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[ SECRET POST #1290 ]

⌈ Secret Post #1290 ⌋

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I think you're doing it very right. Everyone is involved in different ways. Maybe other people don't have enough time to be active in multiple fandoms or they just don't get really into more than one thing at a time. Sounds like you're having a lot of fun, so just do what makes you happy :)

I find it hard to stay active in and keep up with several fandoms at once, so I usually have around three that I devote a lot of time to (including discussion/fic), others I just lurk in and others that I check up on occasionally.
I don't think you're doing it wrong though! If you can keep up with all those fandoms then more power to you. :D

I totally know what you mean. I switch fandoms so often, I just can't stay in one. Plus I lose interest or find something else shiny pretty quickly. I think it's okay, too, because usually whenever I come back to it people have updated their fics or have posted new awesome things in my absence.

Currently I'm really only active in one, but I lurk in tons of them, and I've been active in several fandoms at the same time before. I still tend to refer to my main fandom as "my fandom" instead of "my main fandom" or "one of my fandoms" because it's just easy shorthand.

people with different preferences are confusing!!!

You're doing it how I'm doing it. I choose to believe we're doing it right.

Because people are different and do things differently?

I'm an obsessive and a completist. I do one thing at a time and I REALLY FUCKING DO IT. I immerse myself. I have one fandom, and in that fandom I have one ship that I ship like absolute burning. And I'm happy that way. Other people have many fandoms and many ships, and they are happy that way.

See how that works?

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fishings.livejournal.com - 2010-07-16 09:41 (UTC) - Expand

I'm the opposite: a one-fandom girl who doesn't understand how people can be in a lot of fandoms at once. I guess my brain just doesn't work that way. But, hey, rock on, OP... it sounds like you're having a good time <3

Eh, different people, different habits.

I usually have one main fandom that I'm involved with, while maintaining an interest in other fandoms but not actively pursuing them, just checking them out every now and then. There are fandoms that are so inactive that I just check them out once or twice per year to see if there's anything new. This suits me pretty well. (I wouldn't have time/energy for more, anyway.)

Maybe it's just their main fandom. But I can understand it. I'm in a few fandoms but I pretty much just focus my attention on the one because I don't really want many more.

To me, 'my fandom' is my current primary fandom. All the others I'm involved in are secondary fandoms; I still like them, just not as much.

You're definitely not doing it wrong. Hope you're having fun in all your fandoms! :)

Naw, bb, you're fine. I keep up with a few fandoms at once, but I can only be very active in one at a time- the one that currently catches my interest most. But if you can be active in many, then good!! <3

Everyone is different, OP. There is no right or wrong and everyone does it differently.

For example, I find it difficult to be equally active in a lot of fandoms at the same time. I have four main fandoms that I will never drop and at most I'm active in two at a time. I do still hop from one smaller fandom to another but they're all mine.

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phillipznickel.livejournal.com - 2010-07-16 06:25 (UTC) - Expand

I'm multifannish and I admit sometimes I look at monofannish people and can't help but wonder if they get bored. But clearly they don't because they seem to be having fun. Just different ways of engaging in fandom.

Are you having fun? Then you're doing it right. Personally, I can only really concentrate on one fandom at a time, but then I have the attention span of chimpanzee on cocaine, so.

Maybe you're just a big ol' multi-tasker, like me. XD That's fine, as is focusing on one at a time; whatever floats your fandom boat! (isn't that pretty much the point?)

No, I'm totally in the same boat! HP is my most active, probably by virtue of being one of the most popular, but I'm active in all of the fandoms that I have icons for...and a few others too! Why have just one when there's so many shows/movies/books worth fandoming? :)

Same here. There are too many interesting things going on to limit yourself.

Everyone does their own thing. I've never really left any fandom I've really gotten into. I tend to get involved, and really focus on only two, or three at a time however. I still check on others I'm involved in, but my fic, and art are really only going to be on those few I'm focused on. Some people are just really good at focusing on what they really enjoy.

I have more than one fandom that I enjoy, but only one show for which I'd write fic/art or media. There are plenty godawful!crossover fics I've plotted, but thankfully never written.

If you're inspired, you're inspired. Don't know what else to tell you.

Edited 2010-07-16 00:08 (UTC)

I lurk in multiple fandoms at once, there are just so many fun and interesting fandoms out there. This works well for me.
My sister, she pretty much can't be in more than one fandom at a time. She focuses all her fandom-energy on that, it's a bit confusing for her to be in multiple fandoms at once.
Different people, different ways of fandom...ing.
(On a slightly unrelated note, I tend to go through fandoms in a cycle, i.e. I'll like something for a while, lose interest, then rediscover it and get back into it. For me, that happens over and over, there's MAYBE one or two fandoms I've left permanently. As for my sister, once she loses interest, it's over, she never really goes back/regains interest.)

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bloodrivendream.livejournal.com - 2010-07-16 02:18 (UTC) - Expand

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bloodrivendream.livejournal.com - 2010-07-16 02:23 (UTC) - Expand

Some of us have lives outside fandom. :)

I'm too ADD I think - I can only concentrate on one fandom at a time. I'm too obsessive, which tends to rule out any other fandoms at a given time.

tl;dr I think I take 'undivided attention' TOO literally. ;)

I can't be active in more than one at the same time......idk why but I can't. It's not that I ~want~ to. It's just easier for me to be in one at a time.

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