[ SECRET POST #2623 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2623 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 064 secrets from Secret Submission Post #375.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I really don't understand why people think fandom is a new concept that can only be grasped by people under 25. Please look up The Iliad and Odyssey, where people wrote long epic fanfiction about their own religion. Then look up The Aeneid where Virgil wrote a spin-off tale based on Homer's work. Look up "Baker Street Irregulars". Hint: the original members are so old they're dead and the founder of that official (think how many non-official fans there were before that date!) was born in 1890. Also realize that Star Trek: TOS was aired in the 1960s and that the people who were in fandom then are probably at least in their 60s or older now.

Then come back and explain to everyone again how old people don't get fan culture.

[(Anonymous)]

nayrt, but for some reason "so old they're dead" made me burst out laughing.

[(Anonymous)]

Fandom isn't new by any means, but I don't think it can be ignored how the Internet made fandom bigger and easier, and more "mainstream" if you will. There was always fanfiction, sure, but the Internet made culture where fanfiction is incredibly accessible, and easier to write and distribute. Fandom existed before the 90s, of course. But I think it's a stretch to make a simple comparison to post-Internet fandom.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not sure what this has to do with anything. Nobody's saying that fandom isn't bigger or more mainstream now. All people are saying is that fandom isn't a new concept that only young people can understand. It's a fairly old concept and before the internet boom, plenty of older people were in it and they're still in it now. So it's foolish to suggest that old people don't understand fandom now.