I found this article online, and it makes me sad to think how words can hurt someone so bad....
When toi write about télévision for a living, toi sometimes forget just how intensely some shows and characters connect with viewers. After watching so much television, toi tend to get caught up in the mechanics of it all. How were the ratings? What's the latest casting info? It sadly devolves into inside baseball and toi start to forget what it was like to obsess about a montrer because something in it captivated a part of your soul.
There have been shippers since before the internet was a gleam in the eye of Al Gore. I have no doubt that in the Sixties people were arguing about whether Mary Ann ou Ginger should end up with Gilligan.
But the Internet magnifies everything and it certainly has done that when it comes to fans who care about their favori télévision couple. These "shippers" write about their favorites, argue with rivals and can spend hours every jour obsessing over every aspect of that relationship they find so compelling.
There's nothing wrong with that. I suspect most writers are flattered that they can create characters and relationships that resonate so strongly with viewers. That passion is a testament to their talent and the talents of everyone on the show.
But that passion can have a dark side. It's easy to let that passion brush away common sense and courtesy. People can say horrible things online and when they're hating toi because of something toi care about to deeply...well, things can go to far.
CW's "The Vampire Diaries" boasts one of the strongest shipper fanbases in television. The triangle between Damon, Stefan and Elena has sparked ten of thousands of posts and tumblrs and every other possible method of talking about these relationships.
McKenzie was a young woman who posté under the handle "damons-petrova." She had a tumblr celebrating her belief in the "Stelena" romance but it was recently deleted and she disappeared from her usual online haunts.
On Wednesday, her sister posté this note on Tumblr:
My sister, McKenzie Raye has killed herself. I’ve been tons of messages regarding why her “TVD” blog was down and i’m sad to say that this is why.
She followed it up with this longer explanation, describing some of what led to her sister's death:
Kenzie ou formally known as “Damons-Petrova”
Kenzie had over 50 messages some NOT anonymous telling her to kill herself, she’s ugly, her blog is awful, and that she was a whore.
I remember the jour she made that Tumblr, she was PROUD! Kenzie loved The Vampire Diaries so much. I always could her her screaming at the TV when the montrer didn’t go her way and it always made me laugh because I always thought it was pathetic.
One jour she was bawling her eyes out because she kept getting so much hate and I told her to turn anon off, and she did. Things got better.
The other jour Kenzie announced that she was shutting down that blog because she ‘couldn’t take it anymore’. However, she received messages (some practically begging) for her to stay. She just logged off…and I had no idea that would the last time she would log on.
I just want to say that Kenzie loved both “Stelena” and “Delena”. Not once had she bashed anyone for anything. She accepted toi for who toi were and she was just the friendliest person toi could know. She was excited for season 4 toi guys, now she won’t be able to watch it.
I've reached out to the family in hopes of getting some plus information and verifying the story. But the posts sent shockwaves across the fanbase of "The Vampire Diaries."
Series executive producer Julie Plec addressed the situation late Wednesday on her twitter feed:
First, the petty s***: If your profil contains a line of dialogue from your ship that I WROTE, toi should think before toi send me hate.
Second: if toi are cruel ou abusive ou rude to me ou anyone else in the TVD Family and I witness it, you're blocked.
Third: Thank the rest of toi for the l’amour and support toi put into the TVDFamily-verse every day. toi may think we don't see it, but we do.
I'll update this when I have plus information but I wanted to pass this along because it's easy to forget how powerful words can be, especially when used as a weapon. Be passionate about those things toi care about. But temper that passion with humanity and restraint.
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When toi write about télévision for a living, toi sometimes forget just how intensely some shows and characters connect with viewers. After watching so much television, toi tend to get caught up in the mechanics of it all. How were the ratings? What's the latest casting info? It sadly devolves into inside baseball and toi start to forget what it was like to obsess about a montrer because something in it captivated a part of your soul.
There have been shippers since before the internet was a gleam in the eye of Al Gore. I have no doubt that in the Sixties people were arguing about whether Mary Ann ou Ginger should end up with Gilligan.
But the Internet magnifies everything and it certainly has done that when it comes to fans who care about their favori télévision couple. These "shippers" write about their favorites, argue with rivals and can spend hours every jour obsessing over every aspect of that relationship they find so compelling.
There's nothing wrong with that. I suspect most writers are flattered that they can create characters and relationships that resonate so strongly with viewers. That passion is a testament to their talent and the talents of everyone on the show.
But that passion can have a dark side. It's easy to let that passion brush away common sense and courtesy. People can say horrible things online and when they're hating toi because of something toi care about to deeply...well, things can go to far.
CW's "The Vampire Diaries" boasts one of the strongest shipper fanbases in television. The triangle between Damon, Stefan and Elena has sparked ten of thousands of posts and tumblrs and every other possible method of talking about these relationships.
McKenzie was a young woman who posté under the handle "damons-petrova." She had a tumblr celebrating her belief in the "Stelena" romance but it was recently deleted and she disappeared from her usual online haunts.
On Wednesday, her sister posté this note on Tumblr:
My sister, McKenzie Raye has killed herself. I’ve been tons of messages regarding why her “TVD” blog was down and i’m sad to say that this is why.
She followed it up with this longer explanation, describing some of what led to her sister's death:
Kenzie ou formally known as “Damons-Petrova”
Kenzie had over 50 messages some NOT anonymous telling her to kill herself, she’s ugly, her blog is awful, and that she was a whore.
I remember the jour she made that Tumblr, she was PROUD! Kenzie loved The Vampire Diaries so much. I always could her her screaming at the TV when the montrer didn’t go her way and it always made me laugh because I always thought it was pathetic.
One jour she was bawling her eyes out because she kept getting so much hate and I told her to turn anon off, and she did. Things got better.
The other jour Kenzie announced that she was shutting down that blog because she ‘couldn’t take it anymore’. However, she received messages (some practically begging) for her to stay. She just logged off…and I had no idea that would the last time she would log on.
I just want to say that Kenzie loved both “Stelena” and “Delena”. Not once had she bashed anyone for anything. She accepted toi for who toi were and she was just the friendliest person toi could know. She was excited for season 4 toi guys, now she won’t be able to watch it.
I've reached out to the family in hopes of getting some plus information and verifying the story. But the posts sent shockwaves across the fanbase of "The Vampire Diaries."
Series executive producer Julie Plec addressed the situation late Wednesday on her twitter feed:
First, the petty s***: If your profil contains a line of dialogue from your ship that I WROTE, toi should think before toi send me hate.
Second: if toi are cruel ou abusive ou rude to me ou anyone else in the TVD Family and I witness it, you're blocked.
Third: Thank the rest of toi for the l’amour and support toi put into the TVDFamily-verse every day. toi may think we don't see it, but we do.
I'll update this when I have plus information but I wanted to pass this along because it's easy to forget how powerful words can be, especially when used as a weapon. Be passionate about those things toi care about. But temper that passion with humanity and restraint.
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