Perhaps I was not using the correct definition of "fan" and "fandom,"
I think your definition is probably not the same as mine. To me, while a BNF can also be a beloved member of an internet community, they aren't the same thing.
Mal: Then I call it a win. What's the problem? Inara: Should I start with the part where you're stranded in the middle of nowhere, or the part where you have no clothes?
'Trash'
The Minearverse 3: The Network Is a Harsh Mistress
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Kristen - Sep 06, 2004 5:33:47 pm PDT #2144 of 10001
Betsy HP - Sep 06, 2004 5:33:52 pm PDT #2145 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Yes, but you'd be a BNF if only you'd capitalize.
Kristen - Sep 06, 2004 5:34:53 pm PDT #2146 of 10001
So she's a lnf?
Kristen - Sep 06, 2004 5:36:21 pm PDT #2147 of 10001
Oh and before I go, I meant to say this earlier but I've only ever been aware of "BNF" with the associated negative connotations and that was long before I'd even heard of LJ.
§ ita § - Sep 06, 2004 5:38:20 pm PDT #2148 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I've only ever been aware of "BNF" with the associated negative connotations and that was long before I'd even heard of LJ.
Me too. I think my exposure was through Dana and/or shrift, and it was never kind, and predated the rise of LJ, as far as I can tell.
Polter-Cow - Sep 06, 2004 5:39:25 pm PDT #2149 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
First parsed as Significant Other.
Me too.
In Wonderfalls there's an exchange about Krav Maga.
One of the unaired episodes, Betsy.
Allyson - Sep 06, 2004 5:40:10 pm PDT #2150 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Recently, there was a debate in the Firefly fandom regarding Joss' political views. A fan quite smugly said that there was no way that Joss is a liberal, because Buffy and Firefly were both written from a conservative viewpoint.
I said, not true. Joss is very liberal.
S/he returned, "Evidence?"
I won't lie, I was pissed that my word, as the State's Expert Witness, was not immediately believed as FACT.
I had to go and google? What? I had to BACK UP MY CLAIM? DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?
Yes. I laughed at myself.
Betsy HP - Sep 06, 2004 5:40:52 pm PDT #2151 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
One of the unaired episodes, Betsy.
Whew.
Polter-Cow - Sep 06, 2004 5:41:43 pm PDT #2152 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Buffy and Firefly were both written from a conservative viewpoint.
The hell? The ragtag group of misfits fleeing an oppressive government is conservative?
tommyrot - Sep 06, 2004 5:43:06 pm PDT #2153 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The ragtag group of misfits fleeing an oppressive government is conservative?
Well, I suppose you could argue that since many conservatives hate "big government," that it fits.
Just playing devil's advocate.