whereas a fandomer seeks to create a separate identity for him/herself within a larger or more established fannish community
Identity! Yes, that's exactly it! That's the point that I was missing when I was mulling this over.
1-D and 2-D fandoms don't work nearly as well with AUs because it feels like cheating, in a way?
Hmm, that's an interesting point -- I guess since 1D and 2D fandoms already have their own story and part of "fanning" over these sources is because of the pre-existing story that AUs seem...more purposeless (for a lack of a better term). AUs are very common in bandom, it seems! Which totally makes sense since AUs are about playing with the characters and bandom is all about the people, really, and now I've lost my train of thought. ;;;
Anyway. I've read some English-bandom AU fics when my friend was pimping them out like crazy. XD I did find some of them enjoyable even though I had no clue who was who, haha. Surprisingly though, I find that even though there are good AU fic for Suju and DBSK and whatnot, the ones I like the most are non-AU. I guess I like them more when they're in their...natural habitat? (I have yet to figure out this)
(or maybe LJ just weeds out the crazies, who knows)
Haha, self-selection perhaps? Blogs take too much cognitive effort to set up and maintain, while forums require less effort, therefore, we see this group difference. ;) Though, given some of the current events and discussions, I wouldn't say that all LJ Suju fans are "sane", per se. X3
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Date: 2008-04-08 09:03 pm (UTC)Identity! Yes, that's exactly it! That's the point that I was missing when I was mulling this over.
1-D and 2-D fandoms don't work nearly as well with AUs because it feels like cheating, in a way?
Hmm, that's an interesting point -- I guess since 1D and 2D fandoms already have their own story and part of "fanning" over these sources is because of the pre-existing story that AUs seem...more purposeless (for a lack of a better term). AUs are very common in bandom, it seems! Which totally makes sense since AUs are about playing with the characters and bandom is all about the people, really, and now I've lost my train of thought. ;;;
Anyway. I've read some English-bandom AU fics when my friend was pimping them out like crazy. XD I did find some of them enjoyable even though I had no clue who was who, haha. Surprisingly though, I find that even though there are good AU fic for Suju and DBSK and whatnot, the ones I like the most are non-AU. I guess I like them more when they're in their...natural habitat? (I have yet to figure out this)
(or maybe LJ just weeds out the crazies, who knows)
Haha, self-selection perhaps? Blogs take too much cognitive effort to set up and maintain, while forums require less effort, therefore, we see this group difference. ;) Though, given some of the current events and discussions, I wouldn't say that all LJ Suju fans are "sane", per se. X3