Fan, Fangirl or CrazyObsessedDirtyFangirl?!
The Fandom, The Fan and The Fangirls
by Suomera
The Fandom
The Code:
Prepare to meet the vocabularies and acronyms that are used by fangirls! Don't worry! The Fangirl vocabularies and acronyms are awesome, cool, funny and shiny! And there are even online dictionaries made for fangirls.
The Fan
Embracing = Accepting
After you discovered that you have an interest in Asian entertainment, prepare yourself to receive mocking reactions from other people because not all people will find your interest normal.
Mission: Fangirl Bonding!
Experience attending a fandom gathering once in a while to meet your co-fangirls in the flesh! Ther's nothing like having pictures together with your co-fangirls! Your co-fangirls might also be included in your list of true friends! And who knows? You'll probably end up inviting all some of them in your future wedding!? Please tell me I'm wrong? Ok whatever!
The Fangirls
Dirty Politics.
A crazy fangirl have different levels, there are fangirls who are pretty sane, while the others are down right insane. My advice, be a crazy fangirl who is still pretty sane so you'll know how to fight the right fight, and stop when you need to. Always remember that there's a thin line between fangirls who are safely obsessed and morbidly obsessed. In case you have no idea of what's my idea of morbid obsessiveness is, well it's when an obsessed fangirl causes her fandom shame that gives that country/heritage fandom a bad name.
The Fan & The Co-fangirls
Nice Shiny Fangirls = Fun.
Respect is not in your dad's bank account. So you should have self-respect, and give your co-fangirls the respect that they deserve from you. Being a crazy fangirl is so normal, but the BIG NO NO is talking behind their backs, or worst, talk trash about them in your very own public web journal or online forums! [If you have co-fangirl/s you feel close to (the sister you never had kind of relationship), then tell them about what's bothering you inside the fandom.] Aside from that form of crap, there are fangirls who are noted as superstars in a fandom...too bad not all of them are really nive. They're the ones who feel superior, they're the ones who even wants to see you puke blood! Yep! Your fandom may even be your worst nightmare! So where's the fun in that? All I know is I'm telling the truth here and this is not a dirty gossip that you read on forums, because I actually have a couple of basis. So if you believe in "what goes around, comes around" then you're wiser that those mean fangirls who are most likely equal to those other female dogs who throw their used napkins everywhere! And other types of rubbishness!
The Fandom & The Fan
Operation: Support All The Way!
Well I'm still not through with the respect issue, because you also have to give this to your beloved asian entertainers. They make their own certain decisions in their lives that makes us fangirls terribly sad sometimes, that we feel like not giving them the moral support because we can't accpet their decisions, well the good thing in that case is that it's NORMAL for us to feel that way because we developed a certain attachment. But if it's hard for us to accept it, then I bet it's harder for them before they had their final decisions because they know that we have covered them with so many expectations already. But let's be considerate, they also have a life. So what I'm saying is it's nice to know when our beloved entertainers know how to decide for themselves.
Be Good.
Earn good reputations as a fangirl. Do not forget to credit the source who shared/posted the images or multimedia files you snagged when you post them to other sites, especially when they demanded a rule to ask permission first before sharing it to the other sites. Just follow the rule, the exact rule and the rest of the ruels they demanded. STICK TO THE BASICS even if there were plenty who had committed this fangirl crime.
I saw this in my friend's online bunk (hello Mel!) and I thought I post it up here as well so that I can share this with all the fangirls in the world who might one day bump into my online home. Read away and comment on whatever you find that can relate to you 100% of the time, those that you cannot relate to and those that seem so-so to you :D
You may post this as well (I guess), just give proper credit to salt-scrub@blogspot. :D