Experience of RL Fandom Wank
Woo, finally! Done the Pic Spam entry of OREO'S ANIME NORTH 2006! Right HERE! Not Dial-Up friendly, just warning you.
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Anyway, Welcome to PART TWO; The Written Experience of Fandom Wank
In many ways, the internet is seen in everyday life, and is very alike to it. For instance, lags and freeze ups happen say in winter when your car just won't start, or traffic jams making you late for where ever you need to be. Sometimes you encounter people and their characterization reminds you of internet faces, or greatly used Cliché'd lines - Haha yes, even "Noobs" in which you can just imagine their internet screen name being something like 'GREATHAX0RPRINCESS3457.'
Wank is also another thing that occurs in everyday life, and it's everywhere, from politics to your very own household, you can't escape it.
However, this experience I witnessed was out of the norm, it was THE INTERNET WANK, BROUGHT TO LIFE. The kind you see in chatrooms or communities, going on for comments and comments, and I witnessed it live.
Ladies and Gentleman, The Kingdom Hearts fandom in one room is FUCKED.
The only other sane person in there at the Anime North 2006 KH Panel with me was gunneryunagirl and never before was the urge to go "LOL" in real life so grand.
It happened upon a discussion - like many things - but one of "Hate Kairi." THIS was the turning point for this seemingly sane room. Sure there were a few little bickers back and forth from little things, but that was the ticking proverbial bomb.
The room erupted of 835928359386986267 comments and the Wankfest began, causing some 'Kairi' haters to just "OMG DRAMA" it all and right up leave.
After which, the calm returned. However, tension was thick in the air and soon after was the next known argument.
"DISNEY BOUGHT PIXAR, BUT A KINGDOM HEARTS MOVIE WOULD BE IN CLASSIC ANIMATION NOT 3D!"
And then eruptions of Who or What Disney bought and what a KH movie would look like poured forth the already hot lava the room was already swimming in. For a while, it was a one on one with these two guys, whom I could just imagine in my head a chat between them being something like "LOL NEWB STFU."
The poor guy in the back who seemed to know 0% of Anything Kingdom Hearts, and spent the whole panel time asking stupid questions, seemed lost beyond reach now. (Whoever you are, I wanted to twap you behind the head. And I was close enough to do it, too!)
There were 4 Panelist, one that spoke, and the others just served to blend into the wall for decoration. gunneryunagirl Seriously stole the show when it came to a battle of wits, and no one messed with an ULTIMANIA GUIDE OWNER. DUN DUN.
In the end, the panel ended in rather strange silence, most of the other arguments forgotten by my little brain who was still in "LOL" mode, and I could only shake my head.
THE INTERNET IS IN YOU PEOPLE, SERIOUSLY, IT IS, UNPLUG SOMETIMES K? OMFG. D:
The truth is, there is no Spoon.