Well, I view every single person here (including myself) as part of that fandom. Of course, people here can generally spell, however.

I wouldn't agree that posting on a bulletin board about anything makes one part of fandom.

I vote "fuff"

Second.

I consider myself footloose and fandom free.

My last fandom was NSYNC. Before that it was BtVS and Angel. Before that I was without a fandom.

Huh. I burned out real fast on the whole fandom thing, didn't I?

I know people who consider fandom their fandom.

Hmmmm. I have no flag in any particular fandom, anymore. I am fandom peripheral.

Third "fuff".

I kind of dig the how-you-view-fandom thoughts. For the most part, I think of it how amych does, but when using it about specific texts, I get more precise. Kind of.

I consider myself a part of any fandom where I can muster up enough energy to comment on a regular basis about episodes *and* read or write fic. When I can no longer be bothered with either, I no longer include myself in the fandom. Firefly, I think of myself as a fan of, but not a part of fandom for, despite watching from the beginning, transcribing The Train Job for a script resource, and hosting the Seattle Serenity Postcard Party. Up until the movie, however, I felt no real need for fic, and, despite being on FF lists early on, never read anything much beyond shrift's zombie fic.

So my bar for self-inclusion is low, but not on the ground. And certainly revolves around fic production or consumption.

It's also murky. Despite regularly writing Shallow Alias Thoughts and having one Alias/AtS crossover drabble under my belt, I feel like less of a member of Alias fandom than I do, say Due South fandom, where I haven't written a word, but I'm more invested in the source text.

I like BtVS and Angel. I even got cable for them once I had a real job. But it took Firefly to get me involved with fandom. While I still think that Firefly was perhaps the best show ever and the movie is great, and while I fear many of my friends think I've gone over the edge, some of the utter devotion I've read about recently makes me want to sit folks down and say, "It's a show."

My utter devotion occasionally makes me sit myself down and say, "It's a blank. "

Occasionally. But then I realize I kind of enjoy getting worked up about crap that doesn't matter one whit, and get over getting over myself.

Sad, but true.

But then I realize I kind of enjoy getting worked up about crap that doesn't matter one whit, and get over getting over myself.

Plei is me.

I'm unbelievably flattered.

sits in the secret wank-lovers' corner