Ah, fandom.

[hackthis_archive]

thecomfychair has informed me that on 1 April, Jeremy Piven Ari will be have a special on Discovery HD called Journey of a Lifetime with Ari, err, Jeremy Piven -- because after the Oscar business, Ari had to get away. Right. I digress. I don't have Discovery HD. I don't know anyone who has it, but one of you bitches must and then you can share with the class. Please?

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Yesterday, the beloved violetsmiles had a meme asking how you'd found her LJ, what your favorite Prince song was (you can't choose just one for real), and what song made you think of fandom. The last one actually had me stymied for a bit until this morning when Damon Albarn started hollering that he was looking for Girls who want boys/ who like boys to be girls/ who do boys like they're girls/ who do girls like they're boys/ Always should be someone you really love -- and I said, oh, Blur's 'Girls & Boys' THAT'S SO FANDOM.

And then a few hours later I got an e-mail that people were talking shit about a friend of mine in their locked posts, and besides just being rude and juvenile and crass, my first thought was, I've so been here!

Sometimes people judge you without knowing a damn thing about you. Sometimes people are just that infantile and petty. Some people just have to get their hate on. And I thought of Timex Social Club's 'Rumours' -- I'll think I'll write my congressman, and tell him to pass a bill, the next time they catch somebody starting rumors---shoot to kill! -- because THAT'S SO FANDOM, TOO.

At the end of the day though, we're all in this together. Love it, hate it, want to take a torch to it and burn that branch off of the family tapestry, we do this fandom shit together. No one else understands it, and protects it the way we do, and that's what makes it so interesting. And in that instance, well, there's only one song for it: Sister Sledge 'We Are Family' -- BECAUSE THAT'S JUST FANDOM.

Comments

[antheia.livejournal.com]

I have this motto that I stole from a close friend in high school: Don't say anything behind anyone's back that you wouldn't say to their face.

Which doesn't mean that I'm gonna be all up in your face declaring it, but if you asked me straight up, "Did you say X?" I'd say so.

The same pretty much goes for LJ, on some level.

[mearagrrl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but to your face I might try to say it a little differently, even if I say what is, in essence, the same thing.

[antheia.livejournal.com]

Oh, absolutely. I don't think there's anything fundamentally two-faced about diplomacy: that's kind of an adjunct to the whole "copping to saying it" thing, I guess. It's sort of like the difference between, "You look fat in that dress," and "I don't think that cut is very flattering to your figure."

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

Yes, what she said. A little tact can go a long way.

[antheia.livejournal.com]

For reals.