You know, it really sucks when being on the other side of popular opinion makes it so that you no longer feel welcome in your fandom
This is important! Tumblr can be really fun, or it can be triggering and stressful, and a lot of that has to do with who you let on your dashboard. Mirabilelectu is far from the only person who’s been feeling stressed, stifled and upset, recently. I’ve talked to a lot of people who’ve been experiencing something similar.
With things in fandom having reconfigured so significantly with season 3, there’s no shame in a housecleaning and a reconfiguration of your follow list.
The thing to do is to unfollow people who are dropping negativity on your dash. Even if it’s only negativity because it’s something that you personally find upsetting. I think we tend to tell ourselves that we’re being silly or oversensitive…but you know what? WHO CARES. It’s YOUR dash. Nobody else can see it, and it doesn’t affect anybody but you if you choose to remove somebody from it.
The Sherlock fandom is a huge place. We get settled into our corner of it, let routine take over, and forget how much is out there. But if you need a change of scenery, then think about what bothers you and you want, and then go hunting. Ask around with other people whom you know have similar tastes. Run some searches. Check into who’s being followed and reblogged by the kind of people you want to follow.
Maybe even start a community blog, or find one that represents a thing you like, and check out some of the people you see there.
Maybe drop a few asks to people who look interesting and introduce yourself. It’s a fine time to make new friends. ^_^
Mirabile, there are a looooooooooooooooot of people who don’t buy into the johnlock conspiracy. Don’t lose hope! The reason you don’t hear much from them about it is because if you don’t think a conspiracy exists, then there’s not really much to talk about. And as for hating Mary, I’ve had to drop a few people whose vitriol goes beyond what I feel comfortable with, myself.
If you would like a bunch of names of people who neither buy into tjlc (or at least they haven’t said anything about it if they do) nor spend time talking about hating Mary, might I suggest:
professorfangirl, moonblossom, roane72, belovedmuerto, lindentreeisle, traumachu, archiaart, chuuface, bendingsignpost, belladonnaq, engazed, willietheplaidjacket, sherlockscarf, dashcommaslash, venvephe, acafanmom, navydream, ivyblossom, knackorcraft, snogandagrope, cardiganfucker, lexxxwasniahc, provocatrixxx, radialarch, cypress-tree, mugenmine, darthstitch, random-nexus, valeria2067, youcantsaymylastname, havingbeenbreathedout, mazarin221b, thescienceofobsession, songlinwrites, marsdaydream, longtimegone