onlyleigh answered:
Of course there are fanboys! :) in fact, some of my best friends are fanboys!
I’m not sure what you mean by “derision” (since I don’t feel like i’m trying to insult any fangirls in my videos, that’s definitely not my intention! Just good ol’ poking fun that people can actually relate to).
I guess the question you’re asking is why I don’t include fanboys in my videos.
Let’s start with- the future is ahead and has thousands of possibilities- I just totally might do that! :)
Anyway. I get that a lot. “What about the fanboys, hmm?”
Well, to this I usually answer- “Actually, what about the fangirls?”
The reason I made the first “fangirls” video is very much related to how, even this day, women aren’t nearly as significantly represented in the media as they should be. We’re getting there, but it’s simply not enough. And when it comes to Fangirls and Geek girls the situation is even worse- Almost nonexistent in the media (it took years before big bang acknowledged geek girls exist too, and they’re not nearly as fun as the other dudes), Accusations of “fake geek girls” everywhere, and when they do appear, they’re usually creepy, weird, too serious, or just an overly sexualized female geek the background in order for a girl to be there (i understand that’s not always the case, and you can find wonderful female geek/fangirl characters, but they’re just too little of them).
Men and Fanboys get loads of treatment in the media. There’s actually a Movie NAMED fanboys. Knights of badassom? Almost entirely dudes. That geeky larp scene in Role models? yep! also almost all dudes cast.
Even when there ARE girls they usually serve as a token minority (and women AREN’T EVEN a minority!) Or as a smurffette Principle character.
That’s usually the case with geeky scenes in lots of films, television, and other media representations.
I wanted to create an animated skit that has an all female cast (which is rare!) a good hearted comic situation that people can relate to Girls can look funny, girls can look goofy, they don’t have to just serve a purpose of token filling, love interest, or in worse cases the “normal” girls the geeks/fanboys have to woo or try to understand.
Later, the video became popular and thus a little series was created, starring these girls, a series named “Fangirls”. Because they are about them.
What you say btw is true- guys ARE usually accused of trolling. But that’s just because we still think of the default internet person as a guy. We need to change that! :)
