[ SECRET POST #3377 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3377 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 063 secrets from Secret Submission Post #483.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

OP

[(Anonymous)]

I know many other people in fandom have non-fandom hobbies - I am not saying it's impossible! Just that I, personally, don't seem to - no matter how hard I try. Sorry if the secret was confusing, English isn't my native language.

Re: OP

[(Anonymous)]

If you want other hobbies, go get them, but if you don't, why make a problem of it? Do you have any idea of why it makes you feel weird and not normal?

Go look at the numbers on ff.net and AO3: there are hundreds of thousands fanwork makers and millions of nerdy fans. You are as normal as anyone. http://archiveofourown.org/admin_posts/4385

Re: OP

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, but in the real world, writing fanfiction isn't exactly a 'normal' hobby.

Re: OP

[(Anonymous)]

What have you tried so far? I guess I'm confused because I don't know how you could fail at a hobby. You don't have to excel at whatever hobby you choose to pursue, all you have to do is decide what you want to do and then do it. Outside of fandom, I like hiking, needlework and photography. I'm not great at any of those things but do them anyway because I enjoy them.

Re: OP

[khandri]

Have you tried any hobbies where you can still apply your fandom interests? There's a wide variety of possibilities there.

Re: OP

[(Anonymous)]

So far I've only seen people giving you shit OP or telling you that you can have other hobbies at the same time or that you should TRY MORE THINGS - but that's not the point of this secret is it? It's about how even if there are other things, nothing is quite as big or meaningful to you as fandom and you wish it were. I fucking feel you. You've probably tried other things, haven't you? You've looked and tried and nothing else feels as good. Nothing else is as fun. You love it but you don't like the way the outsiders look at you when they talk to you at work or at social functions. Fandom is, in a way, subversive and people who arent involved don't really understand it. The problem is the majority of the world is not involved. And it sucks. I feel you, OP. I do.

Re: OP

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you!

I totally feel you too, OP. I live in a Melbourne, where everyone is obsessed by Aussie football. If you don't follow a team or know nothing about football, you're seen as weird.

Me, I'm into fandom. Am obsessed by movies. I'm just not really into anything else as a hobby. But because I'm not into football at all, I'm seen a bit kooky. Sometimes it makes me feel a bit left out.

Re: OP

[(Anonymous)]

Perhaps you're right and the secret is really about not finding meaningful non-fandom hobbies, but the secret says nothing about meaning or importance, so you can hardly blame anyone for failing to discern what OP hasn't actually stated.

Re: OP

[(Anonymous)]

If you don't like the way people look at you when you start talking about fandom, then don't talk about fandom outside of fandom. It's as simple as that.