Oh man, there is a post I've needed to write for years that relates to this, because YES I know exactly what you mean -- for years my sister and I have said I have Type A and Type B fandoms. Nothing to do with the personality types (I'm honestly not sure why we started calling them that?)
Type A fandoms are the things I adore that I think are absolutely brilliant and shove at people and recommend to everyone; I'll rewatch most of them when I get the chance. They might have flaws but everything else is so good it can be overlooked. I rarely write or read fic for Type As, because they're so satisfying as-is.
While as Type B fandoms are the ones that are kind of ridiculous and have major issues but also have elements that are unexpectedly brilliant and hit the id HARD and make me want MOOOOOORE, they'll get me writing fic because I need this and that and also HOW COULD CANON DO THAT. They'll obsess me and I adore them. I'll rewatch the whole show to share with someone, but I usually prefer to rewatch just my favorite scenes (over and over and over again)...
And I can't honestly say which type I love more, or which brings me more joy, but yeah, part of the joy of a Type B fandom for me is in its imperfections, in the parts that make me scream OH NO THAT'S SO DUMB...and makes me feel totally fine with grabbing onto the canon and ripping it up a bit to pull out the bits I love and just ignoring the rest. Like, a Type A fandom might have an end that makes me cry but I wouldn't really want it any other way. While as a Type B I will very happily live in denial and just ignore what doesn't work, and I do not take it too seriously and in fact cannot take it too seriously, because if I did it wouldn't be so fun, not in the same way.
And Guardian is quintessential Type B for me (as was SGA, oh SGA -- I got into it at the beginning of s4, we marathoned the first three seasons in a week, and at the end of season 2 my sister and I had a serious conversation about how the show was okay but also so frustratingly flawed and its universe building had so many issues and we didn't see why people were that into it, really...and then by the end of season 3 I was starting on writing more fic than I have for any fandom. ^^)
But. Yeah. That's my way of fanning, and other people do it differently, and sometimes my loving snark for those flawed babies can come across as something worse to people who don't fan like that. And also, yes, we can always do with more squee in the world, no matter how silly or imperfect the thing we're squeeing about is -- if it brings us joy, it's doing something right!
ETA: and also yes Naye beat me to it but: OH MY GOD, FRIENDS, I JUST HAD A GREAT TIME WATCHING THE SILLIEST, TRASHIEST NONSENSE, THE PLOT IS TEN CLICHÉS IN A TRENCH COAT, IT'S ANOTHER TOTAL SAUSAGE FEST, AND THE SET IS MADE OF FELT AND POPSICLE STICKS
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Type A fandoms are the things I adore that I think are absolutely brilliant and shove at people and recommend to everyone; I'll rewatch most of them when I get the chance. They might have flaws but everything else is so good it can be overlooked. I rarely write or read fic for Type As, because they're so satisfying as-is.
While as Type B fandoms are the ones that are kind of ridiculous and have major issues but also have elements that are unexpectedly brilliant and hit the id HARD and make me want MOOOOOORE, they'll get me writing fic because I need this and that and also HOW COULD CANON DO THAT. They'll obsess me and I adore them. I'll rewatch the whole show to share with someone, but I usually prefer to rewatch just my favorite scenes (over and over and over again)...
And I can't honestly say which type I love more, or which brings me more joy, but yeah, part of the joy of a Type B fandom for me is in its imperfections, in the parts that make me scream OH NO THAT'S SO DUMB...and makes me feel totally fine with grabbing onto the canon and ripping it up a bit to pull out the bits I love and just ignoring the rest. Like, a Type A fandom might have an end that makes me cry but I wouldn't really want it any other way. While as a Type B I will very happily live in denial and just ignore what doesn't work, and I do not take it too seriously and in fact cannot take it too seriously, because if I did it wouldn't be so fun, not in the same way.
And Guardian is quintessential Type B for me (as was SGA, oh SGA -- I got into it at the beginning of s4, we marathoned the first three seasons in a week, and at the end of season 2 my sister and I had a serious conversation about how the show was okay but also so frustratingly flawed and its universe building had so many issues and we didn't see why people were that into it, really...and then by the end of season 3 I was starting on writing more fic than I have for any fandom. ^^)
But. Yeah. That's my way of fanning, and other people do it differently, and sometimes my loving snark for those flawed babies can come across as something worse to people who don't fan like that. And also, yes, we can always do with more squee in the world, no matter how silly or imperfect the thing we're squeeing about is -- if it brings us joy, it's doing something right!
ETA: and also yes Naye beat me to it but:
OH MY GOD, FRIENDS, I JUST HAD A GREAT TIME WATCHING THE SILLIEST, TRASHIEST NONSENSE, THE PLOT IS TEN CLICHÉS IN A TRENCH COAT, IT'S ANOTHER TOTAL SAUSAGE FEST, AND THE SET IS MADE OF FELT AND POPSICLE STICKS
YES that is Guardian!! (I love it so much~~~~)