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[odditycollector]

All of these question memes going around has reminded me I am curious about everyone!

So here is a question I would love to know your answer to:

 
How did you find/become involved with fandom?

Alternatively, if you don't consider yourself part of fandom, which I guess is possible, tell me about that!
 

Myself, do not remember *not* being a fan. I was writing fic in crayon. My family got internet access when I was a preteen, and pretty much the first thing I used it for was seeking out the fanfic I somehow* instinctively knew was out there. I joined a couple Forever Knight LISTSERV lists and behaved, well. Less embarrassingly than some baby fans have.

After that, there were a few yahoo lists I never really got into, a couple boards I did, and then I eventually found LJ via bravecows' GO page.

*I was not the first fan in my extended family. I expect there were hints.

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[dine.livejournal.com]

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