[ SECRET POST #3314 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3314 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 072 secrets from Secret Submission Post #474.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[fscom]

09. http://i.imgur.com/NEYa284.jpg

[(Anonymous)]

I would never be able to do this because some fans are delusional and the way they interpret the canon is so far from the truth. I don't mind people having headcanons and etc, but if I enjoy the true canon of the show and the fans canon is not something that I would enjoy, then I don't want anything to do with any fanwork they produce or discussions they are a part of.

[ibbity]

Based on my experiences in fandom for the past, like, 14 years, I can tell you that you are definitely putting yourself in the way of some cray-cray that way

[(Anonymous)]

How do you love it without having your own feelings? I'm just curious.

[amethyst_rei]

Not gonna lie--I've done this before. Several times, in fact, though always when a favorite author of mine begins writing fic for a series I'm unfamiliar with and I'm not able to, or not interested in, checking out the series. I'd skim through the Wiki and read the fic wanyway. If I really enjoyed it, /then/ I'd check out the original series (I did this for The Hobbit, Supernatural, etc). Sometimes I don't and just immerse myself in the fandom (Final Fantasy VII, Katekyo Hitman Reborn, etc).

More often than not, though, I just lose interest in canon. Especially when it veers in a direction I dislike, which admittedly happens a lot (Naruto, Teen Wolf, Sherlock, etc). Then I'd stick to fandom and keep up with canon events through wiki, tumblr, and whatnot.

It works for me, since my favorite aspect of fandom is the fan fiction. If I were more interested in having in-depth discussions on canon and whatnot (though I do have those, though only with canon I'm very familiar with), it probably wouldn't work out so well.

[(Anonymous)]

But people have such batshit crazy headcanons, I'd have to go to the canon first to see everything myself. I could never do fandom this way.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm with you, OP. <3

I mean, the main reason I don't watch ongoing shows (or read ongoing comics/novel series), is because I have the kind of brain that prefers digesting everything in one go, and I lose interest very quickly if I'm left hanging.

But I also spend a lot more time in fandom, reading meta and fanfic, than I do on original stuff, because... I just enjoy "variations on a theme" more than experiencing new things. Examining things from all sorts of different angles through the filter of many other people's pairs of eyes, is something I really love.

And yes, latterly I've found I like to get into the fandom first and experience the original later (if at all). Sometimes fandoms are great fun even when the original content was dull... in fact often I think fandom is at its best when the original leaves a lot to be desired, and fandom has to work to fill in all the gaps.

Even if the fandom convinces me the original is worth giving a go, I most enjoy watching when I've been "spoiled" for everything already, and when I've already experienced lots of people's opinions on the major points (I'll admit, I get the biggest kick out of going "Oh wow, everyone was so wrong about what was going on in that scene! What idiots", but maybe I'm just a jerk).

Based on past experience whenever I've tried to articulate this, people go "BUT HOW CAN YOU EVEN FAN THAT WAY", and I've basically given up trying to explain it. It works for me, that's good enough!

P.S. [same anon]

[(Anonymous)]

I had nearly forgotten this secret I submitted nearly a year ago on a similar theme:
http://fandomsecrets.dreamwidth.org/1172293.html?thread=816795461#cmt816795461

[mimi-sardinia.livejournal.com]

That sounds similar to me - I find something via Fandom, read up about it, then I get into canon. I like knowing everything before I get into canon too, and sometimes Fandom's bias can be amusing (I remember experiencing that in FF8, over the fandom's hate-on for Rinoa).

Some fandoms I never get into the canon material for, but I never declare myself a "serious" fan of it, I just dabble around, reading fanfic.

And if one's initial reading up is in relatively unbiased places, like Wikipedia and fandom wikis (the one joy in public editing is that someone will come along and edit obvious bias), then you have the basic facts before you get involved in opinions and headcanons.