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elations in manga. As Kira is “not a bashful person,” she finds a lot to talk
about with Selene.
In both cases, fandom brought us together, but it does not
keep us together. Incidentally, both Selene and Anne have
written fanfiction, but I have never read any of it...so you
can't say that we are members of the same fandom
community. I keep a private mailing list going that
facilitates contact, but it is isolated from fandoms at large.
Kira describes her relationships with Anne and Selene as resembling real-life
friends more than fandom community, as she is still in contact with both of
them, though they do not read the same things. Kira sees fandom relations as
very contrasting to that. She explicates that “if a person loses interest in a
series and ‘falls out’ of the fandom, she will probably lose contact with
members of the community as well.” I do not believe that connections formed
through the means of fandom generally only pertain to that fandom. In other
words, though interaction behaviors and language are very much a function of
the specific fandom (though never in a vacuum – each fan will often exert and
incorporate behaviors and language from multiple fandoms), the depth of
connections formed within that fandom is not limited. Fandom-specific
connections that are limited to fandom solely are, I would argue, akin to reallife
business acquaintances.
As mentioned previously, Dinah does not feel as a part of the Harry
Potter fandom, though she still continues to write. Partly, she explained that
she has “fallen out of fandom, because there is so much canon, and so many
expectations.” I elaborated previously how Dinah’s self-perception of being
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