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Jan. 9th, 2025 09:54 pmChallenge #5
Talk about what has improved in your life thanks to fandom. Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
For one, fandom has done wonders for my creativity. It constantly inspires me, and although I don't manage to complete even a *tenth* of the ideas I do have, it wouldn't even be half as that if it wasn't for fandom. I wouldn't have written as much without it. I wouldn't have met some of my favourite artists, either through recommendations or because, by pure luck, I got to talk to them! To grow as an artist myself, thanks to them.
And that's the other thing. IRL I'm not bad at talking to people, at establishing a rapport with them, but that's almost a Persona (I call it channeling my father, because he's GREAT at that lol). I can turn it on, especially in situations where it's needed, to network and that shit, but it's not my natural state. I'm a misanthropic loner by nature, because I rarely feel like I connect with the people around me, like I have much in common with them. It's been online that I've really met like-minded people I could talk with, starting with fandom and going beyond that; our values, our goals, or lives.
Fandom has definitely helped me feel less alone, less of a oddity. I've met some of my favourite people there; there's definitely drawbacks to online friendships, of course, but I love having people from all over the globe I can talk with on my little phone.
Talk about what has improved in your life thanks to fandom. Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
For one, fandom has done wonders for my creativity. It constantly inspires me, and although I don't manage to complete even a *tenth* of the ideas I do have, it wouldn't even be half as that if it wasn't for fandom. I wouldn't have written as much without it. I wouldn't have met some of my favourite artists, either through recommendations or because, by pure luck, I got to talk to them! To grow as an artist myself, thanks to them.
And that's the other thing. IRL I'm not bad at talking to people, at establishing a rapport with them, but that's almost a Persona (I call it channeling my father, because he's GREAT at that lol). I can turn it on, especially in situations where it's needed, to network and that shit, but it's not my natural state. I'm a misanthropic loner by nature, because I rarely feel like I connect with the people around me, like I have much in common with them. It's been online that I've really met like-minded people I could talk with, starting with fandom and going beyond that; our values, our goals, or lives.
Fandom has definitely helped me feel less alone, less of a oddity. I've met some of my favourite people there; there's definitely drawbacks to online friendships, of course, but I love having people from all over the globe I can talk with on my little phone.
