GEEWUN
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GEEWUNis a snarkyfanterm for people who seem to have knee-jerk negative reactions to, and continuing difficulty in tolerating any of the post-Generation 1(aka "G1" ) incarnations of theTransformers property(keeping in mind that for some, "post-G1" means "anything after 1985" ).
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History
The earliest recorded use of the term "Geewun" (spelled as a normal word, not in all caps) originated with aTFArchive.comuser named Cliffjumper, who first used it in January 2003.[1]Since he has a tendency of coming up with mocking puns based on existing names and fandom terms, it's possible that he did indeed coin the term. The term didn't see widespread use until 2004, when it was apparently spread to other parts of the fandom (includingalt.toys.transformers) byNevermore,himself a regular member of TF Archive.Mark Bristow(aka "Bodycount" ) presumably also helped popularize the term.
Later usage
While the phenomenon of placing Generation 1 above everything else isnothing new,when the2007 live-action moviewas in production, thefandomexperienced an ongoing influx of mindlessly angry "Generation X" members who seemed to regardTransformersnot as a still-evolving cultural institution andbusiness property,but as a sacred relic of their halcyon, Reagan-era childhoods. These bitter young people made their voices heard by preemptively denouncing the movie because it wouldruin Transformers forever.GEEWUNners have most often been stereotyped as hating thelive-action film seriesand treating it like the ultimate heresy against humanity; however, this has gone away over time after the movies started falling more and more out of favor with the general public too, and with the release ofBumblebee,which was able to win over many of the previous naysayers (GEEWUNNER or otherwise).
For some reason, many GEEWUNNERS were particularly incensed by the fact thatOptimus Prime(the truck guy, not the tape guy) had flames painted on him, a detail thatMichael Bayclaims to have received death threats over. It probably would have been okay if the flames wereburning down some forests,though.
Misconceptions
The term isnotintended as a catch-all nickname foranybodywho likes Generation 1, only those who refuse to accept anything other than it (or at least howtheyremember it, correctly or not). It is, alas, often used in this way by those who donotlike Generation 1 and are seeking to insult those who do. Additionally, "Geewunners" themselves sometimes trot the term around as evidence of "persecution", in the process misconstruing the term to make it appear worse (i.e., claiming that people that use the term hate Generation 1 and everyone who likes it).
External spread
Much like howRuined FOREVERspread tootherfandoms,thePokémonfandom uses the term "GENWUN "to describe fans who only like the original set of games (commonly known by them asGeneration Ior "Gen 1" but not as "G1", hence the single letter difference).
