Too cool for subject

posted by [identity profile] wneleh.livejournal.com at 12:16pm on 21/03/2010
I probably wouldn't dare, but I'd love it if you would!

(A founding writer in one of my fandoms, I discovered, lives a quarter-mile from me, right across the street from some friends of ours. I've parked in front of her house. But I've never knocked on her door and said, "Hi, you don't know me, but I write in your AU!" But I'd love to.)
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I've never knocked on her door

posted by [identity profile] gillyp.livejournal.com at 12:47pm on 21/03/2010
Ooh, I'd be tempted, I must say!

I'm very intrigued that JH took refuge in fic and fandom during what sounds like a depressive stage, I think many of us came to fandom that way. If I see her again, I'll try and pluck up the courage, I'm sure she'd be amenable. She occasionally does talks and q&a's locally, I might make a point of going to one, since the novel's all about t'internet and fandom, it'd be a perfectly legit point of discussion, wouldn't it?
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posted by [identity profile] wneleh.livejournal.com at 01:00pm on 21/03/2010
I'd ask privately, actually, in case she wanted to keep her fandom and pro identities separate.

I was actually a bit put-off by why she said she was writing fanfic - I get a bit defensive when people feel they have to justify their involvement. Will think more on this!
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posted by [identity profile] gillyp.livejournal.com at 01:21pm on 21/03/2010
It didn't read as defensive to me, more explanatory. I would never have discovered fandom unless I'd been unemployed and alone a lot of the time and rather depressed, it helped me through a bad time and I made friends I'd never have made. I - personally - don't feel there's anything negative about admitting that.
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Re: I've never knocked on her door

posted by [identity profile] wneleh.livejournal.com at 08:38pm on 21/03/2010
don't feel there's anything negative about admitting that.

Oh, I agree! (And I'm glad you landed in fandom!)

Me, I was fannish from grade school, and active and buying fanfic zines from the age of 14 or 15. And only really started to write fanfic so that I could be on SentinelAngst. I'm still not all that social fannishly, compared to how I interact on some parenting lists.
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