Fandom meme

[selenak]

From various people on my flist, most lately ruuger:

First TV show fandom I had self-insertion fantasies about: Probably Karl May's novels, which were the first ones I read as a child. I was totally up for adventuring with Winnetou, chief of the Apaches. Now, by the time I saw Lawrence of Arabia on tv, I was twelve and hormones were kicking in

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[amenirdis]

Apropos of absolutely nothing, I dreamed that I was having breakfast with you, drinking cafe au lait by an open window, and you were telling me about how you'd met Urvashi Vaid at some conference or another. ???

[selenak]

Alas I had to google Urvashi Vaid, but she sounds fascinating, and I'd love to meet her. :) (I did meet an Indian author, Shobha Dé, once in India and once at the Frankfurt Book Fair, so maybe your subconscious remembered that and mixed it up?)

[amenirdis]

Oddly enough, I don't know Urvashi Vaid! Despite having been around the same circles for a decade, I never actually met her. But I know many people who do know her, so I suppose I decided subconsciously that you did?

Well, you could come along on my next interview with Elizabeth Taylor....

[selenak]

Yes please, take me along for that one!

[airie_fairy]

Oh my god! Someone else who fangirled Lawrence of Arabia!

[selenak]

I most certainly did. :) (THANK GOD I didn't write down my Miriam Suleika fantasy, I say again.) It's still one of my favourite movies of all time.