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heidiI've been reminded that the 2 year anniversary of the PoU list is this week, and both Simon and I are coming up on our second year in the fandom, so I've thought that this is the right moment to do My Own Personal Survey Of The Fandom Thingy, which isn't in total traditional survey form, but will do for now. Take it yourself. Put it on your LJ. Let me, for once, start a trend.
When did you join the HP fandom? June, 2000, right before GoF came out, but I already had posters from the book releases and a cardboard standup of HP & The Doomspell Tournament thanks to a nice person at Barnes & Noble
Where did you join the fandom? I read an article in the Washington Post about Harry Potter for Grownups, a Yahoo Club, and it took about 2-3 hours of searching before I found it. Then I did, and I posted some inane thing about how I found the list and how long I'd been reading the books, and it just went on from there.
So when did you read the books? I read PS in November, 1998 - the same week I got pregnant (later named Harrison, after the books, sorta). I read CoS immediately after and had to wait for PoA to come out. I orderd it from the UK, and was so happy that it arrived before I went into labor (turned out to be about 3 weeks before, but, still...) so I'd get to finish it before the baby came.
What do you think of the fandom, at this moment in time? It's huge. It encompasses every age group, probably every country, every background and every mindset. There are tonnes of wonderful people - it's like a mid-sized city both in its size and its diversity - so people have to be careful with their personal information, but people also have wonderful opportunities to learn and do and try and experience new things.
If you could ask JKR one question, what would it be? Does Draco have *any* of Fitzwilliam Darcy's characteristics at all?
And what do you fear your follow up question would be? Why the *BLEEP* not?
What is your top ten list of fandom things?
1. Beta reading. I've become a better editor and a better writer because of the stuff I've done in plotting, throwing plot bunnies into the world, and especially editing other writers' fics. It's a treat to see something come along well - and an even better treat to try and guess possible reactions to a chapter or character - and then see what happens when it hits the "airwaves".
2. Keeping up to date on the news. When I joined the fandom, back in June, 2000 (during the runup to GoF) I joined because I wanted to know what others were thinking about what would be in the book. I had heard barely any rumors or guesses, and it was like being in a world of speculation. And all of it creative and erudite and lucid and lovely. Especially about the wand order thing. Which I did notice the first time I read the book. And yes, I think the way it was explained/changed was utterly ludicrous.
3. The way people can change their minds. I've looked back over some of my early posts and giggled and goggled at my take on Draco back when I first read GoF. Evil? Him? Yeah, I sure thought so. Silly me, maybe. And I read something in an old H/G thread on FA today (permission requested, I swear) - A couple of posts back I said, rather firmly, that I had no fancy to join this ship. Or else I've no life and have enough time to think it over and change my mind. For some reason, I'm thinking it's the latter option.
Isn't it cool?
4. The shared sense of expectation about Book 5. The way that everyone, no matter what their SHIP or their take on any of the characters, is equally desperate for new canon. Even another schoolbook, I think, at this point, would relax our brains for a few minutes.
5. Livejournals. One mass off topic chatter thingy - with pictures! I also love chat, at least when the trolls have been cast out of the dungeon.
6. Watching the movie with friends - with a theater full of HP4GU and FA people. Talk about sharing the love - and the hate. Nobody looked at me askance when I yelled, "Plastic? His sandwich is wrapped in plastic?"
7. The way it's brought me friends from around the world - I had friends in the UK, NZ and Australia before, from my stint (still ongoing) in the Crowded House fandom, but now, I have friends in Argentina, India, the Philippines, Israel, Russia, Hawaii, Japan, Scandinavia, Mexico and for some strange reason, Canada as well. Canadians are very very odd though.
8. The fact that we also love Lord of The Rings. Okay, not everyone loves it, and some of us haven't been able to sit through the book at all, but back in the fall the media was doing articles about vehement hatred and jealousy and spitefulness between LOTR fans and HP fans, and I am so glad to say that we're all simpatico and none of those media-driven issues ever came to pass.
9. The way nobody minds if it takes 7 months for you to do the final chapter of your fic. Okay, they mind, and they ask and they worry. But they *will* get it. Soon. I hope.
10. An all new vocabulary. Schnoogle. Meep. Glomp. Meeble. Snark. SCUSA. SHIP. And in everyday live, when not talking about relationships in canon or fanon, I've replaced the word "slash" with "dash", so I don't start giggling or having my mind wander.
11. Things to read on my Palm Pilot. When Harry was about 15 months old, and the worst falling-asleep-baby one could find, I kept sane by loading fanfics onto my palm pilot and reading them by backlight. Only in the past 3 months has he gotten better at falling asleep, and this is the first week he's fallen asleep on his own, so I've still got a rotating set of about 30 fics which I read in elevators, while sitting outside his room listening to him talk to his animals, while on airplanes, etc. And it's all good.
12. It's all about the me. Ok, it's not. But it could be. See, I've got this One Ring... okay, I don't. But I could!
Okay, anyone have their own lists? Can this become a survey trend too?
When did you join the HP fandom? June, 2000, right before GoF came out, but I already had posters from the book releases and a cardboard standup of HP & The Doomspell Tournament thanks to a nice person at Barnes & Noble
Where did you join the fandom? I read an article in the Washington Post about Harry Potter for Grownups, a Yahoo Club, and it took about 2-3 hours of searching before I found it. Then I did, and I posted some inane thing about how I found the list and how long I'd been reading the books, and it just went on from there.
So when did you read the books? I read PS in November, 1998 - the same week I got pregnant (later named Harrison, after the books, sorta). I read CoS immediately after and had to wait for PoA to come out. I orderd it from the UK, and was so happy that it arrived before I went into labor (turned out to be about 3 weeks before, but, still...) so I'd get to finish it before the baby came.
What do you think of the fandom, at this moment in time? It's huge. It encompasses every age group, probably every country, every background and every mindset. There are tonnes of wonderful people - it's like a mid-sized city both in its size and its diversity - so people have to be careful with their personal information, but people also have wonderful opportunities to learn and do and try and experience new things.
If you could ask JKR one question, what would it be? Does Draco have *any* of Fitzwilliam Darcy's characteristics at all?
And what do you fear your follow up question would be? Why the *BLEEP* not?
What is your top ten list of fandom things?
1. Beta reading. I've become a better editor and a better writer because of the stuff I've done in plotting, throwing plot bunnies into the world, and especially editing other writers' fics. It's a treat to see something come along well - and an even better treat to try and guess possible reactions to a chapter or character - and then see what happens when it hits the "airwaves".
2. Keeping up to date on the news. When I joined the fandom, back in June, 2000 (during the runup to GoF) I joined because I wanted to know what others were thinking about what would be in the book. I had heard barely any rumors or guesses, and it was like being in a world of speculation. And all of it creative and erudite and lucid and lovely. Especially about the wand order thing. Which I did notice the first time I read the book. And yes, I think the way it was explained/changed was utterly ludicrous.
3. The way people can change their minds. I've looked back over some of my early posts and giggled and goggled at my take on Draco back when I first read GoF. Evil? Him? Yeah, I sure thought so. Silly me, maybe. And I read something in an old H/G thread on FA today (permission requested, I swear) - A couple of posts back I said, rather firmly, that I had no fancy to join this ship. Or else I've no life and have enough time to think it over and change my mind. For some reason, I'm thinking it's the latter option.
Isn't it cool?
4. The shared sense of expectation about Book 5. The way that everyone, no matter what their SHIP or their take on any of the characters, is equally desperate for new canon. Even another schoolbook, I think, at this point, would relax our brains for a few minutes.
5. Livejournals. One mass off topic chatter thingy - with pictures! I also love chat, at least when the trolls have been cast out of the dungeon.
6. Watching the movie with friends - with a theater full of HP4GU and FA people. Talk about sharing the love - and the hate. Nobody looked at me askance when I yelled, "Plastic? His sandwich is wrapped in plastic?"
7. The way it's brought me friends from around the world - I had friends in the UK, NZ and Australia before, from my stint (still ongoing) in the Crowded House fandom, but now, I have friends in Argentina, India, the Philippines, Israel, Russia, Hawaii, Japan, Scandinavia, Mexico and for some strange reason, Canada as well. Canadians are very very odd though.
8. The fact that we also love Lord of The Rings. Okay, not everyone loves it, and some of us haven't been able to sit through the book at all, but back in the fall the media was doing articles about vehement hatred and jealousy and spitefulness between LOTR fans and HP fans, and I am so glad to say that we're all simpatico and none of those media-driven issues ever came to pass.
9. The way nobody minds if it takes 7 months for you to do the final chapter of your fic. Okay, they mind, and they ask and they worry. But they *will* get it. Soon. I hope.
10. An all new vocabulary. Schnoogle. Meep. Glomp. Meeble. Snark. SCUSA. SHIP. And in everyday live, when not talking about relationships in canon or fanon, I've replaced the word "slash" with "dash", so I don't start giggling or having my mind wander.
11. Things to read on my Palm Pilot. When Harry was about 15 months old, and the worst falling-asleep-baby one could find, I kept sane by loading fanfics onto my palm pilot and reading them by backlight. Only in the past 3 months has he gotten better at falling asleep, and this is the first week he's fallen asleep on his own, so I've still got a rotating set of about 30 fics which I read in elevators, while sitting outside his room listening to him talk to his animals, while on airplanes, etc. And it's all good.
12. It's all about the me. Ok, it's not. But it could be. See, I've got this One Ring... okay, I don't. But I could!
Okay, anyone have their own lists? Can this become a survey trend too?
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I'll pass it on
-Morgan
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Date: 2002-04-10 01:17 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2002-04-10 02:39 pm (UTC)*runs along to take this survey*
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Date: 2002-04-10 03:16 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2002-04-10 03:40 pm (UTC)Hey! Whatcha talkin' aboot, eh?
Very cool survey Heidi, and if I have time soon, I will try to help continue your trend. :)
Love your follow up question as well. :)
--Gem
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Date: 2002-04-10 03:51 pm (UTC)I like your survey and I do believe it will start a trend.
Schnoogles
Quiz
Join? Err...just got involved.
So when did you read the books? 1999, all 4 books, in one weekend.
What do you think of the fandom, at this moment in time? Its big, and will be around for about 4 years after the last movie comes out on VHS and DVD. *has seen her share of internet fads go under, sadly*
If you could ask JKR one question, what would it be? Are you god?
And what do you fear your follow up question would be? Damn kid, go away!
What is your top ten list of fandom things?
Drawing for fics
Graphic-ing
Reading Slash
Reading NC-17 :P
That's all.
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I digress. I've enjoyed my time in fandom, even though I've mostly been a lurker. I've run into slash and some wonderful authors. It's been a nice break from reality.
Cait
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Date: 2002-04-11 08:26 am (UTC)Snark is a dictionary word - sort of. It's the verb version of "snarky", which means crochety or snapish. Meep is my battle cry and I think Meeble is one too. They're just exclamations - IMHO, meep is what you use when happy or giddy and meeble is more for use when confused, exasperated, or frustrated by someone's snark. Like a quiz.
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Date: 2002-04-10 08:25 pm (UTC)~Amber
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Date: 2002-04-11 01:35 am (UTC)