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Sep. 21st, 2006 10:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yubsieToday's random thing that annoys me more than it should:
People who refer to "the TPM fandom". I was reading something on metafandom, and the comments were all going on about seeing the subject of the post pop up in the TPM fandom. Now, I like to think I know how most of the common fandoms are referred to, even if I'm not in them. (Though I get annoyed who refer to Firefly as "FF", because that's Final Fantasy d*mmit! :P) I was totally lost as to the identity of this fandom... until halfway down the page, someone said something about Jedi. Why didn't they just SAY they were in the SW fandom and then specify which era they're interested in? I mean, everyone has their particular concentration in that fandom, but I've never seen any of the others call their fandom by the era instead of its ACTUAL NAME. You don't hear people talk about being in "the X-Wing fandom", it's always the SW fandom, and then mention that their primary interest is the X-Wing series (and who can blame them? :p).
ARE there other fandoms that have this problem?
People who refer to "the TPM fandom". I was reading something on metafandom, and the comments were all going on about seeing the subject of the post pop up in the TPM fandom. Now, I like to think I know how most of the common fandoms are referred to, even if I'm not in them. (Though I get annoyed who refer to Firefly as "FF", because that's Final Fantasy d*mmit! :P) I was totally lost as to the identity of this fandom... until halfway down the page, someone said something about Jedi. Why didn't they just SAY they were in the SW fandom and then specify which era they're interested in? I mean, everyone has their particular concentration in that fandom, but I've never seen any of the others call their fandom by the era instead of its ACTUAL NAME. You don't hear people talk about being in "the X-Wing fandom", it's always the SW fandom, and then mention that their primary interest is the X-Wing series (and who can blame them? :p).
ARE there other fandoms that have this problem?
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Date: 2006-09-21 04:22 pm (UTC)But no, I've never heard of that. o.O I guess they're just really hardcore into their niche? Weird.
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Date: 2006-09-21 05:05 pm (UTC)It's weird that anyone would be hardcore enough into TPM to not refer to themselves as a STAR WARS fan. I mean, it's the film the rest of the fandom prefers to just not talk about! :p
I wonder if that has something to do with it, actually...
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Date: 2006-09-21 09:29 pm (UTC)A really small drawer.
In the bottom corner. :P
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Date: 2006-09-21 05:02 pm (UTC)At least with SW PT, you still have the name of the overarching fandom in there. :p
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Date: 2006-09-22 12:44 pm (UTC)Aka Anakin/Padme got lame, LAME dialogue and then Padme dead from stupid? :p
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Date: 2006-09-22 04:07 pm (UTC)Wedge and, well, all other pilots get slashed about that much, I think.
Yeah, Padmé got a stupid death named after her. :-p
(this went in a weird place last time)
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Date: 2006-09-22 06:58 pm (UTC)Wedge doesn't really get slashed until you take the EU into consideration. Though of course, Wedge doesn't really EXIST much until you take the EU into consideration. Though I've seen some film based Wedge/Luke.
Padme died of stupid and now anyone who dies of stupid "Pulls a Padme". And she used to be SO COOL. :p
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Date: 2006-09-22 07:38 pm (UTC)Yeah, I meant in the EU. They don't really count as characters in the OT. :-p
Only for one movie. Well, one and a half.
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Date: 2006-09-22 08:07 pm (UTC)Hey, Wedge is the only supporting character to survive all three OT films. That gets him points. :p
Well for a few years that one movie was all there was to the PT and she was the only character I liked. :p
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Date: 2006-09-22 05:35 am (UTC)That, and... it could also be because slash as such had become a bigger thing by 1999. Sure, there was slash when the OT was released, but it was this esoteric thing that happened in print fanzines and such, yes? When the PT came out, there was the internet, and slash was much more "out there."
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Date: 2006-09-22 12:42 pm (UTC)In other words... crazy young'uns? :p
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Date: 2006-09-22 05:04 am (UTC)"Star Wars fans who love the prequels" are us sane people over here. ;)
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