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1. Saw a post about not being that fannish any longer...and I pondered. First of all, have I really been active in any fandom besides Buffy/Angel? Not really. Oh I've fallen in love with other works. But I haven't joined the fandoms. I'm not a serial fan (I always want to call it cereal fan for some reason).
No, the Buffy fandom was the only one that I was ever really active in or really participated in. At one point, I got "BigFanName" status for my Buffy/Angel meta...this was in 2002-2006. It was short lived. Thank god. Found it embarrassing. I don't like being the center of attention. My father and I once had a discussion about becoming a famous novelist and we both decided it would be hell. People are more critical -- I think it's tall poppy syndrome. And they also...well, squee over you and act like they personally know you. Bleach. Go away people. I don't want fans. Of my work, sure, of me? No.
Also, I tend to be highly critical of the things I love. Which is a big turn off for a lot of fans, who just want to worship at the altar of the thing they are fannish about. I, as a general rule, do not "worship" anything. I find it irritating. I don't want to be worshipped and I do not want to worship anything else. Which puts me at odds with fandom on most occasions. Too analytical for the fandom.
Why is this? And more importantly why JUST the Buffy fandom?
( The Answer )
2. Random quotes taken out of context on my correspondence list that made me laugh.
* "The psychologist is a ghost" - from an icon
* "That was Excellent. I'd Bang You Again." - from a greeting card found on SmartBitches. (I'm amazed such a thing exists.
* "Do you have any stationery?
What is stationery?
Paper? Envelopes?
No, why would you need that?
To send a letter.
Why don't you just send an email?"
- from a tweet by Shaun Cassidy who was staying at a hip hotel in NYC, and asked for stationery.
No, the Buffy fandom was the only one that I was ever really active in or really participated in. At one point, I got "BigFanName" status for my Buffy/Angel meta...this was in 2002-2006. It was short lived. Thank god. Found it embarrassing. I don't like being the center of attention. My father and I once had a discussion about becoming a famous novelist and we both decided it would be hell. People are more critical -- I think it's tall poppy syndrome. And they also...well, squee over you and act like they personally know you. Bleach. Go away people. I don't want fans. Of my work, sure, of me? No.
Also, I tend to be highly critical of the things I love. Which is a big turn off for a lot of fans, who just want to worship at the altar of the thing they are fannish about. I, as a general rule, do not "worship" anything. I find it irritating. I don't want to be worshipped and I do not want to worship anything else. Which puts me at odds with fandom on most occasions. Too analytical for the fandom.
Why is this? And more importantly why JUST the Buffy fandom?
( The Answer )
2. Random quotes taken out of context on my correspondence list that made me laugh.
* "The psychologist is a ghost" - from an icon
* "That was Excellent. I'd Bang You Again." - from a greeting card found on SmartBitches. (I'm amazed such a thing exists.
* "Do you have any stationery?
What is stationery?
Paper? Envelopes?
No, why would you need that?
To send a letter.
Why don't you just send an email?"
- from a tweet by Shaun Cassidy who was staying at a hip hotel in NYC, and asked for stationery.