Girls who like Boys who like Boys – Ethnography of ... - Yuuyami.com

wished to hold on to that world, in which I was removed from my own reality,
a little longer.
Nonetheless, there is a keynote here of a shared identity and reality
that would a) allow a fan to connect to others on the basis of shared factual
information (about the show) or shared interest, and that b) informs the
identity to such a degree that one may acquire a certain “mindset,” which Barb
has mentioned, and which, in a way, affects the original term of “fanatic,” of
which “fan” is an abbreviation. 17
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Having read your section on online fans and the connections
people build even only on a virtual basis, I started thinking about how
a friend like this is different from one you connect with on a face-toface
basis. For me having real friends only through the Internet is not
an option. Although I literally can't live without computers and the
web, I can't picture myself finding people online, who are as close to
me as people I have met offline. Even now I have a lot of friends and
due to the fact that I am in the states, some of them are really really
far away, if realize that I can't communicate with them as well as
before. I never chat with them and even writing e-mails is a sort of a
difficult process. You made me think of the connections I am
destroying - connections formed in the offline world, but due to the
lack of personal interaction have become somewhat online based. I do
not connect to people as part of a fandom, since I am relatively new to
the whole concept, but I know from a recent experience that it is
almost impossible for me to discuss fics with other people or connect
with an already existing friend over fandom. I can surely talk about
the concept of fandom, but not my activities in a fandom.
17 Whether this connection continues to develop into a close friendship or relationship, on the
other hand, is not necessarily affected by this sharing of interests and/or knowledge.
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