Perhaps. But, while I could really do without the hype about a lot of things, from TV shows I don't watch to sports I don't follow, I am never compelled to demonstrate that by making it less fun for others. I dare say, the drive to do that requires a bit of meanness of personality that I don't appreciate. (Threaten to, sure, it can be taken in fun. But to actually do it is pure unadulterated jerkdom.)
As for the banning, I'm pretty sure it's the other way around - there was no hype at first. If it hadn't been banned by someone, it'd have lived the small unnoticed life of the hundreds of other good juvvie fantasy series. A heck of a lot of people picked it up to see what the fuss was about when the ban got on the news. The merchandizing and the movies and the hype happened because enough people wanted it, not vice versa - of all the recent hypes, I dare say this one is the least artificial.
As fond as I might be of Carey, though, I think the fandom-comparison does not quite stand.
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Date: 2007-07-20 12:10 am (UTC)As for the banning, I'm pretty sure it's the other way around - there was no hype at first. If it hadn't been banned by someone, it'd have lived the small unnoticed life of the hundreds of other good juvvie fantasy series. A heck of a lot of people picked it up to see what the fuss was about when the ban got on the news. The merchandizing and the movies and the hype happened because enough people wanted it, not vice versa - of all the recent hypes, I dare say this one is the least artificial.
As fond as I might be of Carey, though, I think the fandom-comparison does not quite stand.