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Jan. 12th, 2016 09:09 pmWhat makes you fannish? And by that we mean, what is it about a tv show/movie/book/band/podcast/etc that takes you from, "Yeah, I like that," to "I need MOAR!!!" Is it a character? A plotline? The pretty? Subtext that’s just screaming to be acknowledged?
In your own space, tell us what it is that gets you to cross that line into fandom. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
It's a combination of wanting more and wanting to be a part of the conversation. Sometimes I want to peek around the corners in one way or another - an extrapolation of a throwaway line, reexamining a trope or scenario, a chance to say hello again or give someone a proper good-bye. Otherwise, I want to turn the corner and look at something face-on, and use that to participate in fandom's ongoing conversations. Sometimes I want to tell a joke, sometimes I want to articulate a brief idea, and sometimes I'm just bored.
Most of my work that's managed to succeed at telling the story I'd wanted to write have been the stories filling what I perceived to be fandom voids - nobody looking at a trope or character in a particular way, or nobody having yet thought of a particular plot, which usually ended up with me rolling up my sleeves and tackling it myself. As frustrating as those situations can be, they're also among the most rewarding.
In your own space, tell us what it is that gets you to cross that line into fandom. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
It's a combination of wanting more and wanting to be a part of the conversation. Sometimes I want to peek around the corners in one way or another - an extrapolation of a throwaway line, reexamining a trope or scenario, a chance to say hello again or give someone a proper good-bye. Otherwise, I want to turn the corner and look at something face-on, and use that to participate in fandom's ongoing conversations. Sometimes I want to tell a joke, sometimes I want to articulate a brief idea, and sometimes I'm just bored.
Most of my work that's managed to succeed at telling the story I'd wanted to write have been the stories filling what I perceived to be fandom voids - nobody looking at a trope or character in a particular way, or nobody having yet thought of a particular plot, which usually ended up with me rolling up my sleeves and tackling it myself. As frustrating as those situations can be, they're also among the most rewarding.
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