What is fandom?
Feb. 10th, 2008 12:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hilsWow, I'm full of introspective stuff at the moment.
I've just been filling in a Smallville friending meme and the usual question of 'other fandoms' came up and suddenly I was stuck. See, generally I just list all the shows I watch but are they really my fandoms? I mean I like these shows, post a mini-review after I've watched it but that's as far as it goes really. Is that what fandom is? Or is it something you more actively participate in?
If you're taking it further I suppose my fandoms are Buffy, Angel, Pirates of the Caribbean, Lord of the Rings, Lost and Smallville. Those are the shows/films I have made icons about or written fanfic for
What do you think? What does fandom mean to you?
I've just been filling in a Smallville friending meme and the usual question of 'other fandoms' came up and suddenly I was stuck. See, generally I just list all the shows I watch but are they really my fandoms? I mean I like these shows, post a mini-review after I've watched it but that's as far as it goes really. Is that what fandom is? Or is it something you more actively participate in?
If you're taking it further I suppose my fandoms are Buffy, Angel, Pirates of the Caribbean, Lord of the Rings, Lost and Smallville. Those are the shows/films I have made icons about or written fanfic for
What do you think? What does fandom mean to you?
