When fandom had me completely crazed once, an old Bronzer said to me, "Is any of this going to matter in five years?"
My favorite line for putting all of life's crises into proportion:
In a hundred years, all new people.
Willow: You know what they say. The bigger they are... Anya: The faster they stomp you into nothin'.
'The Killer In Me'
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.
Betsy HP - May 23, 2005 7:21:17 am PDT #7180 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Steph L. - May 23, 2005 7:24:00 am PDT #7181 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
You're in a contentious mood. So you've already called Allyson, Kristen, Connie and Shrift and Dana crazy at slots 2 and 3.
Urk. I don't mean that *I* think they're crazy. I have no high ground when it comes to sanity. I just meant how different levels of involvement are perceived. Jesus. As I was typing it, I kept thinking "Don't post this, don't post this, you're going to get misunderstood and flogged."
I am surprised, however, that you're the first one to pull out the flogger.
I think I'll edit. Or delete.
§ ita § - May 23, 2005 7:26:59 am PDT #7182 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Don't edit or delete, Steph. Hec's reading comprehension was off, is all.
We're at buffistas.org -- how can we not appear insane on that hierarchy?
Nilly - May 23, 2005 7:28:07 am PDT #7183 of 10001
Swouncing
Teppy, but aren't you putting your very own self somewhere in that list, around number 4, maybe, considering you're involved in an online forum that formed arounf a tv show?
[Edit: sort of x-post with ita, who said it better]
thegrommit - May 23, 2005 7:28:31 am PDT #7184 of 10001
Um.
I have no high ground when it comes to sanity
Words to live by.
Steph L. - May 23, 2005 7:29:23 am PDT #7185 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Don't edit or delete, Steph. Hec's reading comprehension was off, is all.
No, I don't have it in me to deal today. I don't want to start what will be known to future generations as the Fannish Craziness Level Kerfluffle of Summer 2005, all over me being unclear.
Everyone's crazy, no one's crazy, whatever.
Steph L. - May 23, 2005 7:32:20 am PDT #7186 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Teppy, but aren't you putting your very own self somewhere in that list, around number 4, maybe, considering you're involved in an online forum that formed arounf a tv show?
Well, yes. And that's what I mean by my now-deleted hierarchy -- that in fandom (and life in general), everyone thinks that someone else is crazy, but that means that someone is thinking that you're crazy, too.
Person A might think that Person B is crazy for running a fan web site, but Person A doesn't know that Person C thinks that *he* (Person A, that is) is crazy for never ever ever missing an episode of some TV show.
Can of mixed nuts, all the way around.
JohnSweden - May 23, 2005 7:33:19 am PDT #7187 of 10001
I can't even.
It's like there's a hierarchy of crazy fans, and each level thinks that all the levels above it are crazy -- except there's usually yet another level below that thinks you're crazy.
This is totally true, everyone just haggles over the hierarchy. See: [link] for sf fandom version.
§ ita § - May 23, 2005 7:34:16 am PDT #7188 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
::gasps as 'fuffle slips through her fingers::
Totally your call.
Steph L. - May 23, 2005 7:35:39 am PDT #7189 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
::gasps as 'fuffle slips through her fingers::
I am denying you your 'fuffle! Behold my power!