HP fandom will always permeate my life, but you know guys - it's okay to be more concerned with the lives of friends you've made through fandom than new meta, and it's okay to like other texts.
I consider myself a fan of everything I love, even if I'm not thinking or talking about it constantly - but I don't feel the need to define "Fandom" to make myself feel better about my shallow, casual interest.
I agree with a lot of what you say here - sometimes I'm amazed that it's been five years and I'm still swapping favourite plotlines with my friends. I have a tendency to get nostalgic - I was talking about witchfics.org and my Snape/Hermione stage just last night, in fact.
And j-fandom or anime or Heroes or whatever don't have that same single-minded obsession HP fandom had for me, but that's because the fandom isn't as big, or as clever, or as filled with meta and sociology and deeper meanings and abstract fic and AUs.
I love HP fandom because it's different, and maybe one day that lightening bolt will strike again but until then, I'll just be over here squealing mindlessly over whatever's taken my fancy lately and enjoying having such a variety of things to love.
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Date: 2007-03-26 03:55 am (UTC)HP fandom will always permeate my life, but you know guys - it's okay to be more concerned with the lives of friends you've made through fandom than new meta, and it's okay to like other texts.
I consider myself a fan of everything I love, even if I'm not thinking or talking about it constantly - but I don't feel the need to define "Fandom" to make myself feel better about my shallow, casual interest.
I agree with a lot of what you say here - sometimes I'm amazed that it's been five years and I'm still swapping favourite plotlines with my friends. I have a tendency to get nostalgic - I was talking about witchfics.org and my Snape/Hermione stage just last night, in fact.
And j-fandom or anime or Heroes or whatever don't have that same single-minded obsession HP fandom had for me, but that's because the fandom isn't as big, or as clever, or as filled with meta and sociology and deeper meanings and abstract fic and AUs.
I love HP fandom because it's different, and maybe one day that lightening bolt will strike again but until then, I'll just be over here squealing mindlessly over whatever's taken my fancy lately and enjoying having such a variety of things to love.