You know, in theory I totally get that, I do. Even in fandom -- as I suppose in all creativity -- we have to perform various rituals to turn off the harmful censors (as opposed to the good editors) in our heads and reach for the beating heart of what moves us. But I can't make myself comfortable with something that uses "Bad" as part of the description of the label that gives us permission to do that. From now on I'm calling my vids Big Warm Fuzzy Secret Heart vids, because that helps me admit my total surrender.
(Part of my discomfort is also: what about all the stories/vids that aren't labeled LKB? Are they not full to overflowing with fannish love? It seems to me many of them are, and in many cases their creators already gave themselves permission to believe completely, so while the label may help some people it can implicitly tell others, "you're just bound by convention and not letting your true inner fan through." Not to mention that people apply the LKB label to things the creator didn't. A big chunk of my worry about the LKB label is that it can confuse matters and easily be misused to hurt people.)
In the end, I can't campaign against the LKBV label, even if I wish it had been Big Warm Fuzzy Secret Heart instead. The term quite clearly helps some people. But while it may liberate them, it's a constraint on people like me who don't want to use it. Now we have to worry: If I don't label this as LKBV, won't people laugh at me in chat? At the creation stage, it's permission to believe. But at the sharing stage, it can be a method to protect yourself.
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(Part of my discomfort is also: what about all the stories/vids that aren't labeled LKB? Are they not full to overflowing with fannish love? It seems to me many of them are, and in many cases their creators already gave themselves permission to believe completely, so while the label may help some people it can implicitly tell others, "you're just bound by convention and not letting your true inner fan through." Not to mention that people apply the LKB label to things the creator didn't. A big chunk of my worry about the LKB label is that it can confuse matters and easily be misused to hurt people.)
In the end, I can't campaign against the LKBV label, even if I wish it had been Big Warm Fuzzy Secret Heart instead. The term quite clearly helps some people. But while it may liberate them, it's a constraint on people like me who don't want to use it. Now we have to worry: If I don't label this as LKBV, won't people laugh at me in chat? At the creation stage, it's permission to believe. But at the sharing stage, it can be a method to protect yourself.