Testing LJ-Cut
In preparation for posting my first-ever 'published' fanfic to a comm, this is a practice LJ cut. For the sake of something to put behind it, it is an excerpt from Jintian's brilliant 'Definition of Fandom':
If you've tried to explain it.....to family, to friends or people you meet..
then you know the response. That "look" of incredulity, doubt,
suspicion and scepticism? Or perhaps that frozen smile that
says "Oh no...they are doing it again!"
One Fan found a way to put it into words.
Fandom is focus.
Fandom is obsession.
Fandom is insatiable consumption.
Fandom is sitting for hours in front of a TV screen a movie screen a
computer screen with a comic book a novel on your lap.
Fandom is eyestrain and carpal tunnel syndrome and not enough
exercise and staying up way, way past your bedtime.
Fandom is people you don't tell your mother you're meeting.
Fandom is people in the closet, people out and proud,
people in costumes, people in T-shirts with slogans
only fifty others would understand.
Isn't it pretty? And so very, very accurate?
Hopefully this cut-thing works, and the only things I'll be spamming comms with are my mediocre attempts at fanfic.
If you've tried to explain it.....to family, to friends or people you meet..
then you know the response. That "look" of incredulity, doubt,
suspicion and scepticism? Or perhaps that frozen smile that
says "Oh no...they are doing it again!"
One Fan found a way to put it into words.
Fandom is focus.
Fandom is obsession.
Fandom is insatiable consumption.
Fandom is sitting for hours in front of a TV screen a movie screen a
computer screen with a comic book a novel on your lap.
Fandom is eyestrain and carpal tunnel syndrome and not enough
exercise and staying up way, way past your bedtime.
Fandom is people you don't tell your mother you're meeting.
Fandom is people in the closet, people out and proud,
people in costumes, people in T-shirts with slogans
only fifty others would understand.
Isn't it pretty? And so very, very accurate?
Hopefully this cut-thing works, and the only things I'll be spamming comms with are my mediocre attempts at fanfic.