I've been having these thoughts -- and no, I'm not going to tell you that I'm gay -- about fandom. (And now you scroll down, because really Megan, shut the hell up already)

The thing is, I think about fandom a lot. And when I do, I'm either thinking of a specific fandom (sga, spn, bandom, hp, whatever), or fandom as a whole. Except...I don't see ( Read more... )

Holidays are nearly over, and I've done fuck-all of my homework. Well, I've worked on my game a bit, but not much. Instead, I hung out with friends (online and off), made a vid, and started thinking more meta-y thoughts.

Fun stuff.

Meta makes me so happy. I can spend hours reading essays about theories and ideas and things. They're fantastic. Essays offer you a look inside the machine, at the clcockwork. At somebody's interpretation of the clockwork. And that clockwork, all the hidden secrets tucked away, or revealed, or created....it's all so beautiful ( Read more... )