Who Knew Fandom Had Such a Long History?

[astrogirl2]

So, I've finally got around to starting Don Quixote, which I've been meaning to read for ages and ages. And, OK, I expected to find the character sort of familiar, because he's one of those archetypes or something, and you see the story itself referenced everywhere. What I didn't expect was to recognize the guy immediately

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[lizamanynames]

God, it's been too long. Must reread. Hmm. Must pick language to read in. Eh, english, I'm feeling lazy.

And hey, not only do Fanboys have a long and noble history, they have a future, too! Tom Paris, anyone?

[kalypso_v]

Tom Paris, anyone?

[Considers] Er, no thanks...

[astrogirl2]

Yeah, I gotta agree with that one... :)

[lizamanynames]

No, no, I mean as an example of a fanboy. Cause he so is.

Jeez, you think I want B'elanna beating the dren out of me? (or Harry pouting at me, if you swing that way...)

[astrogirl2]

I'm reading it in an English translation. Sadly, while my Spanish is good enough for, say, a newspaper article, it is in no way up to a 400-year-old novel.

[lizamanynames]

And to be fair, really I can only do that trick with Dumas novels. Uhm, and certain bits of the bible.

But I'd like to TRY it with Spanish sometime...