What a great post. Fandom is new to me. I got caught up in the BBM fandom four years ago, and have had the best years of my life because of it. Traveled, met amazing people that are RL friends now, learned to write, got published, all because of fandom. Now I have this new fandom, and some of these very things are happening again. I got to meet Adam, and Tommy, and the band!! Amazing. never thought that would ever come to pass.
I had to pull my self off twitter, because twitter has ceased to be fun, seeing people shipping a certain pair, who swore up and down it was real, to dump such pair to ship another and then make fun of the people that were shipping the pair they were originally. O.o LOL, if that made sense. Very sad. I didn't need to be jabbed by those barbs, so I made it easy. I miss talking to some people, but there's too much to weed through to get to the good stuff. Some of it's ugly, and I don't get the hate that comes with it too.
Shipping should be fun, so I thank you for pointing that out. That should be the number one rule. If it's not fun, reevaluate.
I'm glad to see what tinhatting is all about. I've seen people use it to make fun of others, so that term doesn't have good meaning for me.
And you're right. Some of the best stories I have ever read have been fanfiction, and all it's variations. Canon, canon!au, au!au. I haven't bought many books or efiles in years, because there is a plethora of fanfic out there in so many fandoms it's crazy!!
I have over 600 LJ notices in my email file just for Tommy and Adam fic with more links coming in everyday. I'm set for life with reading material.
Thank you for making this post. Muchly appreciated.
Hugs to you... @bethmeister88 on twitter. I may get back to playing there again!
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Date: 2011-02-05 11:16 pm (UTC)thought that would ever come to pass.
I had to pull my self off twitter, because twitter has ceased to be fun, seeing people shipping a certain pair, who swore up and down it was real, to dump such pair to ship another and then make fun of the people that were shipping the pair they were originally. O.o LOL, if that made sense. Very sad. I didn't need to be jabbed by those barbs, so I made it easy. I miss talking to some people, but there's too much to weed through to get to the good stuff. Some of it's ugly, and I don't get the hate that comes with it too.
Shipping should be fun, so I thank you for pointing that out. That
should be the number one rule. If it's not fun, reevaluate.
I'm glad to see what tinhatting is all about. I've seen people use
it to make fun of others, so that term doesn't have good meaning for me.
And you're right. Some of the best stories I have ever read have been fanfiction, and all it's variations. Canon, canon!au, au!au. I haven't bought many books or efiles in years, because there is a plethora of fanfic out there in so many fandoms it's crazy!!
I have over 600 LJ notices in my email file just for Tommy and Adam
fic with more links coming in everyday. I'm set for life with reading material.
Thank you for making this post. Muchly appreciated.
Hugs to you...
@bethmeister88 on twitter. I may get back to playing there again!