Please don't mind me..... I just lurk around sss's friends' page far more than I should....
Well there are definitely fans around your age (and older!) in the KuroBasu fandom? But... I'm not one of them, sorry! D: And there are definitely more mature fans too but... yeah, probably not one of them either. xD;;
I guess I just wanted to say that I'm happy you're deciding to stick with both the fandom and tumblr? I mean, sure, the UI has its ups and downs (just like every other site) but when it comes to wild mass fangirling, it's quite good? I only experience it second-hand though, and sometimes my f-list is clogged up with people ranting about the fandom on tumblr sooo...
I must say though, I so jealous of your relatively positive experience with office politics! I've interned at two places and am working part-time at a third and OH GOD GIVE ME FANDOM WANK ANY DAY OF THE WEEK. This might be because I stay out of the wank... whereas it's kind of impossible in smaller workplaces? idk And for the fans that seem to be online 24/7... I think it's only natural for them to feel strongly about a series (or character/s) if it's their main source of entertainment in life? ...not in a pathetic way, I mean, but more in a... well, it is summer so kids generally have more free time... better spend it on fandom than, say, drugs. *shot, repeatedly*
I hope you continue to enjoy the kitchen though! xD
Tbh I didn't think someone would reply to this post, so thank you~
Be ready for a super long reply!
- I realized that you're right, not all fans who're online 24/7 are jobless/younger than me. It's possible that they they just love their franchise so much that they're able to do the fangirling on top of their studies or work. I would do the same if I could (or if my co-workers didn't lurk at my screen lol.). How nice that would be, to just browse new stuff, fanarts, fanvids and fanfics all day XD
- Intense shipping is good! I like intense people. I could be one of them lol^^;; I just hate it when intensity is expressed the wrong way, like when they start classifying themselves as the only ones deserving to be a fan of this or that.
A good sample would be the recently-animated otome games (Hakuoki, Uta no Prince-sama, Arcana Famiglia and the upcoming Amnesia). I follow some hardcore Japanese-reading otome gamers in Twitter and Tumblr, and I get along with them just fine, but then they start going "oh my god, they're going to ruin the game, and the new fans are gonna make BL pairings and ruin everything." When people come to their otome blogs curious of the original game, they would most likely "oh god, they don't know anything."
That kind of elitism, the need to feel superior puts me off, really. I wanna give them all the crowns and the medals just so they can stop badmouthing newbies like me.
But I can't stop following them, they've been nice to me so far, and they really are quite smart, so I can't blame them 100%
And about work! I'm not sure what horrible things you've gone through in your internships, but I guess office politics is more um, blatant in Western countries? I read in your post that you'll be studying in London?^^;; So in a way my experiences would probs be relatively milder. But optimism never fails me! Let's just say I've developed this "at the end of the day, I got to do what I love and get paid for it" attitude. I hope it gets better for you when you graduate :)
Maybe the wank we're talking about, I'm just too affected by it because it involves things I really love personally, such as Yamapi, Kurobas, Dialov, etc (I tend to obsess about several things at the same time lol).
It's good for you, that you're able to stay out of it! I've been avoiding it too, but it catches up somehow.
About the rains and flood-- I live in the southern side of the metro, and we weren't greatly affected, fortunately. Much of the havoc was in the northern part, where the flood triggered a landslide and caused dams to overflow. The floods that have been happening recently is more of an infrastructure problem, so I really hope the government does something about it. Thanks for the concern :)
Well there are definitely fans around your age (and older!) in the KuroBasu fandom? But... I'm not one of them, sorry! D: And there are definitely more mature fans too but... yeah, probably not one of them either. xD;;
I guess I just wanted to say that I'm happy you're deciding to stick with both the fandom and tumblr? I mean, sure, the UI has its ups and downs (just like every other site) but when it comes to wild mass fangirling, it's quite good? I only experience it second-hand though, and sometimes my f-list is clogged up with people ranting about the fandom on tumblr sooo...
I must say though, I so jealous of your relatively positive experience with office politics! I've interned at two places and am working part-time at a third and OH GOD GIVE ME FANDOM WANK ANY DAY OF THE WEEK. This might be because I stay out of the wank... whereas it's kind of impossible in smaller workplaces? idk And for the fans that seem to be online 24/7... I think it's only natural for them to feel strongly about a series (or character/s) if it's their main source of entertainment in life? ...not in a pathetic way, I mean, but more in a... well, it is summer so kids generally have more free time... better spend it on fandom than, say, drugs. *shot, repeatedly*
I hope you continue to enjoy the kitchen though! xD
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And when that situation's taken into account, your post seems a lot more justified... ahahah sorry about the potentially childish response!
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Tbh I didn't think someone would reply to this post, so thank you~
Be ready for a super long reply!
- I realized that you're right, not all fans who're online 24/7 are jobless/younger than me. It's possible that they they just love their franchise so much that they're able to do the fangirling on top of their studies or work. I would do the same if I could (or if my co-workers didn't lurk at my screen lol.). How nice that would be, to just browse new stuff, fanarts, fanvids and fanfics all day XD
- Intense shipping is good! I like intense people. I could be one of them lol^^;; I just hate it when intensity is expressed the wrong way, like when they start classifying themselves as the only ones deserving to be a fan of this or that.
A good sample would be the recently-animated otome games (Hakuoki, Uta no Prince-sama, Arcana Famiglia and the upcoming Amnesia). I follow some hardcore Japanese-reading otome gamers in Twitter and Tumblr, and I get along with them just fine, but then they start going "oh my god, they're going to ruin the game, and the new fans are gonna make BL pairings and ruin everything." When people come to their otome blogs curious of the original game, they would most likely "oh god, they don't know anything."
That kind of elitism, the need to feel superior puts me off, really. I wanna give them all the crowns and the medals just so they can stop badmouthing newbies like me.
But I can't stop following them, they've been nice to me so far, and they really are quite smart, so I can't blame them 100%
And about work! I'm not sure what horrible things you've gone through in your internships, but I guess office politics is more um, blatant in Western countries? I read in your post that you'll be studying in London?^^;; So in a way my experiences would probs be relatively milder. But optimism never fails me! Let's just say I've developed this "at the end of the day, I got to do what I love and get paid for it" attitude. I hope it gets better for you when you graduate :)
Maybe the wank we're talking about, I'm just too affected by it because it involves things I really love personally, such as Yamapi, Kurobas, Dialov, etc (I tend to obsess about several things at the same time lol).
It's good for you, that you're able to stay out of it!
I've been avoiding it too, but it catches up somehow.
About the rains and flood--
I live in the southern side of the metro, and we weren't greatly affected, fortunately. Much of the havoc was in the northern part, where the flood triggered a landslide and caused dams to overflow. The floods that have been happening recently is more of an infrastructure problem, so I really hope the government does something about it. Thanks for the concern :)
Ah, I feel so much better now~ ;w; thank you! ^_^
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