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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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12. [SPOILERS for Kuragehime]
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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: My all-time top fandoms are Fullmetal Alchemist, J-Pop, Doctor Who, and Muse, and my current obsessions are Community, Criminal Minds, Gorillaz, and SHINee.
How has fandom affected your life?: A lot! I've made a lot of friends through it, with meeting my best friends on my first day of high school when they complimented me on my FMA pocketwatch as a particularly big example. It's also given me a great distraction and something to be passionate about, which is difficult as I have depression. Fandom has brought much excitement into my life.
How do you think new advances in technology/social media (Facebook, twitter, LJ, tumblr etc) have changed fandom? For better or worse?: LJ and fanfic.net were the beginnings of my fandom, so I can't make any comments on how they changed things. I think that with Twitter I was able to connect on a personal level with the people in my fandom more. In some ways this was great, because I was making some really awesome friends beyond just common interests, but there were a lot more negative aspects with Twitter. Due to the ease of updating and limited amount of characters, there seems to be a lot of passive aggressiveness, which made me paranoid and frustrated, so I gave up on Twitter. I do, however, really love when celebrities and writers will interacts with the fans through Twitter, and I think that connectedness is really nice. Sometimes it becomes gross, like when people send the actors porn fic of their characters, but mostly I like that aspect, even if I'm too shy to tweet at any important person myself.
Tumblr's effect is really interesting, since it's more about sharing information that commenting on it. I prefer the discussion aspect of fandom, so I'm more biased to LJ, but Tumblr is really fun and some fandoms are definitely more suited to that sort of deal, such as K-Pop. Also, as a fanartist, I like it since it's a really good site for posting up images, and with the tags I can reach a larger audience than my followers.
How do you think current technology advances have changed how fandom interacts with the creators of the media of fandom?: I think it makes it more intimate, which can be good and bad. On one hand, some creators and actors and such are really lovely, or just tweet really fun things. The main reason I checked out Supernatural was because I loved Misha Collins on Twitter, and I think seeing the personalities of my favorite actors and musicians has made me more of a fan.
However, there are also really dark things about it that worry me. I think the biggest example of this for me is from Muse fandom. All three members have Twitter, with the most active being the band's bassist, Chris. The main ship in the fandom, though, is the frontman and the drummer (who are not actually in a relationship), so every time Chris goes on Twitter to answer fan questions, a few rabid tinhatters will be asking him inappropriate questions about their OTP, which pisses off pretty much every other Muse fan, even those of us who ship that pairing. I used to follow a girl who did this, and when I called her out on it, she was really defensive and huffy about it, saying, "well, they already know people are shipping them," forgetting that the reason was because the fans kept telling them, not that they found this out themselves. The frontman also got really nasty tweets about him dating, and later impregnating, Kate Hudson, including ones that wished she's miscarry. At the same time, Muse on Twitter has been a really great thing, since they've answered a lot of fan questions, generally been very sweet or funny towards us, and have also kept the fans in the loop about the album they are currently working on. It's a mixed bag, though I could not say if it leans more towards the pros or cons.
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Overly-rabid fans have existed long before Twitter, but I think that the service allows them to parade that around in front of the objects of their obsession in a huge, yet very impersonal way, and that has a huge effect on how the creators see fandom. Some celebrities, such as Rihanna, have even replied to their haters on Twitter, showing more of the flawed, human side of them than what we saw from celebrities before. A carefully constructed image is even harder to maintain nowadays.
I hope this helps. Good luck on your paper!
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