For Soap Fans First!!

[Toups]

Of course I have my favorites, but I'm definitely a Show Fan First!!

[scuba]

I'm in. I watch Days, creator of the most insane, obsessive fan bases out there. They have ruined our show.

[TC]

We could even start a war on THIS thread! Which soap has the wackiest, most pugnacious group of fanbases.

On second thought, let's not and say we did.

[KSlater]

Do you think these fanbase wars spring up because the writing in general has gotten weaker on most of these soaps? I'm referring to Days of our Lives specifically, but this could apply to any soap.

[TC]

First and foremost I blame the internet. People with shared likes and dislikes were never able to communicate so readily with each other before. Now they feed off each other's indignation on a daily basis so it escalates.

But poor quality of the soaps themselves must have something to do with it as well. Sometimes the shows are so bad that for some, maybe one character or couple is the only thing that keeps them watching. Then there's the need to lay blame as to why a show is in poor shape.

[JenC]

Screw the fanbases! Stop pandering to them!

[All My Shadows]

I am definitely a fan of the show first and foremost. Without the show, there are no characters and couples to love.

[Kylie]

Well I consider myself to be an AMC Fan first, but I've been called a "hater" on this board repeatedly. So I'll leave my membership up to all of you.

[HelleBella]

Fanatical fanbases have got to be the worse thing that's ever happened to soaps. It's no longer about the show itself, just how great so and so is and how much the show sucks without them. One prime example for me is a certain couple over on AMC. I have stopped watching the show not only because it sucks, but because I was sick of being attacked from fans for daring to have a differing opinion. Ultimately, TPTB pandering to certain groups at the expense of others will be what really bring the soaps down in the long run.

[JackPeyton]

IMO, fanbade camps are helping a lot to ruin daytime.

Think about it - when they are not happy with there fanbase on the show all they do is bash it. Now say someone goes online to read about a soap they cought here or there and all they read is how awful the show is - this comming from "fans" of the show. or for that matter they read how great this one storyline is but the rest sux. its a no win situation, IMO.

Plus certin fanbases also cut out other fans of the sho0w. Carjackers (ATWT) & Zendull (AMC) seem to be doing it the most at the moment. They also vote an insane amount of time in the soap mags and it makes it seem like that couple/char/person/show is more like than what it is.

Soaps need to stop listing to the fans and trying to make everyone happy and just write produce and direct a great show. Like they use to..

of course i have my own fan couples char's and actress on daytime, but i am a fan of Days of our Lives & General Hospital - the show. thru up and downs the good and the bad i stick by them.

[winterguy125]

I am in on this, I do root for couples, but my show comes first.

[august1229]

I totally agree. I remember once I liked a character so much I thought I was part of the fanbase, but the people in it were so mean when I disagreed. I realized how insane it all is.

Does anyone think the networks maybe stir it up a little? They claim that ABC at least like all the publicity they think it gives them to have these people at war with one another on the internet. I could see them stirring it up a little.

[Juliajms]

^ I'm convinced ABCD and in particular GH cultivates the fanbase war culture. CBS has fanbases, but it just isn't as bad, imo. Until quite recently, I had never seen a bitch fight over Y&R and then Sharon/Phyllis/Nick happened, so I think LML took a cue from ABCD.

[Moonprincess1788]

I'm in! I'm an AMC fan first, even though I think the show is at the worst it's ever been at the moment. but nothing grates on my nerves faster than people saying the show is bad because Zendall are unhappy. W....T....F??? AMC thrived long before Zendall and would do better without it IMO. This crazed hysteria sickens me. I have loved couples and characters too and they have long since gone off the show, but I still watch, because AMC is an esemble show (or at least it used to be). *sigh*

Strange as it is, I used to be in the Zendall camp. But I was so turned off by the fans and their "passion" I abandoned ship, and it's a big part of why I can't stand Zendall now.

[detroitpiston]

I'm in! I hate fanbase fans, especially GH Sam ones!