Signal boost: Why Avengers has eaten fandom, by Fabula Rasa

[amanuensis1]

So I fell and fell hard, and a lot of you did too--what was it about Avengers that made it a Fandom Global Event? For the definition of that term and some speculation why it happened, check out fabularasa's blogspot post, A Unified Theory of Fandom. Agree, disagree, discuss.

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[avashida.livejournal.com]

It kind of makes sense, though - sci fi provides the same kind of escapism as fantasy, just with a slightly different bent, different motifs etc. My guess is that between them, fantasy and sci fi appeal to everyone - you either like (or lean towards) one or the other. (Or both. But between them they probably catch everyone?)