Fandom Snowflake Challenge: Day 5
Day 5
In your own space, talk about your fannish origin story. How did you come to fandom, why did you choose your fannish name, do you have more than one secret identity? Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so
I started fandom young, when my mother sat me in front of Star Trek as a toddler, a reward I received in lieu of a nap if I behaved myself and the episode was appropriate. I was pretty much on my own until I met a fellow Star Trek fan in junior high, and from there, although in separate incidents, met other fans in my area and started hanging out and going to conventions. Online fandom came along when we got our first home internet connection when I was in late high school and I've been here ever since, although I do tend to lurk.
I've had a few identities over the years. The first I changed because the name I had was too long for whatever I was signing up for at the time. The next few I changed both because I was done with those fandoms and because I wanted to distance myself from that identity. (Do you want to remember and be associated with what you wrote when you were 16? I don't.) This one, Hours, was created not because I wanted to distance myself from an identity, necessarily, but because I found a link to my other LJ on a relative's computer and went 'oh god no'.
The name, Hours Gone By, comes from my favorite line from Blind Guardian's The Bard Song: Hours gone by/And I close my eyes. There's no real meaning behind it besides the fact that I like it and it always stands out in the song for me. But hey: call me Hours. :)