I've probably learned more in fandom than I have in school. (And dude, if I could have just substituted eight years of fandom for my Intro to Gender and Sexuality Studies class, I'm pretty sure I could have still passed the final.) Oh man, do I feel similarly. Fandom has become prevalent in my life and how I think about things, so the RL/fandom divide is coming apart almost of its own volition.
SW fandom has a very elaborate system of what takes priority in what order, mostly based on how involved George Lucas was. O_O Wow...
FIC AS PERFORMANCE ART. That is a really interesting way to put it, and I relate to it a lot. I get bitten by Ocean Girl (or whatever) plot bunnies, but I never follow through on those because I don't want to put in all this work if no one's gonna pay attention. And then I guess I'm into the audience participation too, because there are those round-robin commentfics.
Re: hi, this is bedlam and your daily dose of sounding completely crazy (part, uh, 2/2)
Oh man, do I feel similarly. Fandom has become prevalent in my life and how I think about things, so the RL/fandom divide is coming apart almost of its own volition.
SW fandom has a very elaborate system of what takes priority in what order, mostly based on how involved George Lucas was.
O_O Wow...
FIC AS PERFORMANCE ART. That is a really interesting way to put it, and I relate to it a lot. I get bitten by Ocean Girl (or whatever) plot bunnies, but I never follow through on those because I don't want to put in all this work if no one's gonna pay attention. And then I guess I'm into the audience participation too, because there are those round-robin commentfics.