We've all heard that piece of advice: "Have well-rounded interests, not just fandom." It's a good piece of advice! You can be as big a fan of any show, game, comic, book, or other piece of media as you like, but it will make you that much happier and more at-home in conversations with people inside and out of fandom if you have a broader frame of ( Read more... )

Time to exercise my right to meme again.

And get back in the habit of having and voicing opinions.

Name a fandom and I'll give you some unpopular opinions about it.

I'm always scared of voicing my opinions, for fear of being judged or disagreed with or told that I am wrong. I need to work on this.

Thus!

Name a fandom and I'll give you some unpopular opinions about it.

And the best part is, I'm going to proudly say them, because this is now the era of me not giving a fuck about whether or not my opinions are

>>>You're too weak for fandom.
>>>What?
>>>You get involved so that people will like you more, so then you always go along with everyone else's opinions.
>>>I'm just ambivalent on a lot of issues.
>>>You supress your opinions, and then you have no original ideas to post about.
>>>No, I'm just not opinionated.
>>>Yes you are. You just post your opinions ( Read more... )

Have you ever gotten that feeling where you want to fantard over pairings, but feel like you'll catch shit over it? I mean, it's nothing worthy of fandomsecrets or anything, but I'm just afraid that sometimes my flist and other friends might call me out over my slightly objectionable taste. I'm perfectly aware that certain fandoms in particular ( Read more... )

I'm doin' a meme that I've seen around. Bite me ( Read more... )