I was fannish as a kid/teen in the 60s & 70s, but without a frame of reference. wrote terrible stories aping fave books and TV shows, played
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I was fannish as a kid/teen in the 60s & 70s, but without a frame of reference. wrote terrible stories aping fave books and TV shows, played <iBanana Splits</i> and <i>Batman</i> with my sibs and cousins, and gleefully inhaled genre (SF & mysteries) shows and books.
as I got older, my interest in genre continued, and once I was in my 20s in the big city, I found gay fiction, which became a new obsession.
The show <i>Homicide: LotS</i> completely grabbed me, and our office got internet so of *course* I looked for info. randomly following links led me to fanfiction, which quickly led to slash, and I was home. it was the best thing ever - combining my interests in TV and slash!
I joined a list (allslash) which introduced me to other fandoms and writers, and I began devouring everything I could find. I joined other lists as I came across them, and via those lists 'met' a few fans who became real friends.
the Bindlestitch (dS) list was home to a lovely anarchic collection of lunatics, and I quit lurking and became active and vocal; which holds true today. through that group I discovered LJ and life expanded even more.
"home" is still my first response when I think of fandom, and of fen
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as I got older, my interest in genre continued, and once I was in my 20s in the big city, I found gay fiction, which became a new obsession.
The show <i>Homicide: LotS</i> completely grabbed me, and our office got internet so of *course* I looked for info. randomly following links led me to fanfiction, which quickly led to slash, and I was home. it was the best thing ever - combining my interests in TV and slash!
I joined a list (allslash) which introduced me to other fandoms and writers, and I began devouring everything I could find. I joined other lists as I came across them, and via those lists 'met' a few fans who became real friends.
the Bindlestitch (dS) list was home to a lovely anarchic collection of lunatics, and I quit lurking and became active and vocal; which holds true today. through that group I discovered LJ and life expanded even more.
"home" is still my first response when I think of fandom, and of fen