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Rusty to cease, as these dialogues had nothing much to do with Harry Potter.
Rusty was very aggravated, and decided to leave that mailing list, as well as
create a new one on his own, which would also be a Harry Potter mailing list.
A large group left with him, Mel included. Though she still reads the fics
posted on the old mailing list, she participates far more frequently in the new
one, which seems to be “friendlier” and “more open.”
Though there are such things as cult fandoms, or long-term fandoms,
in other words something one has been a fan of for a very long time, and will
continue to be a fan of, they do not necessarily involve constant involvement
with that fandom. Simultaneous to always being a Star Wars fan with set
opinions on the canon (e.g. rejecting the new trilogy in the process of being
finished), more often than not, one will be obsessed and more “active,” in the
sense of being mentally involved, with other fandoms. In a way, fandom
behavior, and the act of being a fan is centered around the object of worship,
as well as the act of worship, and both will overlap more often than not, but
the act of worship is internalized; partly derived from behaviors absorbed
from the communities online or offline, “being a fan” becomes internalized to
such a degree that it creates a fan-mode of identity.
It is very difficult to control and/or turn off a mode of identity, a part
of oneself. As I have discussed many active or passive activities fans will
practice, I have attempted to show that even at her/his most passive, an online
fan will be exposed to an ever-evolving fandom and fandom communities;
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