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mother, who was very concerned about her sitting in front of the computer and acting like a “stereotypical geek,” as well as not interacting with others. This wasn’t very much possible, Barb maintained, as with the disease it was very difficult to say anything beyond “I like this.” In a way I could also discern some effects this period had on Barb’s own brand of fandom, or the way she defines fandom which causes her to call herself a “fandom snob.” The problem is that when I tend to talk about fandom, I tend to talk about people who read and write fanfics, so I don’t tend to think about cons so much, even though I know they’re a fairly large part of fandom. So the mindset is sort of appropriation of the text…and this goes back to Henry Jenkins […] Barb’s fandom is very fic-centered, and in a very specific way based online, in a medium that she grew up with and could find entertainment in. Fanfiction is also published in hardcopy fanzines, but Barb sees these, along with cons (or conventions) as part of a more traditional fandom. The third reason she brought up for being a lurker was that when she first started out in general online fandoms she was fifteen, at a period in time when the Internet decency act was passed; mailing lists started being a lot more careful about the ages of their members, and they were very strict about all members being 18 years or older. 13 In a way it was very interesting that Barb painted such a dichotomy between online lurking versus offline friendships; while I am a lurker myself, 13 The Communications Decency Act was passed in 1996, but was revoked by the Supreme Court a year later, in 1997, on the grounds of being unconstitutional. 88
who does not participate with other online friends unless I know them from real life, I knew that almost everyone de-lurked at some point, even if they only meet a few people online, or if only to post a small message or opinion. I had noticed within myself that over this past year I have grown more accustomed and open to the notion of approaching people online. Since I have come into fandom around 4-5 years after Barb did, I was curious as to whether she had established any connections with other fans online. She mentioned having emailed people a couple of times, but not ever having gotten to known them. Partially, the people she would like to know better are BNFs (Big Name Fans), who might be older, or might have been in fandom for a considerably longer time. To take up contact with such people would be intimidating. As I wondered whether she felt that she was opening up online a little bit more since she started having a LiveJournal, she looked very reflective, and stated that she might have a little bit, but did not know. She mentioned getting to know her good friend Mary in real life and how that had impacted on her online: “Like when I met Mary [in real life], I friended her [on LiveJournal], and suddenly I ended up with eight people on my friends list instead of three.” Fan-mode is certainly a very important mode in Barb’s life, and, as will be more fully detailed below, is in certain ways her “default” mode as well as a way to find close offline friends. As we have already seen, it is very possible for a person to lurk in one fandom, but be active in another; further on we will 89
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Table of Contents I. Introduction..
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more stories, and sharing funny tid
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yet understandable enough, to intro
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justifiable, and believable. 1 It i
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well as the act of worship (activel
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This leads Maygra 2 , a prominent f
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the fandoms are well-known. Slash-
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equality and beyond social stereoty
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uses his authorial position to loos
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fandoms, and are 2) people outside
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that writing in and for Anthropolog
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in ethnographic narrative, which ha
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very analytically thereafter. Jenki
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web. In a way the nature of convers
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affected not simply by the object o
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This is emphasized by how they view
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participation: In order to limit se
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egarding this topic) friends. Howev
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advanced the point that a fan lurki
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and pairings in our shared fandoms
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“Internet fandom” is what essen
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C. Mindset How can I map out this m
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IV. Interplay of modes - or conclus
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e used toward understanding multipl
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V. Appendices A. Appendix A: Fandom
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SG-1 Tokyo Babylon Weiss Kreuz Wolf
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ANC angst angstfic anime anime musi
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difference between good and bad fic
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C&C canon casual fan, casual CBFFAs
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criticism constructive feedback con
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drabble are based on pre-existing s
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activities. Science fiction fandom
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or to the actual act of turning a m
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GWLBWLB H sugar and spice. We are n
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LEO, L.E.O. lemon lemonade lime lis
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meta-MST MEverse MFEO, M.F.E.O. mir
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Regardless, if a fan calls you a mu
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ose OT OT OT3 otaku The filk equiva
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Continuum PWP RACC RACMX Ratboy rat
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SCA, SCAs schmoop self-infliction s
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"degeneration" of smarm into near-s
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them all, let alone finish them! Na
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al Couple Unnamed Faction Unusual S
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VI. Bibliography Works Consulted Pr
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1997 “Culture in the Plural”. M
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