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Fandom experience
In light of a certain (admittedly awesome!) fic that I can't get three posts through my flist without seeing recced, I've been wondering about fandom experience.
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marguerite_26 cleared some things up for me by explaining that Merlin has an anon meme and a lot of shit goes down there. Of course, practically every fandom has or has had an anon meme, but in some fandoms, it's going to be part of your fandom experience. In other fandoms, not so much. She also mentioned at one point that HP, for instance, is a fandom that has a very high quotient of fests, and a lot is based around fests. When Star Trek reboot came out, the reboot fandom was centered on a kink meme (I have no idea what it's doing now).
I always think of BtVS fandom as a little town formed after an exodus from huge cities which now lie in ruins. Some people still live in the cities, but most of the people in the town know each other, even if we don't talk to those people over there. Enterprising souls gather news from all parts of town and bnfs still go on hunts at times for Fresh Blood. And most of the people in the town have actually moved out anyway and are keeping them as summer homes.
Anywho, what I'd like to know now is what your fandom experience is, and also how your fandom works. Would you consider it based on comms, memes, fests, a couple bnfs? Where does it happen? Why does it happen? Are there community pockets? Types who don't talk to each other? Wars between factions? What's it like moving into your fandom; are you on the periphery, did you found it, is it an uphill battle all the way? Does everyone go to cons; does everyone know each other; do you know everyone else? Are you confused about where your fandom happens, and you feel like you're always trying to figure it out?
I had this whole vision of there being a comment with the name of your fandom and then everyone replies to that comment with their fandom experience. Of course it's probably not going to work out that way, but I'm going to comment with HP, Buffyverse, SPN, and Merlin just to get things rolling. Please feel free to comment with your fandom, any fandom, just comment and reply.
marguerite_26 cleared some things up for me by explaining that Merlin has an anon meme and a lot of shit goes down there. Of course, practically every fandom has or has had an anon meme, but in some fandoms, it's going to be part of your fandom experience. In other fandoms, not so much. She also mentioned at one point that HP, for instance, is a fandom that has a very high quotient of fests, and a lot is based around fests. When Star Trek reboot came out, the reboot fandom was centered on a kink meme (I have no idea what it's doing now).I always think of BtVS fandom as a little town formed after an exodus from huge cities which now lie in ruins. Some people still live in the cities, but most of the people in the town know each other, even if we don't talk to those people over there. Enterprising souls gather news from all parts of town and bnfs still go on hunts at times for Fresh Blood. And most of the people in the town have actually moved out anyway and are keeping them as summer homes.
Anywho, what I'd like to know now is what your fandom experience is, and also how your fandom works. Would you consider it based on comms, memes, fests, a couple bnfs? Where does it happen? Why does it happen? Are there community pockets? Types who don't talk to each other? Wars between factions? What's it like moving into your fandom; are you on the periphery, did you found it, is it an uphill battle all the way? Does everyone go to cons; does everyone know each other; do you know everyone else? Are you confused about where your fandom happens, and you feel like you're always trying to figure it out?
I had this whole vision of there being a comment with the name of your fandom and then everyone replies to that comment with their fandom experience. Of course it's probably not going to work out that way, but I'm going to comment with HP, Buffyverse, SPN, and Merlin just to get things rolling. Please feel free to comment with your fandom, any fandom, just comment and reply.
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I so want porn for A:tLA, but I want is exceedingly vanilla compared to like . . . everything on there. Must be the age thing, because I certainly want dirtier things from other fandoms than I do from AtLA . . .
thanks for the link!
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You're welcome! There isn't much vanilla on there, but there's a Teo/Yue fic that's pretty vanilla, and very fluffy.