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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2014-08-24 03:10 pm

[ SECRET POST #2791 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2791 ⌋

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Re: Fandom Confessions

(Anonymous) 2014-08-25 12:18 pm (UTC)(link)
It's just gotten bigger. Which means there's more assholes and elitists per capita, so it feels worse.

I find that there is much more love for video games from fandom. And it's not all thought of as creepy or pathetic. Lots of interesting fanart and artistic expression. And more openness of discussion overall, whereas before I barely knew anyone that knew about Final Fantasy let alone wanted to talk about it with me. Not to mention there's way more exposure, so people who don't play video games a lot still know about some things and have most likely played something at some point in their lives.

And although it doesn't seem like it on the whole, I do feel more welcomed in the community as a woman. At least IRL. Mostly because for every group of guys I talk to, there's a couple women there too. Online is a different beast because of the voices of the naysayers are louder. Although, even in online games since starting about 10 years ago I don't get nearly as much harassment. Granted, that's just my personal observation and it could just be that I've gotten better at avoiding getting into those situations.