[ SECRET POST #2273 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2273 ⌋

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

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Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 2 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ], [ 1 - posted twice ], [ 1 2 3 - trolls ].
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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

It's not just numbers, it's having fans who are motivated to create fanworks. Otherwise, you know, the Superbowl would have a fandom and it would be huge.

[(Anonymous)]

lol now my head is filled with images of a million dude bros talking about their shipping theories during the commercials and writing hatesex fic involving people of the opposing teams

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

A hundred million. And there would be mascot fic. And AU fic where they're all knights. And rarepairs with the special teams.

[(Anonymous)]

There was a guy writing some pretty hilarious Jets/Patriots porn a few years ago on 4chan. And sometimes conversation about quarterbacks and receivers gets a little shippy.

[cloud_riven]

you should vsee hockey slashing fandom. it's a thing.

[(Anonymous)]

a beautiful thing

[anonymouslyyours]

Oh I just ugly laughed. My tabs rn?



I don't even know who any of these people are ffs.

[cloud_riven]

I odn't even watch sports d:)b

noooo not adagio teas no i will never bet them because shipping

[anonymouslyyours]

My sports watching is exactly: that one time at work when they were showing a rugby game on the big screen and one team was wearing white short-shorts and the other was wearing clingy black shorts.

Eeeew. I just checked shipping to Canada. :( The bastards add a two dollar rural delivery fee to all my orders but overall I'm much luckier than you.

[cloud_riven]

Does pro wrestling count? Because I"m preeeetttty sure dudley dudes rolling around in lie no clothes and Chyna and Trish stratus really screwed up my psyche into psychew. for life.

It's okayish. I made a notepad file with a list of secret ingredients so i can pick them up local and blend them as home. I beat the system and slipped surprise customs charges aw yeah.

[thelonebamf]

Yeah, basically this. I've had discussions with my friends about various shows/games/movies we're in to and how the fandoms are varied by each. Obviously the demographic that is being hit is going to have a lot to do with it, but in some cases fanwork gets created by a surprising branch of the fans. (Like one you didn't expect to exist.) I guess a good example of this is the whole MLP thing. (Because while young girls may be drawing pics of their favorite ponies, they're probably not posting them to the internet the way the older fans do.) An example nearer to my heart is the Metal Gear Solid fandom. While numbers-wise the fanbase for MGS is largely male, the fans who produce the fanfic? Largely female. (Which of course also affects the *type* of fic being written.)
I can't be sure about all viewers everywhere, but from what I've observed in my own little pocket of the world is that much of the viewer base for The Walking Dead is made up of people who are fans of the show, but not people who are into "fandom". They are people who turn the tv off at the end of an episode, are excited for next week's show, but it doesn't occur to them to hop online and look for fic or art or even discussion forums. They just hop on Facebook, post "OH MY GOD, WALKING DEAD! HOW COULD YOU????" and might enjoy a few comments from their friends, but that's it. Water cooler talk.
If you have friends like that, maybe use the show as an opportunity to get them into the fandom world? "Hey, now that the season is over, let me show you some cool stories that someone has written about what would have happened if XYZ...."?