Discourse Communities and Fandom

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The last English class required for my associates has been a bit odd.  Our text book is incredibly wordy and often so remote as to make connecting it to assignments - nearly impossible.  However, it finally seems that the point behind all this crap has been clarified.  It's all about Fandom.  Sorry, I mean *impersonates bad Welsh accent, puts on monocle* Discourse Communities.  But really, it's Fandom.  We've had weeks of dissecting and careful rewording of the definition for discourse communities, as if the concept is some truely new, and arcane construct that nobody understand...  and I still can't believe this is the purpose for this class.  Fandom.  Really?!  And my final is to write a persuasive essay, convincing people to join my discourse community.  Really?  Fandom.

Well, alrighty - one final I don't have to worry about. Thank you LJ and later Tumblr, for exposing me to this concept.  Who says loafing on the internet teaches nothing?  Not this girl. lol