New Guidelines for 'Shipper Threads

[zankoku]

I haven't been here for sometime. I hate sniper fire and that was what I was feeling. Maybe now I will visit more often.

After reading all teh posts on this thread I am getting a headache.

If I was a MOD I probably would commit Seppaku.

 

['Shippy]

Hi zankoku, nice to see you around here again. Trekbbs is very active and hard for me to keep up with at times. There is a wide variety of threads to get involved in.

The mods. here have more patience than I will ever have.

 

[T'Parm]

Posted by pookha:
[hmm instead of gold stars can we whisper stuff about
t'bonz

<span class="spoiler"><font class="small">Spoiler:</font><hr /><span> such as the reason she says she dosnt like space seed now is to hide the childhood fan girl crush she had on khan. </span><hr /></span>

I understand where T'Bonz is coming from Space Seed is the TOS episode I like the least. I have never really liked the episodes that have super beings like Trelane or Q in them. Space Seed is worse than the others because it also has a member of Kirk's crew betraying all she believes in for a pretty face.

 

[Morpheus]

Posted by T'Bonz:

If you're too sensitive to accept criticism of your favorite pair-up, you need to log-off and go back to real life for a while.

It's JUST A TV SHOW.

Bonz Baby - I LOVE YOU

 

[T'Bonz]

^


Remember that the next time I pick apart a show. (But in all fairness, I do that to most shows on television, Trek or not. Can you imagine what I have to say about commercials?)

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To whomever said I had a girlhood crush on Khan, be ye daft? I had a crush on Spock when I was young, like 100000000000000 other young girls at the time.

 

['Shippy]

I had a huge crush on Spock. I even wrote him a song.

 

[Top41]

^The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins?

Sorry, couldn't resist.

I had a massive crush on Spock, too.

 

[Spy of P'Jem]

Posted by Top41:
...or, Bringing the 'Shipper Threads back under the board rules.

In a misguided but good-intentioned attempt to help ease tensions between the 'shippers, the Enterprise moderators have done everything we could think of to try to discourage and elimate trolling in those threads. We've done so much that we inadvertantly brought about the conception that these threads were immune to the board rules.

They're not. And it's time we brought an end to that misconception once and for all. The 'shipper and rage threads are not being banned, but they are going to operate under the board rules. That means people who have a dissenting opinion can and will come into those threads and offer it.

If you are a 'shipper and cannot handle that, there are other sites that are 'ship specific that will welcome you. This might not be the best BBS for you if you can't handle negative commentary about your favorite character/'ship.

This is of course not a free invitation for anyone to troll these threads. But a negative opinion offered in a 'shipper thread is not necessarily an attempt to troll, and such comments made in the interest of carrying out a discussion are welcomed and encouraged.

Your Enterprise moderators, Top41, jkladis, Timofnine and Kalen Archer

I'd suggest that the above missive will not have any force, but the enforcement by the mods (in my opinion flighty at best) will determine its usefulness. Frankly, I've never understood the time investment of the shippers. It's just a TV show.

 

['Shippy]

^
IMO like the techie lovers, canon sticklers, alien species fans, character lovers, 'shippers have found an aspect of Trek that they like to talk about. That doesn't mean that it is the only aspect 'shipper fan like to talk about though. Just like some canon sticklers or techie lovers can have debates about stuff that sometimes get out of hand, 'shippers do to.

'Shipping has been positive for me. I started writing this year, and am expressing my creative side through fan art. I also talk to friends on and off boards about more than just 'shipping. I've also branched out from 'shipper art and gotten back into nature photography.

 

[indranee]

yes, some of us "shippers" are longtime Trek fans and care MUCH MORE about the show than their 'ship.

btw, I am also a "continuity pornographer".

 

[The Realist]

I'm afraid I don't really understand why squabbling 'shippers cause such a panic and a perceived need to do something, anything -- or possibly several contradictory things in quick succession. I mean, it's all just white words on a blue-gray background. Who really cares? Warn 'em when they violate the board rules, ban 'em if they keep doing it, and leave 'em to fend for themselves otherwise. Seems simple enough to me.

 

[Top41]

Bumping as a reminder...

 

[Pavlova]

Posted by mrcoaster:
I think this is a good idea. There's plenty of room for discussion and that includes 'ships, too. I'm not a 'shipper by any stretch - not really my thing - but if people are into pairings, good for them. The same should be applied to different 'ships. If one's not to your liking, discuss it. Ignore it. It's a tv show and we ought to have fun with it. It's nothing worth getting really angry about. I like plenty of shows or aspects of shows others don't. Such is life.

Sometimes you just have to let stuff roll off your back. Now, it would be nice if trolls didn't do any provoking, but that's what the mods are for...to take care of that sort of thing.

I just want to say at the outset that I appreciate all the effort the mods make to keep this forum civil although it seems as if that responsibility should rest with ALL the individual posters. (I too apologize for times when I've lost my cool and added to the general melee')

It does indeed seem kind of ridiculous (not to mention superfluous) to have a separate set of rules for shipper/rage threads than those that exist for the rest of the forum.

Secondly, I am not a shipper by any stretch and really believe that sexual pairings between the main characters do not need to occur in order to make the show or those characters interesting. (In fact the opposite reaction often seems to follow after two characters consumate a relationship that had previously been implied via delicious sexual tension.) I also feel that our Vulcan lady deserves better than to be a love object for anyone.

Having said that, though, I do believe that the relationships between characters (all the characters) and the chemistry and mystery those relationships suggest are golden in this series.

Here's my question though: why in hades would anyone willingly venture into a thread devoted to a pairing they wholeheartedly dislike or that promotes a 'ship that is the polar opposite of one they are devoted to?

Isn't that kind of masochistic... asking for trouble... an attempt to stir the $#%&? Why not just begin the "ignore" process a step earlier by not reading what the other camp has to say? Woudln't that save a lot of wear and tear on the blood pressure?

 

[cubbie]

Posted by Pavlova:

Here's my question though: why in hades would anyone willingly venture into a thread devoted to a pairing they wholeheartedly dislike or that promotes a 'ship that is the polar opposite of one they are devoted to?

Isn't that kind of masochistic... asking for trouble... an attempt to stir the $#%&? Why not just begin the "ignore" process a step earlier by not reading what the other camp has to say? Woudln't that save a lot of wear and tear on the blood pressure?

Isn't this the age old question about people who watch Enterprise week after week yet continue to bash it and actively try to cancel the series? The only answere I can come up with is because it's there.

 

[Pavlova]

Posted by cubbie866:

Posted by Pavlova:

Here's my question though: why in hades would anyone willingly venture into a thread devoted to a pairing they wholeheartedly dislike or that promotes a 'ship that is the polar opposite of one they are devoted to?

Isn't that kind of masochistic... asking for trouble... an attempt to stir the $#%&? Why not just begin the "ignore" process a step earlier by not reading what the other camp has to say? Woudln't that save a lot of wear and tear on the blood pressure?

Isn't this the age old question about people who watch Enterprise week after week yet continue to bash it and actively try to cancel the series? The only answere I can come up with is because it's there.

Point taken, cubbie

 

[chrisbd1]

I'm reminded of the Saturday Night Live skit where Shatner says "Get a Life"