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Snowflake challenge #5
Jan. 12th, 2025 03:05 pmHow fandom improved my life.
https://snowflake-challenge.dreamwidth.org/77196.html
It opened the world to me in 2003. I lived in Vancouver when I started watching Buffy and discovered existence of the fandom, then we moved to Toronto, and I started not just reading, but writing in the LiveJournal and participate in fandom discussions, kerfuffles and fun activities. I wasn’t totally alone, I had friends, but they didn’t want to talk to me about Buffy. We had other things to talk about, and it was great, but fandom allowed me to talk about stuff I wanted, and taught me how to think, analyze, and discuss stuff in a new way. It taught me a lot about life and mores in Other Places, it helped me to feel at home in North America, it taught me English, it introduced me to many wonderful people.
https://snowflake-challenge.dreamwidth.org/77196.html
It opened the world to me in 2003. I lived in Vancouver when I started watching Buffy and discovered existence of the fandom, then we moved to Toronto, and I started not just reading, but writing in the LiveJournal and participate in fandom discussions, kerfuffles and fun activities. I wasn’t totally alone, I had friends, but they didn’t want to talk to me about Buffy. We had other things to talk about, and it was great, but fandom allowed me to talk about stuff I wanted, and taught me how to think, analyze, and discuss stuff in a new way. It taught me a lot about life and mores in Other Places, it helped me to feel at home in North America, it taught me English, it introduced me to many wonderful people.
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