possibly in denial

[parthenia]

Bad Thing Managed to get the sales time wrong for the Raconteurs tickets and they had already sold out by the time I realised. Bah. Memo to self: do not believe the emails from the band! The mighty Seetickets usually puts them on an hour earlier!

Still. There are some good things going on.

For example: I am going to see the Fratellis tonight \o/ who are playing one of the Teenager Cancer Trust Albert Hall gigs.

Why I am not a fan really I have been thinking a lot lately about how I'm not really a proper fan like lots of my lj f-list, because I'm not really that into shows and don't really read or write fanfic. I mostly feel way out on the edge somewhere compared to many of you.

So, I stayed up late last night doing some work, and in between running data analyses, I pottered about on LJ, and the BBC, and spend a very happy hour or two digging up 150-comment arguments about the portrayal of Owen/Gwen/yournamehere on Torchwood, and rumours about Series 3, looking at actor sites, reading rumours about the interplay between Torchwood/Dr Who/The Sarah Jane Adventures; and giggling about threads discussing the awesomeness of Torchwood/Primeval crossovers...

...and I realised, tragically, that I was in my fannish happy place.

Is this what you lot call being a fanboy? Because I do love to pooter around in the minutiae of the plot, and develop my proper opinion on Russell T Davies. It's not even that I uncritically love either show - Dr Who has been very lame of late, Torchwood has jagged great plotholes and can be borderline diabolical; but, for whatever reason, I like those worlds. I don't think I would ever want to read Dr Who fanfic, but I might read the odd bit of Torchwood. Some new icons would be nice, too.

I'm not an extreme fan, though, gosh no. Wouldn't catch me at any of those weird convention thingies or buying wee statuettes. I'm just, you know, interested.

she bought Dr Who Magazine from Tesco yesterday
she already has a radio-controlled toy Dalek in her office
she wanted to put a Myfanwy toy on her son's cake
she reads the BBC America Captain's blog

It's just a thing.

Comments

[ruric.livejournal.com]

Just checking do you need a key for tonight or has that lan been shot down in flames? If no key required will save on getting one cut *G*

[parthenia14.livejournal.com]

I replied to one of your other identities - no, sadly :( do not need. Another time I will come begging.

[ruric.livejournal.com]

Well I'm hopefully extending the lease on the flat so you hav a bigger window of opportunity.

*tempts with dinner at local Moroccan place*

[parthenia14.livejournal.com]

*bites your hand off*

[meredyth-13.livejournal.com]

Bugger... I would love to see the Raconteurs Saboteurs. Stupid band emails.

Hang on to your happy place, honey - that's what it's all about! I'm too lazy to be quite so thorough or intellectual in my fandoms - I tend to skirt around hardcore and stick to easy and pretty.

I see your inner research girl coming out to play - glad to see you enjoying it all.

ps. happy to read, absorb and take advantage of other's work and meta. ;)

[parthenia14.livejournal.com]

I piggyback on the good people.

fabu has great recs and is a very thorough type.

The LJ I lost a great deal of time to was tencrush; and the best round-up I've found is torchwood_three

[lyras.livejournal.com]

I'm just, you know, interested.

You don't fool me. I've seen your Slytherin bag :P.

[parthenia14.livejournal.com]

AIIEEE.

Yes. Well. I love that bag. Sadly, I have sworn off large messenger bags as they kill my shoulders and make me look like a prematurely aged paper boy.

The Fratellis! With a bunch of indie bands I've never heard of!

[lyras.livejournal.com]

I love messenger bags, because they're great for carrying notebooks in. Plus, in Oz there is Crumpler, which is awesome.

Hope you have a good night! I so miss my British indie, which is not the same as Australian indie at all.

[shaggydogstail.livejournal.com]

I'd spent an entire year in my first fandom (Harry Potter) before fanworks even registered on my radar, and I know there are plenty of people who only really enjoy one or two aspects of fandom. To me fandom isn't a five-course dinner where you're doing it wrong if you skip the sorbet, it's more like a buffet where you take what you like and leave the rest. As long as you're in your happy place, everything is cool. Cos, y'know, fandom is meant to be fun.

[parthenia14.livejournal.com]

fandom is meant to be fun

NONONOO UR DOIN IT WRONG IT IS MEANT TO BE ENDLESS META AND GRUMBLING AND SHIPWARS AND BATSHIT INSANITY.

*skips*

Yes, me too. Oh, the days of Schnoogle and Fictionalley.

I am ...alarmed at how happy I was last Saturday to be watching Season 4 kick off, the very night after Torchwood concluded! I mean! Good times or what?!!!

Such a niiice feeling.

must.get.out.more.

[anthimaeria.livejournal.com]

LOL, but you have been to weird convention thingies!

I'll be losing my con "virginity" at Terminus this summer, perhaps.

I think having an LJ and participating in any fandom makes you a fan. You write meta, and you have written fanfic (which was quite good).

[parthenia14.livejournal.com]

I've been to one convention aaand I'm not totally sure whether I'd go again. Very mixed experience, really.

[anthimaeria.livejournal.com]

I feel kind of funny about going to one as well, to be honest. But a lot of people have told me that the HP cons are more about meeting people on your flist than about the cheesier aspects of fan culture. I won't be putting on a costume or playing mock Quidditch.

[geoviki.livejournal.com]

Yeah, totally it's about the people and the boylove. I'm glad to know I'll get to meet you, for example! I'll introduce you to the senior component of fandom, who are all wonderful, terrific, interesting people (much like our LJ hostess here).

[anthimaeria.livejournal.com]

I'm excited to meet you too! The majority of fandom people I've met to date have been well worth knowing.

[jonem.livejournal.com]

I too fell like of a dabbler. Of course, this doesn't stop me dabbling in certain things with great thouroughness: it just means I don't do most of the rest. I'll never write a fic or post a vid, or contribute a great meta-filled wanky post.

I like my involvement the way it is. I'm just a fan who doesn't jump all-in. I think there's a great many of us out there!

Enjoy the Fratellis!

[parthenia14.livejournal.com]

Or indeed, a great wank-filled meta post. :D

The Fratellis were awesome! Brilliant!

When are you coming this way? You must be overdue for a visit to this neck of the woods.