I was confronted by something kind of random today. My co-worker, Matt, drew me into a conversation about Fandom. It was he who brought it up, which simply astounded me. He started the conversation by saying, "Hey, Jen. I think you should write a book about fandom." This is an idea that I've tossled about with for a while, but at the moment I'
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What about meta? That's not to say I don't think banning fanfic is a stupid thing to do, since a lot of people really love the stuff, but meta is another very big part of fandom. I was in the Tolkien fandom for years before I realized that anyone wrote fanfic for it.
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In terms of what makes people become fans, I'd have to say that it differs from person to person like anything else. For me, fandom is usually an accident. I don't know if that makes sense. I don't go looking for new fandoms; if I happen across something (be it a tv show, movie, or musical group, although the third is rather rare these days) in which I see some element of myself, I pay closer attention, and usually that interest develops into fandom.
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