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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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[X-Men: First Class]
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11. [SPOILERS for Death Note]
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12. [SPOILERS for Kuragehime]
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13. [SPOILERS for The Walking Dead]
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14. [SPOILERS for Supernatural]
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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: Doctor Who, The Chronicles of Narnia, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, and Stargate: SG-1
How has fandom affected your life?: I would say that the boot is usually on the other foot. That said, I have made several friends through fandom, so in that way I would definitely say fandom has had an effect on me.
How do you think new advances in technology/social media (Facebook, twitter, LJ, tumblr etc) have changed fandom?: There's a lot more specialization now. Take the SuperWhoLock tumblr as an example. Admittedly, that's three really enormous fandoms, but there you're looking at not simply a crossover--which is already going into more niche territory than non-crossovers--but the specific crossing of three specific fandoms. You couldn't always find things that particular.
There's also more opportunities to find inspiration for writing fics. Prompt comms are much more common now than they have been.
For better or worse?: I'm not really sure. There are certainly good things about "social fandom." Things can get shared around fandom more quickly, for one. But that comes with a downside, in that people often forget to credit the creator or permalink or otherwise make it difficult to give credit where it's due. And while it's lovely to have so many prompting comms, the fic that gets written often doesn't get archived anywhere, even when it's quite good, which can make it difficult to find if you want to read it again. And with really intensely specialized fandom places like SuperWhoLock, there's so much stuff to sift through that you can loose the good things you're looking for in the crowd. My overall feeling is that "social fandom" hasn't made things necessarily better or worse, but has made it more difficult to keep track of things you like and want to keep tabs on.
How do you think current technology advances have changed how fandom interacts with the creators of the media of fandom?: Well, it's certainly raised fandom's visibility. Some of the threads on that archive I joined in 2004 were debating just whether or not some creators even knew fandom existed. Now we have Loo Brealey (I hope that's how you spell her name) tweeting about comment fic written on the Sherlock prompt meme and Tim DeKay apparently posting White Collar fics online. Plus the OTW trying to make fanfic even more mainstream than that. Certainly there is no question that people know fandom exists now. And to some extent, this has been good. There's more immediate feedback for the creators, for example, something fic writers have always enjoyed. On the other hand, we all know fandom gets pretty crazy sometimes and with the increased interaction, via new media, the creators have been moved into the same audience for the insanity that the rest of fandom has always been in. So...pros and cons.
Wow. I'm kind of writing a novel here, a bit. I hope this is at least a bit helpful for you, though. :)
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Thank you SO much! I really appreciate the effort in writing this! :)