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Post by pepsitwist on Jun 15, 2012 17:35:01 GMT -5
It's pandermonium at times
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Post by Free Hat on Jun 15, 2012 17:36:37 GMT -5
To my knowledge we haven't had someone make a thread where they creepily declare themselves to be "in love" with her, so I'd say it hasn't quite reached Mickie levels yet.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2012 17:39:42 GMT -5
... This question is worded like its a bad thing...
So, a group of internet fans being really passionate about a talented, well booked female worker that plays on the sexual aspect of her character. I feel like I should feel bad for being a fan of this, but I'm not sure why.
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Post by norsisclouds on Jun 15, 2012 17:44:36 GMT -5
We already have that with the pandering/not pandering thing represented in the poll. There've been flames about that in threads already. I think what I don't like about it has nothing to do with AJ and more to do with the internet-at-large. AJ wears shirts that say "NERD" or "METAL" and people eat that up, which bugs me since that's the equivalent of Jessica Chobot licking the PSP. But no one forces them to like her so it's not quite so much on her. What I don't like is that there are wrestlers who are actually bigger into things that are traditionally considered "nerdy" and nobody holds them to it. Shad Gaspard is a comics nut who draws and publishes his own work, but you never see anyone show any interest in him for it. Or Shelton Benjamin, who is an avowed gamer who dominated the old game competitions that WWE held for SvR with the wrestlers. But nope, never hear anything about that. Apparently it's only acceptable or interesting if AJ does it. I pointed this out with some of the divas before who've been on the roster who were all big comic book fans or wrestling fans as kids, etc... no one cared about them. Suddenly AJ is the only female wrestler ever who had these interests... OK. Like Mickie, AJ's reached the point where I instinctively ignore threads about her on here, because the sort of praise she gets really veers into creepily obsessive territory. lol I've been doing the same thing lately...because no one wants to be *that poster* who goes into a thread about something they aren't interested in and goes "I don't understand why people post about x" in that thread...so I try not to get involved altogether.
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Post by Dub H on Jun 15, 2012 17:53:20 GMT -5
Oh boy the AJ is a Pander/They like because she is a nerd debate is about to start.WHERE IS MY POPCORN?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2012 17:56:31 GMT -5
Oh boy the AJ is a Pander/They like because she is a nerd debate is about to start.WHERE IS MY POPCORN? Are you paying attention at all? It's not about AJ. It's about the double standards that some fans apply to her in total ignorance of women in wrestling with similar, or greater, interests in "nerd" topics.
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Post by Lancers on Jun 15, 2012 17:56:39 GMT -5
Oh boy the AJ is a Pander/They like because she is a nerd debate is about to start.WHERE IS MY POPCORN? I already ate it. I do have a Three Musketeers bar somewhere in my fanny pack if you like.
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Post by Dub H on Jun 15, 2012 17:59:40 GMT -5
Oh boy the AJ is a Pander/They like because she is a nerd debate is about to start.WHERE IS MY POPCORN? Are you paying attention at all? It's not about AJ. It's about the double standards that some fans apply to her in total ignorance of women in wrestling with similar, or greater, interests in "nerd" topics. That's why i placed the slash,becuas eif it does happen,it's bound to invovle the pandering.Sorry man,i'm just here to watch,i wont be part of the debate. Tough i woudl quite disagree with what you said.And danmit,i will enjoy whitout popcorn. In topic,it may reach one day,but it's not there yet.
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Post by ________ has left the building on Jun 15, 2012 17:59:58 GMT -5
I have a feeling this thread will make 6 pages before 9pm Central.
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Post by sunnytaker on Jun 15, 2012 18:02:20 GMT -5
Maria was into comics as well if i recall right. i think some of the AJ love might come from the fact it's an honest to goodness diva storyline that hasn;t been seen in a while. as the one involved in the storyline and actually being able to pull it off decently AJ is getting the attention for it.
ironically her and to a lesser degree Eve are actually gettting more attention doing non-in-ring stuff than they ever did while in a match. AJ seems to be around the Madison Rayne levels right now. getting a lot of attention while in the spotlight but remains to be seen how she holds up afterwards or fades into the supporting role Madison is at now (and now gets much less attention here)
with Mickie-mania, no matter where she was or wasn;t on the card she have regular threads about her. plus AJ never did Jenny Jones. so no AJ's still the JYD to Mickie's Hogan
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Post by "Gentleman" AJ Powell on Jun 15, 2012 18:16:27 GMT -5
I dunno if it's that bad yet, but whenever I see someone gushing about her, I always think "That's great 'n all, but she pretty much banged Jay Lethal for wrestling lessons." "OOOOOOH YEAH!"
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2012 18:39:53 GMT -5
It's different groups of guys (and girls) that creep on them. Personally I think AJ has the potential to be bigger than Mickie in terms of creepers obsessing over her. With AJ people are simply attracted to her since she appeals to the lonely neckbeards, she's small, she's cute, she's Asian, and she's the personification of the "idiot nerd girl" meme. Do I think she's a nerd? Perhaps, but nowhere near the level she plays it up.
There's a ton of guys on here creeping it up with "babes" and divas in the signatures, but it more than likely ends right there. You have to look at the nutty loons that get a tattoo for AJ or phone in a bomb threat to HQ like that Mickie fan did to really gauge it all. I think the Mickie stalkers are a lot more dangerous than the AJ ones, who are mostly harmless dorky guys.
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Post by Dolly Hard-On on Jun 15, 2012 18:45:14 GMT -5
I like AJ's character right now, but Mickie holds a special place in my heart. She was one of my favorite divas ever.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2012 18:47:21 GMT -5
We'll find out once she ask for donations via Kickstarter to fund her J-Pop album. She'll raise enough money in the first 24 hours, she'll be able to Chinese Democracy the s*** out of that record. Try way too hard and waste a lot of money and time?
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Post by BigWill on Jun 15, 2012 18:50:23 GMT -5
Why is it only when a diva is concerned that being a fan is considered creepy? You see twice as many Punk and Bryan threads each week, and no one's calling their fans out for unhealthy worshiping. But do something to express the fact that you're a fan of a diva and people jump all over you.
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Post by rnrk supports BLM on Jun 15, 2012 18:55:04 GMT -5
Why is it only when a diva is concerned that being a fan is considered creepy? You see twice as many Punk and Bryan threads each week, and no one's calling their fans out for unhealthy worshiping. But do something to express the fact that you're a fan of a diva and people jump all over you. CM Punk and Daniel Bryan fandom, while obsessive in its own way, generally doesn't involve talking about how hot they'd look if they dressed up as schoolgirls. Or posting pictures of their butts and talking about how great they'd be at anal. Though I'm sure there are some parts of the internet where that's not the case.
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Post by The Ichi on Jun 15, 2012 18:55:08 GMT -5
I'd say it's almost the same. The only difference is that Mickie had one or two posters that were completly obsessed with her. AJ doesn't have that...yet.
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Post by Spankymac is sick of the swiss on Jun 15, 2012 18:55:33 GMT -5
Yes, with "cult" being the perfect description of it. A so-so performer who's worshipped because "Heh-heh, she likes geek stuff too, she'd TOTALLY be into me".
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Post by Metalheadbanger Man on Jun 15, 2012 18:55:43 GMT -5
Both of them make my balls tingle, which has got to count for something.
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Post by thelonewolf527 on Jun 15, 2012 18:57:39 GMT -5
AJ's the best thing on any wrestling program right now so having a bunch of threads about her makes sense.
Now if we all of a sudden had a bunch of threads about like Layla or Drew McIntyre, then that'd be strange
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