I don't even know where to start. Okay, that is a bold-faced lie. I have like 400 places I could start but I am going to start by bringing up what I scratched at in class.
I loved Star Wars Uncut. It filled me with strawberry bubbles and kittens (all of which had to be surgically removed) and it makes me more of a Star Wars fan than before. But why? Why are bearded Leias and cat Lukes endearing to me?
Because that's what we are inside. There is something out there that fills us with nerd joy till we're bursting. We consume movies like candy, binge watch T.V. shows, and read book series until they makes us cry like 2 year olds. We scream (in happiness) at the sight of Lady Gaga and Beyoncé and dress up as anime characters. Isn't that just the best thing?!
I am a fan of many things and Fans are one the them. I mean, just look at them.
I am not the best at expressing why fandom is useful or good thing but I have to believe its true. I mean, it just makes me so happy to hear people just humming the background music of a specific scene in a movie. That shows a connectivity that I can't really put into words right now and probably not for a while.
This leads me to the Fandom assignment. I and super duper stoked to be a part of this but at the same time I am a bit wary. I don't know if I'm up for such a task. I mean, don't worry, I will be charging at it with a stupid amount of ferocity but I don't think I'll be able to express fandom properly. I don't even know if it can be done. I just know that I really, really, want to.
I want to tell someone I read fanfiction and not have them look at me like I'm a child. I want to have important and moving conversations about ships without being misconstrued as a crazed fan. I want people to understand that they can read some really awesome porn online and shamelessly share it with others who like that....but...ya'know...not awkward.
This is going to be a lot of fun but its probably going to send me into a dangerous spiral of self analysis. Just like a mad dunk did to this man.
Look at him...Look how far into himself he is sent. Where is he? Who is he? Is he me? Yes. That is my future. I'm going to get dunked on by this Fandom project.
Fandoms are a powerful force. It's something that brings people together and unites them. They're huge. It's going to be quite a task to filter through and work on this project. There is published fanfiction out there, and from what I hear, on the Internet, there's a lot of good and a lot of bad fanficiton. It's unfortunate that fanfictions gets a lot of crap, but I think that's just how it's going to be for a while.
ReplyDeletePreach, sister-gurl!
ReplyDeleteYou speak the truth about fandom and about fandom appreciation at its core, It's not yet at a place where it can be fully fathomed, even though we have Tumblr, Fanfiction, AO3 and all of the various Cons of which I will probably never be able to attend. But the connectivity of it all is something that I find most exciting and at the same time most frustrating. Yes, it is great to KNOW that there are others out there, just like me, experiencing (insert Fandom) and geeking out, writing fanfiction, reading fanfiction and talking about character, plot, and scene development in a real (if uneducated) way. But it also brings me up short because no matter how much of a fan I am of something and how much time, energy, what have you I devote to it, there's still this clique-ish feel to it all. Oh, Cole has the best Sterek posts, if you're his friend then you're really apart of the fandom. Blah Blah Blah! I of course will keep doin' me but it pisses me off how humans just being humans are trying to fuck up one of the things I most enjoy