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[beanside]

I have no idea what I did to my neck yesterday, but oh crap it hurt. Today is much improved.

After the latest fandom kernuffle made me headdesk this weekend, it got me thinking about fandom as a whole, and why I bother with it.

I came to the conclusion that I love fandom because for every crappy experience, or every trip to fandom wank, for me, it still gives more than it takes.

Case in point: Metallica fandom. Took/caused: Stress because of listmums arbitrary rules. Nearly cost friendships due to stupidity. Pissed me off to no end by hurting people I love. If fandom wank had been around back then, would have landed me on it repeatedly due to flame wars from hell. (though, to be fair, if I have a good opponent, I kind of like arguing. It makes me happy when I'm in a bad mood.)

Gave: A deeper friendship with my Roo. Friends who I still adore in hederahelix, kimannebb and ctbn60. Some hella awesome fic from the above people. And a brand new friend, in my flame war opponent, robanybody.

*grin*

So yes. Fandom still rocks. And my little corner of it is the bestest ever.

Comments

[caarirose.livejournal.com]

Your roo pretty much hid behind your skirt and begged you to make it all go away.

I'm never gonna be a good with fandom as you are after that, even know the few people I have around me (who have no idea what went went on and it's damn hard to explain) tend to freak me out from time to time. But you're right, some of the things it's given us do pretty much kick ass.

[beanside.livejournal.com]

Totally! *snuggles you* You're doing fine. I know it's hard for you though, and if I haven't said it, I'm proud of you for taking the chance.

[caarirose.livejournal.com]

*cuddles* Nah, I'm not, but it's not anything that's gonna go away.

You are still biased, you know that right?

[arami.livejournal.com]

Here here. Tallica survivors rock :)

[beanside.livejournal.com]

Woot! Represent!

*grin* And for the record, you're one of those people too. I just had a brain fart. *snerk*

[arami.livejournal.com]

Representin'!!!

*ggg* No worries hon, it was like early and stuff. Unless things had horribly changed, I knew. And for the record, if that fandom gave me nothing else, it gave me a rockin group of friends :D

[beanside.livejournal.com]

Yays!! Nope. Nothing's changed. *grin* Except possibly my level of lameness.

[arami.livejournal.com]

Hurray! And there is a lot to be said for lameness, especially when it's shared*G*

[realpestilence.livejournal.com]

I've taken so many comms off my flist & defriended the few who aggravated me pointlessly (as opposed to aggravating me with a point, heh) that most of the time, I have no idea what the latest wank *is*. It was easy to get over-saturated when every lj I saw was ranting about the same thing, and usually with poorly-supported arguments, so I've limited myself so that I *can* sustain an interest. *shrugs*

[beanside.livejournal.com]

*grin* I know the feeling!

[ctbn60.livejournal.com]

*HUGS* Back atch babe!!

I am so happy you guys found us too! Friendships are worth all of the Stress when you come down to it. I believe it actually pulls some people closer.

[katzb101.livejournal.com]

Totally. Fandom is one of the most difficult places to be at times, but there are people in my life that I would never had met for it.

I doubt it will be the comfortable place it was for me a few years back, but I still love it and I'm sure I'll eventually get out of my turtle mode. :-)

[kimannebb.livejournal.com]

Couldn't have said it better. *gg* Hey, if it weren't for the Talli fandom I wouldn't have met some close friends and for that I'm eternally grateful.

I've missed most of the wank regarding SPN recently, just hearing about it like this or vaguely in other friends journals and I have to say -- that it's nice not to be in the middle of it. Who has time?!

So I'm looking forward to this weekend. *bounce* Talking about Talli makes me want to read certain fic....

[robanybody.livejournal.com]

Every time fandom pisses me off with the usual stupidity, I realize that if it weren't for that, I wouldn't have you or Jess or so many others as friends. I'd have missed out on so many wonderful people and great experiences, and the fandom stress is not even close to being bad enough to eclipse the good parts of fandom.

I will never stopped being amused that we used to flame each other before we became friends. <3333333333333

[lady-krystal-79.livejournal.com]

Good news about your neck. I imagine that is one more pain you don't need!

Wow, I am so out of it. Every fandom I have belonged to has been full of really nice, encouraging people. I've never once been flamed (and that isn't an invitation or a temptation of fate, I swear). About the closest I come is one of the network fan forums for Supernatural here in Australia - you quite often have people go in and crap all over the show, or rant about what someone else has posted. You're right, it's not nice, and I rarely go there anymore. Who has time for that kind of thing?!?

I'm glad it hasn't turned you off fandom. :-) My purely selfish motives for that include certain unfinished fics that shall remain nameless... ;-D And, to be honest, people like you inspire people like me.

[digitalwave]

There was wankage again? See, it may not be such a bad thing that rl makes me miss out on so much around here.

I cherish the friendships lj has given me so much, you guys are very much included in that, you know. But I have all of the stress I need already.

*hugs you hard*