Fandom Meme, and a Teeny Rant

[dmarley]

Gakked from blunaris (With a question added about first fandom because my first fandom and first online fandom are two completely different animals. :))

First Fandom: Battlestar Galactica
First Online Fandom: Highlander (Heh, didn't even have to change that one :))
Current Online Fandom: Er. I guess the online fandom that I spend the most time keeping up with is Harry Potter, but Stargate and Pirates of the Caribbean are very, very close runners-up.

First Fandom Crush: Hawkeye Pierce, when I was 11.
Current Fandom Crush: Jack Sparrow

First Fanfic Pairing You Wrote: Lord, I honestly don't remember. That was over twenty years ago. I *think* it was The Fifth Doctor/Sarah Jane Smith. I'd have to dig through those old ring binders to find out, and they're still boxed up.
Last Fanfic Pairing You Wrote: Hm. The last pairing I posted was Jack O'Neill/Teal'c. The last one I've been working on for publication is Jack Sparrow/Elizabeth Swann/Will Turner.

And now, the "fandom" mini-rant. Recently someone in Harry Potter fandom--I think it was heidi8, but it doesn't really matter because there are many other Harry Potter fans who do this--posted a survey to find out how long fans had been in Harry Potter fandom. But the posts about the survey, and the questions themselves, sometimes referred to how long the person had been in fandom. Not, as in some cases, "Harry Potter fandom," or "the fandom" but fandom, when in fact the question was only about Harry Potter fandom. Grr. Just...grr.

I guess I can understand that some fans who fall into the hugeness that is Potter fandom never see beyond its edges to the rest of the fannish world, but that doesn't mean that the rest of the fannish world doesn't exist, and in fact existed long before Harry Potter was ever written. Huge as it is, Harry Potter is only one part of fandom, and I guess I just wish that some of the more myopic Potter fans would acknowledge that "fandom" and "Harry Potter fandom" are not the same thing. Or maybe it's just the English major in me. :)

Off to knit now....

Comments

[coreopsis.livejournal.com]

I think I've seen a bit of that attitude in just about every fandom, but nowhere to the extent of HP--and I'm not even IN Harry Potter fandom. I just like to watch from the sidelines. *g*

BTW, it's so nice to see you back online. Happy knitting. *g*

[dormouse-in-tea.livejournal.com]

But memes are so much less intimidating than unpacking!

G'luck with it.