In all seriousness, this is all great stuff. Looking forward to learning more about the Buffy fandom; it was a phenomenon that I was *aware* of, but never knew much about.
It's fascinating! The whole writing staff had fans and engaged in Twitter-like interactions with the fans. The discourse was mad, some bad behaviour has seeds there.
I'm really looking forward to your Buffyverse piece, as someone who loves BTVS (and begrudgingly tolerates Angel, lol) but whose love for the show is predicated on it being... not obviously built around capital-F "Fandom," in a lot of ways? I know that sounds weird for a show so influential on the fandom front. Or so I'm told - I was watching the show for the first time on DVD c. 2009.
I was always a big fan of the show but aside from following graphic makers and making icons I had no connection to the larger fandom. (I was too engrossed in Roswell!) From the forums and mailing list discussions I've read through, I don't think I would've made it through. The discourse was So Much.
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In all seriousness, this is all great stuff. Looking forward to learning more about the Buffy fandom; it was a phenomenon that I was *aware* of, but never knew much about.
It's fascinating! The whole writing staff had fans and engaged in Twitter-like interactions with the fans. The discourse was mad, some bad behaviour has seeds there.
I'm really looking forward to your Buffyverse piece, as someone who loves BTVS (and begrudgingly tolerates Angel, lol) but whose love for the show is predicated on it being... not obviously built around capital-F "Fandom," in a lot of ways? I know that sounds weird for a show so influential on the fandom front. Or so I'm told - I was watching the show for the first time on DVD c. 2009.
I was always a big fan of the show but aside from following graphic makers and making icons I had no connection to the larger fandom. (I was too engrossed in Roswell!) From the forums and mailing list discussions I've read through, I don't think I would've made it through. The discourse was So Much.