LJ Idol 9, Week 7: No True Scotsman

[vaudy]

“And you call yourself a geek.”

Yes, as a matter of fact, I do, and I don’t need your permission to do so, no matter how many movie quotes I fail to recognize, or what my geek number is (pretty low, actually

Comments

[roina_arwen]

Yes, this exactly. I'm not really a "gamer" geek, I'm more the SciFi geek, but I can't give you tons of details or answer trivia questions, because I'm not good at retaining all the little piddly details. To each their own!

[kehlen]

Oh, I love this.
I am the same about all of my fandoms, really. While I know I belong to them, there is not one where I have watched or read even all of the "canon", let alone the extras and the fanish "musts". Which changes nothing.

[eska818]

Haha, I've jokingly asked people for their greek cred, but I've never actually told them they weren't geeky enough :P Cute entry.

[jem0000000]

I kind of wonder if it isn't more geeky to like the non-mainstream stuff. But that would really just be another label, and honestly, if someone identifies as a geek, they're a geek. We don't really need anything else.

[witches]

Absolutely adored this!