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eponymous_roseThere've been lots of posts about fandom in general recently, following this amazing article, and ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cryptictac has set up a Fannish Appreciation Meme to, you know, remind us why we're here. And you know how I love a meme.
The Fandom Appreciation Meme: My Thread
Honestly, it's just so amazing to sit back and really think about what we're doing here; I know I'm not exactly the most sociable person, but I was loads worse when I first joined LJ just over a year ago. Chatting about the shows we love, the books we read, the things we do and think and dream - well, it all seems perfectly natural, doesn't it? It's the convention experience every time you log on, only you wind up talking about silly things and serious things and things that have nothing to do with anything. It's a different world in here, and it's easy to forget all the amazing things that come with it. Friendship half a world apart, for one.
I remember, when I was about thirteen, calling an e-mail correspondent a "friend" and getting a strange, almost scandalized look from my mom. "But you've never met her!" Come to think of it, I've never actually met a single one of the 158 people on my flist, but I have stayed up until four AM debating the edibility of various actors, pitching terrifyingly bizarre new TV series that are SURELY BRILLIANT and just waiting for the right audience, and generally discussing the things that matter most in life. Friends in the 'real world' who'll sit down and chat with me until the wee small hours about nothing in particular? I can count them on the fingers of one hand, and I call myself lucky to have that many.
And it's not just the friends I've made that get me all gleeful; it's the ones I've just met, the ones I haven't had a chance to get to know yet who have precisely one fandom in common with me. It's a starting point; sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn't. But that's half the fun, isn't it?
To sum up: ♥ you all.
cryptictac has set up a Fannish Appreciation Meme to, you know, remind us why we're here. And you know how I love a meme.Honestly, it's just so amazing to sit back and really think about what we're doing here; I know I'm not exactly the most sociable person, but I was loads worse when I first joined LJ just over a year ago. Chatting about the shows we love, the books we read, the things we do and think and dream - well, it all seems perfectly natural, doesn't it? It's the convention experience every time you log on, only you wind up talking about silly things and serious things and things that have nothing to do with anything. It's a different world in here, and it's easy to forget all the amazing things that come with it. Friendship half a world apart, for one.
I remember, when I was about thirteen, calling an e-mail correspondent a "friend" and getting a strange, almost scandalized look from my mom. "But you've never met her!" Come to think of it, I've never actually met a single one of the 158 people on my flist, but I have stayed up until four AM debating the edibility of various actors, pitching terrifyingly bizarre new TV series that are SURELY BRILLIANT and just waiting for the right audience, and generally discussing the things that matter most in life. Friends in the 'real world' who'll sit down and chat with me until the wee small hours about nothing in particular? I can count them on the fingers of one hand, and I call myself lucky to have that many.
And it's not just the friends I've made that get me all gleeful; it's the ones I've just met, the ones I haven't had a chance to get to know yet who have precisely one fandom in common with me. It's a starting point; sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn't. But that's half the fun, isn't it?
To sum up: ♥ you all.
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Date: 2008-12-05 07:59 am (UTC)ONE DAY THE WORLD WILL KNOW OUR GENIUS, AND IT WILL WEEP.
(Wow. That sounds a little creepy. I meant 'weep' in a good way, I'm pretty sure.)
*fandom high five*
OH AND: I can't believe I haven't mentioned this yet - we have the complete series of Man from U.N.C.L.E. on DVD at work. It comes in its own metal briefcase. It makes me happy when I am sad.
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Date: 2008-12-05 09:26 am (UTC)but I have stayed up until four AM debating the edibility of various actors
AGH I CAN'T BELIEVE I NEVER MADE THOSE EDWARD PETHERBRIDGE ICONS. i will be right on it! <3
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Date: 2008-12-05 05:59 pm (UTC):D
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Date: 2008-12-05 06:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-08 11:41 pm (UTC)Great post! I hardly visit LJ these days, but you capture it perfectly and remind me what I'm missing.
Who knew the level of connection that a shared love of Doctor Who etc could bring? And that it would easily trump differences in age, sex, geography, occupation etc?