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This is very interesting. Let me just recall something that happened over at TOS right before it was announced it was shutting down. Do you remember TheRealYoda77? TRY was a member who styled himself as one who knew everything about clones, and invited us to ask questions of him. People did, and at the very beginning things were going very well, yet quickly it was realised that he was simply espousing his own personal views and canon, saying TCW was 'new star wars' and everything that came before it was 'old star wars - real star wars'. You can see the problem here. What ensued were several dozens of posts of us trying to explain just exactly what canon, official canon and personal canon meant.
Beyond that, he'd address members with derogatory terms, though he often stated he wasn't being rude, merely technically accurate. In the end he game up and then made a rather amusing trolling post, which got him banned.
At this point, you may be wondering just what this has got to do with this blog. Well, I've forgotten. So take from it what you will! What I'm pretty sure my point was, is that people like that exist, and we have to just ignore them. However, people like that, trolls, people I term 'hair-pullers' (people who pull their hair out over continuity issues and often say 'wtf george?') I don't like. They bring out a vehemence in me, as well as puzzlement as to how they can simply believe they're right and everyone else is wrong. I doubt I'm going to stop feeling that way, not going to stop having that reaction. What struck me was that that blog had much the same tone as my thoughts - that the writer was venting their ire, much like those people the writer rallies against - though with Dunc it's acceptable because the argument is more thought out and less one sided.
But it's odd, though. I've never felt truly annoyed with any fans simply because they prefer one thing over another (though I may have, from time to time, questioned the sanity of those who think TCW is amazing  ). I think we can give each other a thorough pat on the back, then!
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I am a Star Wars fan. That doesn't mean that I hate or love Jar Jar. That doesn't mean I hate or love Lucas, or agree or disagree 100% with him. That doesn't mean I prefer the PT over the OT, or vice versa. That doesn't mean I hate the EU, or even love all of it. These are not prerequisites. Being a man is not a prerequisite. Being a geek is not a prerequisite. The only prerequisite is that I love something about Star Wars. I am a Star Wars fan.
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