[ SECRET POST #2199 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2199 ⌋

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

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[Dragon Age 2]


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[Baby-sitters Club]


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[The Twelve Kingdoms]


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[Dangan Ronpa]


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[Homestuck]


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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Your parents just aren't fannish. Mine aren't either. I've always kept my fandom stuff private from them, because it's just not something that they're ever going to get. What can you do? Some people respond to media like we do, and many don't. It's inherent.

Try not to be too envious of your friends. You'll meet lots of other people with whom to fangirl over the course of your life. It's just not going to ever be one of the ways in which you bond with your 'rents.

[elaminator]

+1.

My parents (more-so my mom) will watch some things with me (LOTR + Hobbit, Marvel movies, random SPN episodes, etc) but they aren't the type to have long discussions about it. They watch it, enjoy it, and that's it.

If I try to start a conversation immediately after whatever we're watching, we'll have an amusing five minute conversation (usually about how sad/happy it was, or who were the most likable characters, or the hottest), but that's as far as it goes. They don't want to get into character motivations or plot details or shipping. Some people just don't feel as passionately about these things. *shrugs*

But I completely understand where you're coming from OP.

[othellia]

Wow, yeah that exactly the same way my mom is with me. She forgets very quickly who characters are if they're not reoccurring in every episode, so I always have to give a quick summary when a guest star comes back.

Still it's kind of cool at times. Once she called me to say she found a dalek reference in a Tom Clancy book she'd been reading.

[elaminator]

She forgets very quickly who characters are if they're not reoccurring in every episode, so I always have to give a quick summary when a guest star comes back.

Yup, that's my mom! Which is understandable if you don't watch the show regularly. (Plus some peoples memories are better than others.)

Once she called me to say she found a dalek reference in a Tom Clancy book she'd been reading.

Ahaha, awww. That's cute! I think the only Doctor Who reference my mom would get is one directly related to the title. :p

[citrinesunset]

I think in the OP's case, it's more than them just not being fannish. I would have a real problem with someone telling me that something I liked was a waste of time, whether they "got" it or not. I have loved ones who enjoy things I think are stupid, but I don't tell them that.

[(Anonymous)]

I suppose I elide the two because fannishness so often meets with kneejerk derision from those who don't get it.

[(Anonymous)]

Exactly. I don't mind my parents not being interested in my fandoms, but constantly telling me that TV shows and movies are all stupid and that it's ridiculous to be so invested in them (even though they haven't actually WATCHED any of those shows and movies and don't know if they're any good) is just hurtful. It's just a dickish thing to do to tell your loved ones that you think one of their major hobbies is the stupidest thing ever.

[elaminator]

I would have a real problem with someone telling me that something I liked was a waste of time, whether they "got" it or not. I have loved ones who enjoy things I think are stupid, but I don't tell them that.

Yea, telling someone that what you like is 'stupid' is rude and shouldn't be done, but if it's just the once I'd probably overlook it and move on.

Multiple times or on a regular basis though? That's fucking annoying.

I once had a friend that couldn't understand my love for LOTR and was always telling me how silly/weird/dorky my interest in it was, to the point where I stopped mentioning it altogether. It's not like I spent much time talking about it with them anyway, so I'm not sure why they had that reaction to it. Then even when I wouldn't mention it, they would bring it up just to tell me how much they didn't care for it, and it was a mess.

That shit isn't cute.

[caterfree10]

Yeah this. I'm in the same boat as the OP and it sucks trying to explain to my parents that fandom is important to me when they refuse to get it whatsoever. :/