Yeah, exactly. I mean. I myself am proof that I will fan in a locked room without anyone in it. I've been fannish ever since I was in 3rd grade, when I started writing my first fanfic. I went on writing fanfic and meta and remixing bits of canon ad naseum for 10 years, without realizing other people did the exact same thing. But then I found out they were there, and it was so comforting. It's not what I need in order to be a fan, but it just feels so damn good, that when I don't have it I start to think, "What's the point?" which is sad.
I'm in the situation now of being in a smaller fandom. It's not miniscule; there's a forum where there's actually active conversation, and new members every day. I say small because compared to something like Buffy, it is a dust mote. But the real problem is--here are all these people interested in what I'm interested in, but they do not think like I do. I feel like a total radical--and I'm not, really!
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Yeah, exactly. I mean. I myself am proof that I will fan in a locked room without anyone in it. I've been fannish ever since I was in 3rd grade, when I started writing my first fanfic. I went on writing fanfic and meta and remixing bits of canon ad naseum for 10 years, without realizing other people did the exact same thing. But then I found out they were there, and it was so comforting. It's not what I need in order to be a fan, but it just feels so damn good, that when I don't have it I start to think, "What's the point?" which is sad.
I'm in the situation now of being in a smaller fandom. It's not miniscule; there's a forum where there's actually active conversation, and new members every day. I say small because compared to something like Buffy, it is a dust mote. But the real problem is--here are all these people interested in what I'm interested in, but they do not think like I do. I feel like a total radical--and I'm not, really!