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The BBC reported on a special scene filmed for a Syrian fan who became a refugee. "Noujain Mustaffa is a disabled 16-year-old Syrian migrant...[who]...told journalists she had learnt English by watching the US soap opera, Days of Our Lives," though she missed her favorite character who had been killed. Comedian John Oliver arranged for a spoof scene in which Noujain's favourite character returned from the dead and gave her a shoutout by name.

Learning languages, leaving a legacy & being shoulder to shoulder with many groups — that’s ‪‎fandom‬ http://bit.ly/1WtW1X1

Are you a one-fandom person? Or have you found that your interests and efforts are subject to 'fannish drift,' moving between fandoms or to entirely new ones fairly easily? Is there a show/movie/game or other fandom that came along just in time to ease the pain of one of your most beloved franchises going away?

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