Rebooting my Fandoms
Everything is getting rebooted lately, and I think it is time to consider the fandoms I belong to, and haven’t participated in for years.
Everything is getting rebooted lately, and I think it is time to consider the fandoms I belong to, and haven’t participated in for years.
Participation is the Magic Word
There is a strange phenomenon afoot among fans. While some fans are more active than ever, others like me have started having a vicarious fandom, ie our primary experience is geeking out on other people’s blog posts, podcasts, videos, or fanfic.
This vicarious fandom is numbing. I speak from experience here. Once upon a time, I wrote fic, I theorycrafted, and even podcasted about all the things I loved. Like everyone else, life intervened, and I found myself consuming other peoples work. I became something other than a lurker- a vicarious fan.
The End of Vicarious Fandom
I invite you to join me in my project to end this cycle. We don’t need our fandom mediated through the hands of a chosen priesthood. We need to speak up and out. We need to let our enthusiasm spill out onto the internet and share to the love with everyone.
I am a writer. That is what I do. So for me, I will be writing my own fan journey. I like to draw, and I love to podcast, so those are the avenues I plan to go down to get my fan on.
What are you going to do? What are you already doing? Let me know, and please think about submitting a story to this publication. Share your fandom today!