Angel ,'Chosen'
Discussion of the Mutant Enemy series, Firefly, the ensuing movie Serenity, and other projects in that universe. Like the other show threads, anything broadcast in the US is fine; spoilers are verboten and will be deleted if found.
I've often considered myself a fan, but other people tend not to classify me as one.
And I don't think I'd ever call myself a fan of anything, and yet a while back Allyson said that, by her definition,I was part of fandom because I was part of the community. And I could see the logic in that. Allyson, why doesn't working with the Lost community make you part of the Lost fandom in the same way? I feel like the way you're objecting now is the way I was objecting then. So... I'm confused.
There's probably more discussion about actual aspects of fandom in this topic in 2 days than on fandom_wank over the last year.
Have you ever actually read f_w?
I've written Mansquito filk, but I don't consider myself part of the Mansquito fandom community.
I've written Mansquito filk, but I don't consider myself part of the Mansquito fandom community.
So you're not going to the Mansquito con, then?
Dana - yes.
So you're not going to the Mansquito con, then?
No.
But it'd be funny to creat a faux-Mansquito fandom site, just to confuse people....
Allyson is a part of the Colin Ferguson fandom, though she has yet to put up the fansite.
It's a very complex beast, this fannishness.
You could argue people should seperate out the community aspect from fandom itself, defining the hardcore fans as the fandom base, and the community as the incidental people who join in more for the community. I'm not sure that analogy hangs together, though.
I feel like the way you're objecting now is the way I was objecting then.
I was persuaded by your point of view, actually. It happens. I rarely admit it.
Aha! I'll make a note on my calendar.