December meme: oldest and newest fandoms
monkey5s asked what is my most recent fandom and why, and my oldest still relevant fandom.
Most recent, although I hesitate to admit it, is Sleepy Hollow. Crane is eye candy and I did have some sympathy for him waking up out of his time, but I have limited patience for his beautiful suffering that might be veering towards man pain. He needs a new coat, a cellphone, and a discussion about what he wants for Katrina. Mostly though, I'm interested in Abbie, and her story, her loyalties, and her sister. I'm also amused by a white guy playing the magic exposition character. But I don't trust the show runners enough, yet, that it won't go Supernatural way. I'm not really looking for fic yet.
I could make an argument for my oldest still-relevant fandom being "Three Musketeers" by Dumas. That was the book of my adolescence (and it didn't hurt that Raquel Welch was in the 1970s movie) and I still have a great fondness for it and have slowly been acquiring and reading the other books in the series. But... I think regarding a *fandom*, I gotta go with Doctor Who.
Doctor Who changed my life. When I was a deeply alienated teen, the fourth Doctor was the awesome Outsider and I could identify with Sarah Jane Smith, and I felt like there was undoubtedly life beyond high school where heroes could be smart, odd, compassionate and effective people who find a way to bring peace without picking up a weapon. And because of Doctor Who, I went to my first convention, and at my first convention I spent 6 hours sitting on the floor outside the video room talking about Doctor Who and Blake Seven and books and philosophy with strangers who had drunk from the same well as I had. I was a starstruck newbie who Found My People. By and large, they are still My People, and my life would be far poorer without them.
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