn show took the fall out, all of them. (Not omitting the Dr.s in Kansas City- They took heat too.) In some ways, I feel SyFy would have been better off taking Chloe's, or Jessica and Holly's concepts that have already appeared on Youtube and have regular viewers on Nerdists Chanel and maybe did a version of those shows with a bigger budget. But alas, I'm not a Producer, as I explained before...I am no one of consequence. What the hell do I know, right?
I know no one personally from the show, or the bloggers, or the people who have posted responses to any of those Blogs. I don't have a personal stake in anything related. So why do I feel so personal about this? Why do I want to help? Call it reading too many comic books, call it wanting to be a positive force, what ever. If any thing maybe just maybe I want to show this damn cynical planet, there are good people who care, who don't suffer from Apathy, who aren't always cynical, or full of criticism. You know the type? The ones who take what is special and unique about someone and try to tear them down, so they feel better about themselves because they took a stand and "really showed them!" I see thousands of these so called experts all the time.
During the day I re-read and edited my own Blog about this issue, and tried to make it as visible electronically as possible. It appeared on Facebook, here on tumblr., on Blogger, I posted a link on Twitter, (but when it comes to Twitter I never seem to have any luck) in the hopes that the people I was thanking actually got the message. Hell, I even wrote a personal note to Holly on Facebook, in the hope that they would get the chance to see, not everybody out there was negative, that there are people who could see past the Bullshit, of a reality tv show, who could look past the so called public personas and see these individuals as true flesh and blood people with hopes and dreams and god forbid feelings, and try to take those feelings into account.
In this day and age everyone is a fucking expert about what is right and what is wrong, and some feel that the way to make things right is to crucify those they think are wrong. And any one in the public eye is Fair Game. But I tend to see things a little different. I can't stand Bullying, I don't like flaming, I don't like Trolls, and I have been this way all my life. I try to see the bigger picture. And it would be my hope that by doing so, I might give others pause, to see the bigger picture as well. To live life is not to tear those around you down. And you don't need to be an expert to know that simple truth.
To all who took heat yesterday, who ended up upset, and were made to feel like the worst people in the world, or those who tried to take a stand and got kicked down, I am truly sorry. For all involved...just know and believe that it wasn't for nothing. Well wishes to all...



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