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.