Hannibal is a genuinely welcoming and creative fandom when it comes to fic and arc, but if I’m honest, I do wish that it was easier to come across more meta and discussions, rather than pics of Will in bondage gear....Maybe I’m being unfair here though and just not looking in the right places, idk. It probably doesn’t help that twitter especially isn’t really designed for long essays, it is more about posting pics and quick comments
I have found that a lot of today’s fandom can be really extra too when it comes to the actors. I like admiring nice pics of an actor or actress as much as anyone, but when it gets to ‘Gillian Anderson is such a Goddess, my sexual orientation is Gillian Anderson’ type stuff, that’s when I end up feeling like the staid and out of touch old lady when I see how excited and dare I say over the top everyone else seems to be getting. Maybe it’s just different generations 🤷♀️ Although I don’t know if it’s actually accurate that the majority of fandom people are in their early 20’s these days, but that’s often how it feels. Don’t even get me started (oops too late!) on the weird trend to call celebrities you admire ‘Mom and Dad’
There's definitely a lot of great fic and art in the fandom. I do have the impression that there's generally less meta around than there used to be. Or maybe it's just gotten harder to find?
I haven't come across anyone calling celebrities Mom and Dad but agreed that's really weird.
I don’t really get it either, but it’s something that I come across occasionally with David and Gillian especially for some reason. Apparently it’s meant to show how much you like and admire the celebrity, but it all seems very strange to me lol
And I suppose that meta is less popular because fandom is no longer based around blogging on LJ/DW where there’s more space to write your thoughts down, plus everything moves so fast on social media these days as well that there isn’t really the time any more for fandom to consider and discuss a well written essay, it all seems to be geared more around sharing pics and quick pithy commends
I have found that a lot of today’s fandom can be really extra too when it comes to the actors. I like admiring nice pics of an actor or actress as much as anyone, but when it gets to ‘Gillian Anderson is such a Goddess, my sexual orientation is Gillian Anderson’ type stuff, that’s when I end up feeling like the staid and out of touch old lady when I see how excited and dare I say over the top everyone else seems to be getting. Maybe it’s just different generations 🤷♀️ Although I don’t know if it’s actually accurate that the majority of fandom people are in their early 20’s these days, but that’s often how it feels. Don’t even get me started (oops too late!) on the weird trend to call celebrities you admire ‘Mom and Dad’
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I haven't come across anyone calling celebrities Mom and Dad but agreed that's really weird.
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And I suppose that meta is less popular because fandom is no longer based around blogging on LJ/DW where there’s more space to write your thoughts down, plus everything moves so fast on social media these days as well that there isn’t really the time any more for fandom to consider and discuss a well written essay, it all seems to be geared more around sharing pics and quick pithy commends
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