'Out Of Gas'
[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.
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.
Go team Shrift!
Heh. Recalling it went something like this:
Betsy: ...the rhetorical term for the part used to represent the whole.
Me: I know that word. It's --
t mem-fault
Word:
t poof
Me: Crap. Okay. It sounds like... Mnah mnah?
A Mighty Fortress Is Our Google: Metonymy
Me: Closer than the Swedish Chef, yet not quite the thing with the thing what means the thing. Bork bork bork!
A Mighty Fortress Is Our Google: Synecdoche.
Me: My English degree is ashamed to be seen in public with me now, isn't it.