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fandomsecrets2012-03-23 07:01 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2012-03-23 07:01 pm
[ SECRET POST #1907 ]
⌈ Secret Post #1907 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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11. [SPOILERS for Death Note]
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18. [TRIGGER WARNING for sexual abuse]
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19. [TRIGGER WARNING for rape]
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20. [TRIGGER WARNING for rape]
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Notes:
Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 000 secrets from Secret Submission Post #272.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ], [ 1 - hit/ship/spiration ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.
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Primary fandoms: UC Gundam, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Lupin III, Battlestar Galactica, mecha/sci-fi in general
How has fandom affected your life?: I've met a lot of friends (and my husband) through fandom but mostly I just look at it as any other hobby. It's just something engaging to talk about and enjoy with other people.
How do you think new advances in technology/social media (Facebook, twitter, LJ, tumblr etc) have changed fandom? For better or worse?: Social networking is just another tool. It can't make fandom any better or worse, anymore than fanzines and access to xerox machines and mailing lists made fandom better or worse. I do think one advantage (when it comes to anime fandom anyway) is that it's a lot cheaper and easier to expose yourself to anime than it was when I first got into anime fandom. You used to have to pay somebody to copy fansubs to vhs and send them through the mail to you. That's why I never got to watch Legend of Galactic Heroes until a few years ago, even though Central Anime had already subbed the first season or two back in the nineties. I took one look at that episode count and though "I can't afford this shit". It was either that or go to someone's house for an anime club meeting and have to deal with [mostly male, mostly older, mostly gross] otaku and put up with their "opinions" to watch something new, and even then you were subject to their tastes. (Kind of off topic, but back around 1999 or 2000 when I was going to Nashville Anime Club meetings, all the guys in charge ever wanted to show was mecha anime, like the End of Eva movie or [ugh] Neoranga or something like that, and I wasn't all that interested back then. It was like pulling teeth to get them to show one episode of Hana Yori Dango that a member brought in. Now that I'm older and there's a meetup group in my current city that only gets together to watch shoujo anime, I realized I'm not as interested as shoujo anime I used to be when I was younger, and all I really feel like watching most of the time is old mecha anime. Go figure.)
How do you think current technology advances have changed how fandom interacts with the creators of the media of fandom?: I don't know if people act more rude or entitled towards creators now than they did in the past, but maybe I just notice it more because the internet is a very public place. I think in general the internet has caused people to be more public with feelings they would've otherwise kept secret. I mean, yeah there were stalkers and there was creepy fanmail back in the olden days, and people bitched about authors and directors and comic book artists and writers or whatever, but for the most part all of that negative stuff wasn't prevalent all over the place 24/7. On the other hand, I like the the internet makes it easier for people to communicate with creators (via twitter, their blogs and whatnot) and people are no longer forced to go to cons for that experience. It's opened up the experience for people with disabilities who otherwise couldn't have shared in that (or couldn't have done so easily), so that's definitely a good thing
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Oh yes, things are easier with fandom. When I was an active anime fan I did have trouble finding my interests online (old shoujo anime like the Rose of Versailles and Daddy Long Legs) and I think they're still harder, but now it's a lot easier to be a fan of international things. I seriously doubt that without the internet/youtube I'd be a fan of JPop!
Entitlement is a definite issue, one that I'll have to bring up. There really are definite pros and cons to current technology in that regard.
Again, thank you for your time in writing this!
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