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OTW Fannews: Discussing Fandom
Feb. 19th, 2016 09:15 pmotw-staff.livejournal.com
Discussions of fandom & fanworks are all around us now, especially when a major fandom figure leaves us http://bit.ly/1RcvUmU
OTW Fannews: Discussing Fandom
Feb. 19th, 2016 09:21 pmotw_staffDiscussions of fandom & fanworks are all around us now, especially when a major fandom figure leaves us http://bit.ly/1RcvUmU
OTW Fannews: Celebrations in Focus
Jan. 30th, 2016 02:40 pmotw_staff
2015’s fandom developments could range from the very personal to very mainstream, as well as the local to worldwide. http://bit.ly/1WTJyO4
OTW Fannews: Celebrations in Focus
Jan. 30th, 2016 02:36 pmotw-staff.livejournal.com
2015’s fandom developments could range from the very personal to very mainstream, as well as the local to worldwide. http://bit.ly/1WTJyO4
OTW Fannews: Fandom Awakens & Stretches
Jan. 26th, 2016 10:03 amotw_staff
Upvoted discussed the continuity of fandom across generations. "An immigrant from Vietnam, Greenleaf’s electrician dad developed a love for science-fiction in America watching TV shows like Star Trek and Johnny Quest. Then he saw Star Wars in the theaters when it came out in 1977.
'Definitely seeing Star Wars was a big thing for him, but I think he kept it to himself'" Now, however, it's all in the open. "'Once he saw me bringing a lot of costumes home and making them, he got interested...He’d ask me, ‘Can I try it on? Can I wear it?’ I’ve taken him to a lot of character events and introduced him to a lot of people, and he’s really gotten into it.'”
Star Wars fandom has been all over the media & these days the discussions are getting more thoughtful http://bit.ly/1ZQks2n
OTW Fannews: Fandom Awakens & Stretches
Jan. 26th, 2016 10:26 amotw-staff.livejournal.com
Upvoted discussed the continuity of fandom across generations. "An immigrant from Vietnam, Greenleaf’s electrician dad developed a love for science-fiction in America watching TV shows like Star Trek and Johnny Quest. Then he saw Star Wars in the theaters when it came out in 1977.
'Definitely seeing Star Wars was a big thing for him, but I think he kept it to himself'" Now, however, it's all in the open. "'Once he saw me bringing a lot of costumes home and making them, he got interested...He’d ask me, ‘Can I try it on? Can I wear it?’ I’ve taken him to a lot of character events and introduced him to a lot of people, and he’s really gotten into it.'”
Star Wars fandom has been all over the media & these days the discussions are getting more thoughtful http://bit.ly/1ZQks2n
OTW Fannews: Everybody Wants You
Jan. 19th, 2016 10:32 amotw_staff
Blogger Natalie Luhrs wrote about what makes something fanfic-y. "It is the idea that there is a locus of shame in pro fic that I find so intriguing and why I have different reasons for reading fan fic versus pro fic (I like both!). But every so often, there’s a piece of pro fic that has qualities that strike me as particularly fannish--they’re usually the books where, as I’m reading them, I’m thinking to myself, 'This is a terrible premise for a book and I can’t stop reading it because I am completely sucked into it.'"
Fanworks are becoming something that everyone wants — and why not? It’s always fun to spread the joy http://bit.ly/1OulWfs
OTW Fannews: Everybody Wants You
Jan. 19th, 2016 10:50 amotw-staff.livejournal.com
Blogger Natalie Luhrs wrote about what makes something fanfic-y. "It is the idea that there is a locus of shame in pro fic that I find so intriguing and why I have different reasons for reading fan fic versus pro fic (I like both!). But every so often, there’s a piece of pro fic that has qualities that strike me as particularly fannish--they’re usually the books where, as I’m reading them, I’m thinking to myself, 'This is a terrible premise for a book and I can’t stop reading it because I am completely sucked into it.'"
Fanworks are becoming something that everyone wants — and why not? It’s always fun to spread the joy http://bit.ly/1OulWfs
