A Love Letter To My First Fandom - The Batverse
I've been feeling rather nostalgic lately for my first true fandom. I'm not sure why, but that old longing of yore has crept up on me. You see, before there was Buffy/Spike there was Batman/Catwoman and Nightwing/Oracle. Here's a brief history on how I got into them - TV and comics brought me to fanfic - the first fic stories that made an
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Isn't it always? You just must have it ALL. I don't think I've been as enthusiastic about any fannish thing since Buffy ended. I had a brief explosion of interest in Spock/Uhura after the Star Trek reboot came out, but that died after a few weeks.
I was first introduced to fandom when I stumbled upon theforce.net at age 13 due to searching for Thrawn fanfiction.
I'll be really interested to see how old other people were when they first got into fannish pursuits. Awhile back I made a post called When Were You First Corrupted? and, not surprisingly, a lot of well known books and erotic literature were what opened youngsters eyes to the world of sex and porn. It seemed most people had exposure at around age 10 or so.
Side note: I remember Batman: The Animated Series, that was an awesome show.
Yes it was! I have all the DVDs and too many lithographs, collector plates and other memorabilia to name. *sigh* Miss it so much. Really do.
Thanks for sharing your own Star Wars love and brief history of fandoms. It's so neat to hear how people got into all this.
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