One time my friends heard that there is a cinema that does monthly screenings of The Room where you're allowed to boo etc. to your hearts content. What the fuck, right? Get to laugh and boo out loud at a stupid movie.
And a bunch of us hadn't seen it but we knew bits and pieces about how terrible it was so we went.
And what we got was this weird microcosm fan club that literally handed out a sheet of in jokes to everyone to yell out during the movie along with a bunch of plastic spoons to throw at the screen. And to be clear, these guys comprised 90% of the audience. Like it was clear they've been going to the same show for months.
So basically it was a bunch of nerds screaming out a bunch of memes they'd made up every 20 seconds through a movie that didn't need any help being awful.
Fandoms are weird.
SPOOOOOOOOOOOOON!
Sounds like Rocky Horror.
and I wonder about my neighbors even though I don't have them
but they're listening to every word I say
Hmm, I feel like I'm not self aware enough to know if I'm in a fandom. There doesn't seem to be a topic in my life that I engage with exclusively with other people.
I do discuss a lot of stuff in the realm of boardgames and videogames with my brothers and close friends. I probably talk to my brothers about the nonsense that occurs on Giantbomb a tad too often. Prob more annoying than anything.
I've never felt the need to ship any of those people or obsess over their personal activities though.
Shipping is kind of weird to me, as I'm kinda allergic to romantic stories, because I know I can empathize super hard. I know I will weep the biggest tears over a Romeo and Juliet style tragedy.
Folk seem to ship where there's no romantic connection at all though, and I don't really understand why you'd invent something to get that wound up in. Not my thing. It appears to hold all the negative aspects of love, without the positive feedback of a living relationship. Honestly, I don't think I've ever obsessed over a celebrity in that way either.
I apologize if this post comes off as judgmental. I'm more just trying to work this thread's topics out in my head in relation to myself- than specifically badmouth or shame anyone's pastime or identity.
Like, if you get something positive out of it, all the power to you!
I really liked A Song of Ice and Fire when I started reading it, and by the end of the fourth book I kinda hated it.
I really liked Harry Potter when I started reading it, and by the end of the seventh book I thought it was good but flawed.
So yeah Harry Potter is better.
I hated the entirety of the first Harry Potter book because Harry Potter is less of a character in it and more of a Soulless MacGuffin with no personality surrounded by somewhat more interesting people who I, frankly, would much prefer to read about.
And Game of Thrones is about a whole bunch of greedy assholes fighting over shit that isn't theirs in the first place.
Unless the final book is "Game of Democracy" its quite hard to care about the outcome of that world, and by the end of the fifth book you're just kinda hoping the 3 remaining decent characters somehow find a way to weather the storm (they won't).
This is one of the rare times in literature where I really don't give a shit if good triumphs over evil, I just wanna see how the clusterfuck shakes out.
Like, if there's a single human being I'm even rooting for at this point it's maybe Tirion.
The reason I like Song of Ice and Fire is that the world is really fleshed out with a full history and all the characters do their thing, rather than the world revolving around a single hero and his party members.
I think Harry Potter depends a lot on when you read it, it was a great series to read growing up when you're the same age as the characters, and as an adult yeah they're not that amazing compared to other books but you can't take away that nostalgia feeling and knowing that those books (in my case) gave a lot of comfort to a lot of lonely teenage kids. I can see why as a stand alone series they're not that fantastic without that context.
the Transformers fandom is still big but that's because of Animated, Prime, and MTMtE actually being good and bringing in new people, moreso than sheer nostalgia for G1, at this point
I have probably hooked a few of my friends on MTMtE. They didn't care about Transformers before that.
I'd also be rather happy if I was right and Chromia and Nautica are a couple, but it won't be the worst thing ever if they aren't.
my personfriend and I started dating after I mentioned I read MTMTE for the gay robot feels and they got so excited because they'd never met anyone else in person from the fandom
which led to a lot more conversations and generally getting along and things like that which are important for a relationship
but damn, if a construct of digital logic and forged metal, given raw and absolute purpose, doesn't stir some kind of powerful feeling in you, you ain't on my wavelength
I like books where the stakes feel real. I literally have no idea if any given character is going to die in Game of Thrones, but you can see the reasons why they're going to die a mile away once you've had the YA wool pulled off your eyes.
Nothing against YA novels, but the heroes tend to come out on top a lot more than they should with less consequences than there should be.
I think Harry Potter depends a lot on when you read it, it was a great series to read growing up when you're the same age as the characters, and as an adult yeah they're not that amazing compared to other books but you can't take away that nostalgia feeling and knowing that those books (in my case) gave a lot of comfort to a lot of lonely teenage kids. I can see why as a stand alone series they're not that fantastic without that context.
I started reading Harry Potter when I was about the same Harry is in the first book, maybe a bit younger
I also think, and this is not an attempt to be a dig at anyone in the slightest but is quite important, that Harry Potter works a lot better for older readers if you are British
because a lot of it is criticism of British politics and British media and the British class systems etc, and I feel that there's a lot of the nuance in the book which only works if you realise what kind of person and system they are supposed to be tearing into. Rita Skeeter and the Daily Prophet, for example, represents the 80s and 90s tabloid newspapers in the UK very specifically, sure she represents tabloid media in general, but there's a direct link there which readers who are not familiar with the British tabloid media might not catch (the phrasing of the headlines, the way she seeks information about Harry etc)
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Sounds like Rocky Horror.
but they're listening to every word I say
This will be here until I receive an apology or Weedlordvegeta get any consequences for being a bully
you guys are really selling me on this
noooooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOoooo
I really liked Harry Potter when I started reading it, and by the end of the seventh book I thought it was good but flawed.
So yeah Harry Potter is better.
I do discuss a lot of stuff in the realm of boardgames and videogames with my brothers and close friends. I probably talk to my brothers about the nonsense that occurs on Giantbomb a tad too often. Prob more annoying than anything.
I've never felt the need to ship any of those people or obsess over their personal activities though.
Shipping is kind of weird to me, as I'm kinda allergic to romantic stories, because I know I can empathize super hard. I know I will weep the biggest tears over a Romeo and Juliet style tragedy.
Folk seem to ship where there's no romantic connection at all though, and I don't really understand why you'd invent something to get that wound up in. Not my thing. It appears to hold all the negative aspects of love, without the positive feedback of a living relationship. Honestly, I don't think I've ever obsessed over a celebrity in that way either.
I apologize if this post comes off as judgmental. I'm more just trying to work this thread's topics out in my head in relation to myself- than specifically badmouth or shame anyone's pastime or identity.
Like, if you get something positive out of it, all the power to you!
I hated the entirety of the first Harry Potter book because Harry Potter is less of a character in it and more of a Soulless MacGuffin with no personality surrounded by somewhat more interesting people who I, frankly, would much prefer to read about.
And Game of Thrones is about a whole bunch of greedy assholes fighting over shit that isn't theirs in the first place.
So, yeah, Game of Thrones.
Like, if there's a single human being I'm even rooting for at this point it's maybe Tirion.
so, this but hollywood cyberthriller bullshit instead of horror
i'd watch it
I still can't believe this is a real thing he actually said.
I have probably hooked a few of my friends on MTMtE. They didn't care about Transformers before that.
I'd also be rather happy if I was right and Chromia and Nautica are a couple, but it won't be the worst thing ever if they aren't.
which led to a lot more conversations and generally getting along and things like that which are important for a relationship
but damn, if a construct of digital logic and forged metal, given raw and absolute purpose, doesn't stir some kind of powerful feeling in you, you ain't on my wavelength
Nothing against YA novels, but the heroes tend to come out on top a lot more than they should with less consequences than there should be.
never not fuck robots
Don't talk about Aigis-chan like that.
I'll never forget Robin Jarvis's The Woven Path; a real punch in the gut for a young lad, that was.
Wrong!
The quote is Don't date robots, so it is wrong.
I read the Dragonlance series before I got into Game of Thrones. I had an iron gut from being gut-punched regularly by that point.
I started reading Harry Potter when I was about the same Harry is in the first book, maybe a bit younger
Harry Potter is my childhood book, absolutely
because a lot of it is criticism of British politics and British media and the British class systems etc, and I feel that there's a lot of the nuance in the book which only works if you realise what kind of person and system they are supposed to be tearing into. Rita Skeeter and the Daily Prophet, for example, represents the 80s and 90s tabloid newspapers in the UK very specifically, sure she represents tabloid media in general, but there's a direct link there which readers who are not familiar with the British tabloid media might not catch (the phrasing of the headlines, the way she seeks information about Harry etc)
Quote? No, I assure you I was just offering some very good relationship advice