I got an interesting email a while back (and then forgot to answer it until just now because I thought I already had, eek) and my correspondent was talking about her impression that people in this one fandom were less into mush and sweetness now than they had been some years ago. And it made me think about mush levels in various fandoms, and also ( Read more... )

Teague's post about fandom reputations is fascinating. Not so much the bit about fandoms having reputations, because, well, yeah. But the stuff about Escapade! Everyone goes in costume, and there are groupies who try to seduce writers! I had no idea. Clearly, my friends have been concealing the truth (and their costumes) from me. From now on, I ( Read more... )