Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-68.14.70.125-20150423152146/@comment-24891101-20150425200516



Witness here the inhabitants of the Madhouse in their natural habitat. Capable of wildly deviating from the topic at hand at the drop of a hat, the RWBY Wiki forumites are a fractious and argumentative bunch, rather more so than other members of their species. These inquisitive, inventive creatures can maintain a topic derailment for hundreds of posts, often over the course of several days.

This band here was originally responding to the arrival of an unknown contributor. The posturing and discussion, however, quickly left the topic at hand, devolving into one of the favored topics in these conditions and ecosystem: shipping.

Shipping is one of the most dangerous topics for fandom communities, and is particularly hazardous for the RWBY fandom, when one considers the nature of the show. While sometimes discussion thereof can be civil and benign, all too often do shipping discussions threaten to consume entire threads, permanently derailing them, and in the worst cases, leading to the violent destruction of entire communities.

But thanks to the heroic efforts of certain individuals, it seems like the discussion is back on topic.

