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Name's Faye. 19 years old. Avid fangirl of many different things. Aspiring writer. Firm believer in the ability to be a fan of something while still being able to criticize it. Loves calling people out on their BS.

LOL, so apparently the only reason the ratings for the last episode being so low was because Stelena shippers are too immature to watch the show. Apparently if Delena shippers had done the same, the show would have been cancelled ages ago.

Yeah. Okay. Well, then, let me explain how things like this typically work:

So, let’s say that maybe more than half of the fandom (and when I use that word I mean actively participating in online fandom stuff) ships Delena.

So let’s say we got maybe 60%-70% of the online fandom shipping Delena.

Do you know how many people that watch the show bother with the online stuff?

Maybe half. More likely much less than half.

Do you realize that many of those casual viewers don’t ship Delena or ship anything in the show at all?

So, if you wanna get real, out of everybody who watches this show (whether they involve themselves in the fandom or not), maybe half of them ship Delena. And after last night’s ratings, I’m guessing less.

Also, if you’re going to argue that Delena has the biggest fandbase, then don’t bash other ships for not watching and causing low ratings. Because if your fanbase was really that big, you wouldn’t need the rest of us.

And even moving past that, a lot of people in this fandom (no matter what they ship) are always threatening to stop watching when something doesn’t go their way, so criticizing specific fanbases for doing that really doesn’t make any sense.

tagged → #TVD #Vampire Diaries #The Vampire Diaries #Just sayin' #Fandom fuckery #Same shit different day