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Fandom far afield
When was the last time you participated in fandom on the internet not through a journaling site? I don't really mean posting fanfic to something like fanfiction.net, unless you also post and discuss in the forums there. I mean discussion, meta, the posting of fanfic, the making of graphics, etc, all being share through a medium other than LJ, DW, Insane Journal, JournalFen, etc. This would be a forum, website, mailing list . . . if you did something like a fanzine, not online, I'm interested in that too.
1) What fandom was it?
2) What was the medium? (e.g. was it a forum, a mailing list, etc)
3) When was this?
4) Are you still active in that fandom?
5) Why did you participate there, and not at a journaling site?
6) Are you more active in fandom on journaling sites or at other places?
7) How did the different mode of interaction affect your fandom participation?
8) Does there seem to you to be a difference in fen between the other medium and journaling sites? What are the differences? Why do you think those differences exist? Is it the nature of that fandom, or do you think it has anything to do with where that fandom is taking place?
9) What were the fen in the other medium's thoughts on yaoi? (No, seriously. What was the general sentiment towards slash?)
10) Was it easier or harder to get into a fandom through a medium other than a journaling site?
11) Which medium do you prefer?
If it sounds like I'm doing a study, I'm not. I'm just dabbling around in this other fandom, the fen of which seems mainly to congregate around a forum rather than playing on LJ/DW. I'm wondering how many people share my experiences there. Forums used to be my main method of fandom access. I was comfortable in them and found LJ inconvenient and not very suited to my style. I became used to it because I decided a lot of cool people were here...and now I'm beginning to think it's the only way!
1) What fandom was it?
2) What was the medium? (e.g. was it a forum, a mailing list, etc)
3) When was this?
4) Are you still active in that fandom?
5) Why did you participate there, and not at a journaling site?
6) Are you more active in fandom on journaling sites or at other places?
7) How did the different mode of interaction affect your fandom participation?
8) Does there seem to you to be a difference in fen between the other medium and journaling sites? What are the differences? Why do you think those differences exist? Is it the nature of that fandom, or do you think it has anything to do with where that fandom is taking place?
9) What were the fen in the other medium's thoughts on yaoi? (No, seriously. What was the general sentiment towards slash?)
10) Was it easier or harder to get into a fandom through a medium other than a journaling site?
11) Which medium do you prefer?
If it sounds like I'm doing a study, I'm not. I'm just dabbling around in this other fandom, the fen of which seems mainly to congregate around a forum rather than playing on LJ/DW. I'm wondering how many people share my experiences there. Forums used to be my main method of fandom access. I was comfortable in them and found LJ inconvenient and not very suited to my style. I became used to it because I decided a lot of cool people were here...and now I'm beginning to think it's the only way!
Re: By Metafandom
I feel like there's a different type of fen there, but I don't know why. Is it the fandom? Is it the medium? Is it the type of people who are attracted to this fandom are also attracted to this medium are also attracted to heterocentricity and traditional gender roles? What is the relationship between these elements?
So now I'm feeling kind of, "Oy, this forum is so conservative; LJ is the liberalist place on cyberearth!" But what you say is true--I see a lot of het and slash on LJ, but not a lot of femslash (and yeah, that age old argument: why does femslash need "fem", and male slash is just slash?), and overall I do see a preoccupation with men. (The circles I tend to frequent on LJ seem interested in women to a closer-to-equal degree as they are in men, but yeah, overall, the slant is heavy on the male side.)
One thing that is interesting is that I've noticed on Dreamwidth there seems to be more people interested in female characters, and gender studies in general.
it's because LJ-fandom is largely equal to the so-called 'Media Fandom'
This is interesting, too. The fandom of the forum I'm going to is based on a Victorian novel. A few years ago there was a BBC adaptation of it, which is why the fandom is hoppin'. I started wondering about the difference between LJ fandoms and not-LJ fandoms because I noticed there seemed to be certain sorts of fandoms LJ hasn't absorbed--mostly, it's not the happenin' place for the 19th c. novels I'm interested in. But now that I look at it, it does seem centered on TV, new movies, and blockbuster book series (AKA Harry Potter).