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schneefink) wrote2014-07-07 08:34 pm
schneefink) wrote2014-07-07 08:34 pm
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Happy fandom memories
DAY 7: Count your fannish blessings. Post at least three fannish blessings, for example, three reasons you love your fandom or fandom in general, three happy fannish memories, three people who've inspired your fannishness.
I'm tired so thinking is hard, but have some random happy fandom memories:
- That time when I talked to someone for the second time and we started talking about what we like to read and he evaded the question for a while and then said he's reading this thing, he's not sure if I've heard about it, it's a comic from Japan, and it's called "One Piece" - and I started jumping up and down (literally) and shouted "Ace is free!" (because that just happened a day before) and it was like we had an instant connection. We were in public at a tram station and didn't care at all. It was one of the first times I had this intense feeling of fannish joy outside of the internet and it was amazing.
- When I posted my first few fics and got positive comments. I'd written stories before, even shown it to a few people who said nice things, but I don't think I ever felt so proud of my writing - something I'd created! - before.
- The first times I got postcards from fandom friends. I'd known that these people that I met and became friends with were real, of course, but somehow it felt different to hold something in my hand. Proof not only that they're real, but also that I'd made such good friends who care enough to send me a card (I'm a lazy card writer myself.)
- The month or two when I fell in love with fanvids. Somehow a switch flipped and I learned how to watch vids, how to follow the stories and to combine pictures and lyrics and several layers of meaning. I watched and downloaded a LOT of vids in a short period of time, and I loved it. There are a few that I remember very well, like "Us" by lim (I started out not liking it that much, then loving it, then loving it less but still liking it), or the funny SGA vids by chayiana, or my favorite Elizabeth Weir vids that I watched a lot (especially "Welcome Home"), and a few others.
- This is a bit more recent so I didn't think of it at first, but I think my first live hockey game. It was a great experience, but not only because of that: I think it was also because it was a result of me becoming fannish about different things (from Hockey RPF to hockey and both not really fandoms I'd ever considered before) and feeling absolutely free to tell everyone offline about it without having to worry about weird looks (okay yes weird looks but not the same kind of weird looks like if I'd talk about fanfic and mostly from people who know me- and by now I'm also much more comfortable talking about fanfic), and just realizing how comfortable I'm feeling by now in being fannish, being a fan. It's nice.
I'm tired so thinking is hard, but have some random happy fandom memories:
- That time when I talked to someone for the second time and we started talking about what we like to read and he evaded the question for a while and then said he's reading this thing, he's not sure if I've heard about it, it's a comic from Japan, and it's called "One Piece" - and I started jumping up and down (literally) and shouted "Ace is free!" (because that just happened a day before) and it was like we had an instant connection. We were in public at a tram station and didn't care at all. It was one of the first times I had this intense feeling of fannish joy outside of the internet and it was amazing.
- When I posted my first few fics and got positive comments. I'd written stories before, even shown it to a few people who said nice things, but I don't think I ever felt so proud of my writing - something I'd created! - before.
- The first times I got postcards from fandom friends. I'd known that these people that I met and became friends with were real, of course, but somehow it felt different to hold something in my hand. Proof not only that they're real, but also that I'd made such good friends who care enough to send me a card (I'm a lazy card writer myself.)
- The month or two when I fell in love with fanvids. Somehow a switch flipped and I learned how to watch vids, how to follow the stories and to combine pictures and lyrics and several layers of meaning. I watched and downloaded a LOT of vids in a short period of time, and I loved it. There are a few that I remember very well, like "Us" by lim (I started out not liking it that much, then loving it, then loving it less but still liking it), or the funny SGA vids by chayiana, or my favorite Elizabeth Weir vids that I watched a lot (especially "Welcome Home"), and a few others.
- This is a bit more recent so I didn't think of it at first, but I think my first live hockey game. It was a great experience, but not only because of that: I think it was also because it was a result of me becoming fannish about different things (from Hockey RPF to hockey and both not really fandoms I'd ever considered before) and feeling absolutely free to tell everyone offline about it without having to worry about weird looks (okay yes weird looks but not the same kind of weird looks like if I'd talk about fanfic and mostly from people who know me- and by now I'm also much more comfortable talking about fanfic), and just realizing how comfortable I'm feeling by now in being fannish, being a fan. It's nice.
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