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manjolras:

f-rea-k:

manjolras:

“i was in the sherlock fandom once” is the new embarrassing twilight phase

DON’T YOU DARE COMPARE SHERLOCK TO TWILIGHT

apologies to all twilight fans

Having recently read the post highlighted in yellow on this page*, this actually sounds about right. They’re both situations where the canon is pretty mediocre, but its existence is still worthwhile because it’s inspired other people to write stuff that’s actually good. (And also Fifty Shades, but that’s not my point here.)

Mind you, it sounds less right when you consider the OP said specifically being in the Sherlock fandom. The fandom’s pretty good, in my experience (though I do seem to have a knack for avoiding the bad parts of fandoms). It’s just the canon that’s bad.

*Sorry, person who linked to this on their Tumblr a few days ago. I’d link you if I could remember who you were.

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#Sherlock #Twilight #fandom #’Invisible Bonds’ and ‘Not Yet Dead’ got me through the Stomach Bug from Hell #I pretty much only ever see the crappy parts of fandoms second-hand through the complaining of people in the good parts #and I wonder how come they know when shit is going down and I don’t #but I suppose I’m probably better off

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cosmic-llin:

futurecatladies:

fire-of-fire:

doodledeedoo let’s see if this fic is worth reading

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yes

it has passed the ultimate test

WHY DID I NEVER THINK OF THIS?????

Warning: May not be applicable in Deep Space Nine fandom.

My first thought was “What have you got against the Prophets?”. Only then did I remember the whole eye thing.

(If only the use of “sex” to mean “vulva” were so easy to search for. I’ve been running into that a lot lately.)

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#pet peeves #reply via reblog

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thel0standdamned:

wearing fandom shirts in public as a mating call

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#I don’t know about ‘mating call’ #but #it’s amazing how much geek bonding you can get out of wearing a Constable Odo T-shirt to a field trip #(turned out one family there had marathoned their first viewing of Voyager in a month) #(seven American-style seasons) #(one month) #(how even)

Age in Fandom: A Survey!

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luceateis:

Hi tumblr fandom people! Do you like surveys? If so, this post is for you! 

Having gone from being fannish on LJ to fannish on tumblr, I have noticed that the average age seems a bit lower here. Most people I knew in fandom in my LJ days were in their early 20s, which does not seem to be the case on tumblr. But that is only my observation—and this is where the survey comes in. FOR SCIENCE! Well, for my own curiosity, mostly, but for science too. 

The instructions are simple: if you consider yourself in a fandom (in any capacity, whether or not you create your own content), click the link above, enter your age and click done. Congratulations, you are now helping people to better understand the demographics of fandom. And once I get a decent amount of responses, I will post shiny graphs and so forth. 

Please reblog if possible, also, it will help get a bigger sample size!

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#fandom #interesting