Fandom Primer Post (aka Pimp Your Fandom)

[deliaknows]

Now that nominations are done and sign-ups are just on the horizon, here's a post where you can advertise your fandoms to the rest of yuletide. Tell us about your fandom(s) and link to sources you think will help a new fan interested in checking it out or an old fan looking for canon refreshing. And if you're looking for new (or old but forgotten) fandoms

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[rebecca2525]

Okay, I realise that this is probably only of interest to me, but here goes:

Fandom: Literary RPF: Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Category: Celebreties & Real People

Comments: I love Hugo von Hofmannsthal's poems and prose. I'm fascinated by his latent homosexuality and his close friendships with other men. His ambivalent relationship with Stefan George stands out especially; they were both drawn to each other from the moment they met, but they were also many quarrels and disagreements. For example, here's what HvH wrote after first meeting George:

Herrn Stefan George. Einem der vorrübergeht

Du hast mich an Dinge gemahnet
Die heimlich in mir sind,
Du warst für die Saiten der Seele
Der nächtige flüsternde Wind

Und wie das rästelhafte,
Das Rufen der atmenden Nacht,
Wenn draußen die Wolken gleiten
Und man aus dem Traum erwacht,

Zu blauer weicher Weite
Die enge Nähe schwillt,
Durch Zweige vor dem Monde
Ein leises Zittern quillt.

<3_<3

Links: I've collected some resources in a post here.