Confessions of a Couch Potato
The whole end of the season / Finale Week era got me thinking, and...
Fandom is certainly a slippery slope, my friends.
Raligh’s Journey to the Darkside:
Circa-1985 I can recall occasionally watching Mr. Rogers and/or reruns of Lassie in the afternoons. This was pretty much the extent of my (very-limited) childhood television viewing experience.
Other than that, pre-2000/2001 I did not watch television at ALL.
Over the next two-three years, I watched sporadically and did not really follow any specific shows.
Circa-2002/2003 I began watching television more (still randomly and maybe once or twice a week, if that) and even started to tune in to some shows on a more-or-less regular basis.
In the late spring/early summer of 2004 I bought my own television. This was a little after I first became aware of TWoP. I think it is no coincidence that these two events mark the beginning of my downfall.
2004/2005 TV season - Veronica Mars premieres.
By the Christmas hiatus I am so desperate for more show-related content that I start reading the Meet Market in an effort to keep myself out of the spoiler threads.
April 2005, I cave and join TWoP.
August 2005, I set up a LiveJournal account. (Is that really how quickly it happened? It felt like I held out longer than that.)
2005/2006 TV season - Supernatural premieres.
A mere six weeks later I am confessing my full-fledged fangirl status.
The snowball picks up momentum at this point so let’s just skip forward to the present day.
Just the other day I realized that there are no less than six - SIX! - shows that I am a genuine fan of … and that’s just the new ones THAT I HAD NEVER SEEN A YEAR AGO!
That’s right. I went from “fangirl of 3 shows” in 2005 to adding on six NEW ones in the last 6-12 months alone. (Actually, two or three of them are in the last TWO months!)
To be fair, several of my “new” shows are ones that have been around for a while. (Dr. Who, Avatar,) I was just late to the party.
Furthermore, I would not classify myself as “fangirl” of all six. Those two previously mentioned, yes, absolutely. Also, both “Heroes” and “Psych” - So that’s four new “fangirl” status shows. Add that to my already fangirl-level shows (several of which have been replaced since 2005) and ...
Oh, who am I kidding.
I’m an addict.
*hangs head*
Fandom is certainly a slippery slope, my friends.
Raligh’s Journey to the Darkside:
Circa-1985 I can recall occasionally watching Mr. Rogers and/or reruns of Lassie in the afternoons. This was pretty much the extent of my (very-limited) childhood television viewing experience.
Other than that, pre-2000/2001 I did not watch television at ALL.
Over the next two-three years, I watched sporadically and did not really follow any specific shows.
Circa-2002/2003 I began watching television more (still randomly and maybe once or twice a week, if that) and even started to tune in to some shows on a more-or-less regular basis.
In the late spring/early summer of 2004 I bought my own television. This was a little after I first became aware of TWoP. I think it is no coincidence that these two events mark the beginning of my downfall.
2004/2005 TV season - Veronica Mars premieres.
By the Christmas hiatus I am so desperate for more show-related content that I start reading the Meet Market in an effort to keep myself out of the spoiler threads.
April 2005, I cave and join TWoP.
August 2005, I set up a LiveJournal account. (Is that really how quickly it happened? It felt like I held out longer than that.)
2005/2006 TV season - Supernatural premieres.
A mere six weeks later I am confessing my full-fledged fangirl status.
The snowball picks up momentum at this point so let’s just skip forward to the present day.
Just the other day I realized that there are no less than six - SIX! - shows that I am a genuine fan of … and that’s just the new ones THAT I HAD NEVER SEEN A YEAR AGO!
That’s right. I went from “fangirl of 3 shows” in 2005 to adding on six NEW ones in the last 6-12 months alone. (Actually, two or three of them are in the last TWO months!)
To be fair, several of my “new” shows are ones that have been around for a while. (Dr. Who, Avatar,) I was just late to the party.
Furthermore, I would not classify myself as “fangirl” of all six. Those two previously mentioned, yes, absolutely. Also, both “Heroes” and “Psych” - So that’s four new “fangirl” status shows. Add that to my already fangirl-level shows (several of which have been replaced since 2005) and ...
Oh, who am I kidding.
I’m an addict.
*hangs head*