you occasionally do manage to find those people who are truly great friends and patient people. That is what makes fandom great, the chance to meet those people.
Exactly, and it is only those people and my dear love for my fandoms that kept me involved over the last two weeks. I was closer to quitting than I've ever been before, and it had absolutely nothing to do with LiveJournal/6A issues.
I felt like the entire fandom was circling the wagons with me on the outside.