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Yes, it's an ongoing struggle and effort for me -- I enjoy waxing poetical about my dislikes as well as my likes, it can be so satisfying! And more than that it can be a crucial part of how I fan...but it's something I want to be careful of, too, because I've had my feelings hurt in fandom before, and had my squee harshed, and I don't want to do that to other people. Unintentionally or not. But it is a balance, always. (like, I stopped calling Guardian "trash" openly, because it bothered people even though I meant it mostly affectionately...but privately for me that's a defense mechanism in part, too; the only way I can love Guardian is by rejecting certain parts of it. But I don't have to be vocal about that, not to everyone, not when there are a lot of people in the fandom for whom loving all the show is just as crucial to how they fan...)