[ SECRET POST #3014 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3014 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Comments

Unexpected fandom demographics

[(Anonymous)]

If you created something, but it attracted the kind of fans you didn't expect, how would you feel?

E.g., significant overlap with a fandom for something jarringly different, older/younger fans than expected, fans into something else you really can't tolerate

Re: Unexpected fandom demographics

[(Anonymous)]

the hipster microbrewery in my town that is popular with old people

Re: Unexpected fandom demographics

[(Anonymous)]

Depends on who my intended audience was. If I made something for the 18-40 male demographic and it attracted women instead? I'd be fine with that. If I made a kid's something, however, and it attracted adults? I might feel creeped out, or possibly just bemoan my inability to understand kids.

Re: Unexpected fandom demographics

[(Anonymous)]

Honestly, I'd probably do my best to ignore the fandom simply because I've noticed that fandoms tend to get very...Demanding, for lack of a better word, with creators who really take notice of them.

Re: Unexpected fandom demographics

[(Anonymous)]

One of my fics attracts young tumblrinas. I don't know why damnit, I was even really fond of that fic. It's my secret shame.

Re: Unexpected fandom demographics

[ariakas]

I'm always surprised by how many guys like my fanworks, especially given they're almost invariably (admittedly action-centric) slash. I'm perfectly okay with it, though. If anything it's made me question my own biases about straight men; i.e. that they'll shy away from anything with the icky gay.

But I've heard the same things from other slash writers who writer for largely male-dominated fandoms. If it's action-heavy, you'll get some (openly) straight guys reading it even if there's straight up dude on dude fucking in it. Especially if it's gun-wanky.

Re: Unexpected fandom demographics

[(Anonymous)]

I'd probably just be first and foremost happy that I had fans at all.

But if I were to be annoyed, I think what would make me cringe the most is if I created something that was meant to be serious adult fiction, and it ended up being marketed as young adult fiction.

Yes, I know, YA doesn't necessarily mean anything, but I would kind of feel like it meant my stuff wasn't serious or mature, or developed enough.

Re: Unexpected fandom demographics

[(Anonymous)]

Given it was a show for middle aged male racists, I'm shocked at how many pre-teen girls watched Top Gear. I mean, I'm basing that more on the reaction to Clarkson being fired, where the general response of teary death threats seemed almost exactly to match the same response from preteen girls to a Boyband splitting up, although I am confused as to why those preteen girls had profile pictures of middleaged white men.

Re: Unexpected fandom demographics

[solticisekf]

troll.

Re: Unexpected fandom demographics

[(Anonymous)]

And on that bombshell...