Sorry, just amazed. There's people always whining about feeling so old in fandom in their 30s, and here's someone still in fandom who was in original Trek fandom in the 60s. I feel like Rey hearing Luke is real.
I was at a fandom specific meetup where someone brought vintage Kirk/Spock zines from the 60s. Most of us were "old", for fan types, late 20s-30s. So old enough that we've been around for a while, but not old enough for printed zines. They were really cool to see, and it was funny watching everyone handle the books so reverently, like sacred ancient texts.
Fandom is a subculture, there are official archives of fanculture being preserved. It's weird when you're in it to think of it like a cultural movement, but it's changed modern media so much.
Fandom used to be hidden away, no one knew about it, no one talked about it, and no one but other fans listened to it's opinions. Now showrunners and film makers are making changes to what they create based on fandom response.
It's happened before, when original ACD Sherlock Holmes fans insisted Holmes not be dead after Reichenbach, and I'm sure fans of Shakespeare might have influenced his work as well, particularly if they were rich or influential, but it's like fandom has gone from a subculture to a mainstream culture in less than a century. You can't find a network tv channel that doesn't have at least one sci-fi or superhero or fantasy influenced show now.
And it might seem silly to be weirdly proud of that, but where one subculture can come out and become accepted by the mainstream, it can sometimes be a weird little source of hope for other subcultures.
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(Anonymous) 2016-02-20 09:44 am (UTC)(link)Fandom used to be hidden away, no one knew about it, no one talked about it, and no one but other fans listened to it's opinions. Now showrunners and film makers are making changes to what they create based on fandom response.
It's happened before, when original ACD Sherlock Holmes fans insisted Holmes not be dead after Reichenbach, and I'm sure fans of Shakespeare might have influenced his work as well, particularly if they were rich or influential, but it's like fandom has gone from a subculture to a mainstream culture in less than a century. You can't find a network tv channel that doesn't have at least one sci-fi or superhero or fantasy influenced show now.
And it might seem silly to be weirdly proud of that, but where one subculture can come out and become accepted by the mainstream, it can sometimes be a weird little source of hope for other subcultures.