Gatchamaniacs - Please Assemble and Read

<Hino quietly walks through the side door of the room, and just as quietly transmutes into the Female Eagle. She then walks up to the podium and turns the microphone on.>


Hello, Gatchamaniacs, and thank you for coming into this thread. I have been witnessing some of the discord occurring on Gatchamania recently, and wanted to bring this issue to the forefront.

I have been watching and reading quietly from the sidelines the issues that have risen here, as I’m sure other have as well. I would like to remind each one of us that we are all individuals here, and by the very nature of being an individual, we all have different thoughts, feelings, and opinions, which may or may not be in agreement with others. These differences of opinion are fine and expected, and is what makes the world go round. If we all thought the same, then the world would be a very boring place.

As a community on this board, we’ve always prided ourselves in the fact that we are very open to others thoughts and feelings on a variety of subjects. It seems that objective may be getting clouded. I just want to remind all of us that different thoughts and feelings is also what makes this fandom go round. Think of all the wonderful conversations, not to mention fandom enlightenment, we’ve had on this board by listening and accepting what others have thought on a variety of subjects. Although we may not always have agreed with some of the opinions, they definitely made us think and consider them, and in many cases, made us more knowledgeable and open-minded on the subject.

When a subject or idea becomes a bone of contention, we need to agree to disagree. You can and should express your thoughts, whether they be positive or negative, and all of us should accept those feelings and beliefs and continue on. I’d hate to see this board fall apart, or have people be afraid to post and be part of our conversations, due to fear of adversarial actions and/or reactions.

If there is a thread or idea that you personally find objectionable, but is not libel or otherwise harmful, don’t read it or continue to read it. If someone posts a comment that may not reflect your own personal opinion, don’t lambaste them. Explain your side, tell them you understand their opinion and thank them for it, then move on. Additional people don’t need to “jump on the bandwagon” (in either case) and continue to escalate the issue. Just accept it and continue on with the original subject.

The bottomline is that we all love and enjoy the same fandom. That’s what brought us all together. We’re a fandom family. And just like a real family, we won’t always agree with each other - and that’s ok. It’s how we respond and our actions beyond that that is the most important thing in keeping this board and the fandom alive. And isn’t the love, and sharing of that love, of Gatchaman what brought us here in the first place?


I would like to thank you all again for coming to this thread and reading this post through. I realize that I may have overstepped a boundary, but I felt this was something that needed to be said, and something everyone needed to hear. Cep, I especially apologize to you if I overstepped. Not my intention, but like I said, I thought this was important.

This will also be my first and last post on the subject.

Gatchamaniacs, dismissed.

<The Female Eagle leaves the podium and returns to the side of the room. She quietly detransmutes back to her civilian self, and Hino slips out unseen.

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Hinotori
Eagle in Charge

Hino- Hugs! I agree with everything your saying there. There are times people don't agree, its gonna happen and in the past we've all been able to handle it well. Thanks for stepping up and sharing your feelings and how you see the board and why you stay. Maybe I've become a bit complacent since I've been here for a few years.

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Well said, Hino!

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There is no problem that cannot be solved with time, patience, and a judicious amount of high explosives.

Hino, I appreciate the thought behind everything you said. I too hope that we can all move past this and keep Gatchamania as the fun place we know and love.

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/tilts head

i have no idea what's going on, but whatever it is, i agree with them. but not the other them, with the other opinions. once i find out what IS going on though, i'll have an opinion about it too and then i will be excited to share it.

as long as we're cool with that.

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Trample the weak. Hurdle the dead.

spy vs spy.

/ninjasneaks

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Trample the weak. Hurdle the dead.