TELL ME ABOUT YOUR FANDOM JOURNEYS
So, my big print media project for the semester is going to be 'investigation of a contemporary subculture', and, at present, my main idea is to use the theme from earlier in the semester -journeys- and write my piece on that. The end product will be 2000 words.
I plan on writing about my own fandom journey, from seeing PS and CoS and then busting an ankle and reading all four HP books, to... well, where I am today. Drinks in Snape's Pub, Patronus, all the amazing people I've met, online and off. The fact that I feel I've grown as a person and as a writer through fandom. Before I started reading femslash, I thought I was completely heterosexual, for a start :).
I'm interested in all of your fandom journeys, as well. They don't have to Harry Potter, or only Harry Potter. Tell me how you started being a fan, the places you moved through, how it's affected you or even changed your life. What you got out of fandom when you started, and what you get out of it now. How it's changed, and why, if you know :)
So, anyone who is interested and willing, please tell me, in as many words as you like, about your fandom journeys. Note that I will, in all likelihood, quote you in my finished work. Once it's handed in, I will publish it online for you all to see. If my teacher thinks it is worth publishing anywhere else, I'll seek out your permission again.
Also, if anyone wants to contribute but doesn't feel they can write about their fandom journeys just like that, tell me so, give me an IM contact, and I'll interview you. Both ways would work well for me. The guide about the paper stresses the need for 'real world research', which is rather difficult to define when one is talking about something like fandom, but I believe that interviews and collecting stories is the same online (in a fandom context) as it is in person (for a different subculture).
Thanks to everyone who contributes.
ETA: Also, if you'd rather be refferred to by a name other than your LJ sn when I quote you, please let me know in your comment.
I plan on writing about my own fandom journey, from seeing PS and CoS and then busting an ankle and reading all four HP books, to... well, where I am today. Drinks in Snape's Pub, Patronus, all the amazing people I've met, online and off. The fact that I feel I've grown as a person and as a writer through fandom. Before I started reading femslash, I thought I was completely heterosexual, for a start :).
I'm interested in all of your fandom journeys, as well. They don't have to Harry Potter, or only Harry Potter. Tell me how you started being a fan, the places you moved through, how it's affected you or even changed your life. What you got out of fandom when you started, and what you get out of it now. How it's changed, and why, if you know :)
So, anyone who is interested and willing, please tell me, in as many words as you like, about your fandom journeys. Note that I will, in all likelihood, quote you in my finished work. Once it's handed in, I will publish it online for you all to see. If my teacher thinks it is worth publishing anywhere else, I'll seek out your permission again.
Also, if anyone wants to contribute but doesn't feel they can write about their fandom journeys just like that, tell me so, give me an IM contact, and I'll interview you. Both ways would work well for me. The guide about the paper stresses the need for 'real world research', which is rather difficult to define when one is talking about something like fandom, but I believe that interviews and collecting stories is the same online (in a fandom context) as it is in person (for a different subculture).
Thanks to everyone who contributes.
ETA: Also, if you'd rather be refferred to by a name other than your LJ sn when I quote you, please let me know in your comment.