The only other fandom love I've had is XF. I read and read and read, and watched until Doggett and Reyes showed up, and lurked the newsgroups and websites, until suddenly I realized I'd read everything and was sick of hearing about how Chris Carter had ruined his own show, even though it's true. Ha. I can still remember the day I was sort of listlessly clicking through Torch's page, debating reading Ghosts and Lovers for the millionth times, when I decided out of boredom to read The Grapefruit Gurus, and boom. Next thing you know, I was googling up the guys and wondering over JC and buying dvds at Barnes & Noble, and then, livejournal.
So, for me fandom is mostly fiction based, but I have to love the source, too... which leaves out SPN, for me, and Bandom, and I just don't watch SGA past the first couple of seasons. And even then I haven't ever felt that rush of fascination like I had with Nsync (and XF), and truthfully I also don't really feel like I have to have that, anymore. XF was my first fandom, and with Nsync I found lj and going to fandom events, and I suspect to feel that kind of fandom love again I'll have to have a whole new experience. For the stuff that's popular now, well. Been there, done that, you know? And none of it's as interesting as Nsync. Bottom line, I guess.
Sounds kind of sad! But it isn't, not so much. I'm happy to keep an eye on JC and Chris and wait for Justin's next record, too. And when RL people talk about Joey & Lance, which they sometimes do, I get a secret thrill. Well, not so secret - it's amazing (or not) how many people you come across who're like "Oh, Nsync, I loved them!" :)
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Date: 2008-01-09 02:19 pm (UTC)So, for me fandom is mostly fiction based, but I have to love the source, too... which leaves out SPN, for me, and Bandom, and I just don't watch SGA past the first couple of seasons. And even then I haven't ever felt that rush of fascination like I had with Nsync (and XF), and truthfully I also don't really feel like I have to have that, anymore. XF was my first fandom, and with Nsync I found lj and going to fandom events, and I suspect to feel that kind of fandom love again I'll have to have a whole new experience. For the stuff that's popular now, well. Been there, done that, you know? And none of it's as interesting as Nsync. Bottom line, I guess.
Sounds kind of sad! But it isn't, not so much. I'm happy to keep an eye on JC and Chris and wait for Justin's next record, too. And when RL people talk about Joey & Lance, which they sometimes do, I get a secret thrill. Well, not so secret - it's amazing (or not) how many people you come across who're like "Oh, Nsync, I loved them!" :)
Great question.