Willow ,'Showtime'
[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.
I don't think your attitude to costuming defines costuming.
But my experience is that costumers recognize other people's condition; they make no effect to produce it. People in hall costumes don't wander the halls saying "Isn't this lovely? I know a cheap sewing machine you could try."
Whereas Suela, for Farscape, did everything short of putting a DVD in her garter and flashing it on streetcorners. And more power to her.
But popularity is NOT the same thing--status has to do with someone recognizing you as better, and it doesn't matter whether they like you or not.
My experience says differently. Popularity in my teens meant power. Sometimes, quantitative skills or possessions (your definition of status) could confer power (jocks, rich kids), and sometimes it couldn't (nerds). But popularity always meant power, and not liking. That's the whole concept behind sucking up, isn't it?
Hmm. I don't try to convince people that Historic Costuming Is Cool, although I very happily talk to people who share my interest. Does that mean that costuming is not fannish?
I'm unclear what you mean. Do you seek out other costumers/spend your time planning for the next RenFaire-like-thing, or is costuming something you enjoy, but that doesn't inspire you to go to great lengths to geek about it. Costuming can be very fannish, but that doesn't mean that someone who enjoys costuming is going to be a fandom-type-person about it.
(Just woke from nap. Sorry if my request for clarity is unclear.)
I don't see anything inherently evangelical about fandoms, no. In fact, the idea that a fandom is something that makes you special (even if the mundanes aren't sophisticated enough to realise your true brilliance) and isn't open to everyone doesn't contradict my feeling of fandom at all.
Suela's an exhibitionist. That's all. Like I'm a krav exhibitionist, but that doesn't mean I'm in a martial arts fandom.
Do you seek out other costumers/spend your time planning for the next RenFaire-like-thing, or is costuming something you enjoy, but that doesn't inspire you to go to great lengths to geek about it.
Pretty much B. I may be a fan, but I am shy. So I read mailing lists and buy books and (rarely) sew some.
Do you post to the list, Betsy? Do the other costumers know of you, the way you know of random Buffista?
That's what I meant about your attitude to costuming not reflecting costuming as a whole. Just because you're 'merely' a fan doesn't mean there's no fandom.
Do the other costumers know of you, the way you know of random Buffista?
I doubt it. Hey, I'm a lurker! I can support people in E-mail now!
Main Entry: pop·u·larPronunciation: 'pä-py&-l&r Function: adjective Etymology: Latin popularis, from populus the people, a people 1 : of or relating to the general public 2 : suitable to the majority: as a : adapted to or indicative of the understanding and taste of the majority b : suited to the means of the majority : INEXPENSIVE 3 : frequently encountered or widely accepted 4 : commonly liked or approved
So, I meant the fourth definition. I know that poularity can give one power (and the most awful people can be popular in high school), but for the sake of my argument, I meant being liked.
suited to the means of the majority : INEXPENSIVE
Heh. I like this one -- popular = CHEAP.