Poll #3: Other Fandoms

[lettered]

Hey! So, I have a multi-fandom poll! Take it!

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[redbrickrose]

I love being multifannish, but it does mean that sometimes things like HP are tempting . . . and that's never good because it's so huge and wanky and terrifying. All our base are belong to them, indeed.

Supernatural is crack, but I don't really think I would watch it without the fandom. I kind of like to watch the show and the fandom in conjunction with each other because I like watching the fannish response to it. With SPN, it's almost like fandom as a whole decided it would be the shiny new thing almost before it ever aired. I don't think I'll ever be really fannish about SPN in and of itself the way I've been about other things because it's not crazy-making for me on it's own.

And I have to rec Farscape, which is the other way around. I don't even really lurk in that fandom, but I have mad, crazy love for the show. It's an entirely different type of relationship to the source text when you're not constantly bombarded by fannish response and analysis. It's interesting. (So I guess it's not a fandom I'm reccing, really, so much as the show itself. Was that what you were asking?)

[lettered]

I'm not really multi-fannish, just one fandom after another ish. I kinda played in the HP fandom in 2001, when it wasn't quite so scary, and sometimes I like to pop back--but I keep my face hidden and skirt the edges because WHOA.

femmenerd says the same thing about why she plays in SPN. I can see that. It's different, but I watch "Bones"--and have developed liking and interest in several characters not played by DB (and even a ship not involving DB)--simply because everyone else is talking about it.

I was interested in fandom recs, which yeah, is different from show recs. Lots of people may know The Sound Of Music, but how many know what a nice comfortable cozy little corner of fandom it has? Or used to have; I haven't really been involved with it in some time. But anyway, any rec for anything is welcome--lots of cool people have mad, crazy love for Farscape, and I really need to try it out!

[redbrickrose]

I would never have guessed that The Sound of Music has an active fandom; that is interesting.

As far as fandoms go, I got eaten by Wicked real person femslash a couple of weeks ago, which is strange given that I'm not that much of a RPF person most of the time. I've got nothing against it; I just don't seek it out. This, though, is strangely enthralling. It doesn't really overlap with the fandoms I habitually hang out in, so I had no idea how large and involved it is (though I should have guessed given the slashiness of the source material - it just never really occurred to me to look).

[lettered]

Wicked! I haven't had a chance to see that. I'd like to read the book, though. Thanks for the heads up!