No fan is an island

[rivkat]

Or: when Adam delved and Eve span,
who was then the better fan?

Anyway, when I read mainstream media stories like this, it only reinforces my conviction that we are really, really frelling lucky that lolita07 got caught up in the purge. 30,000 fans on fandomcounts is great, but the reactions of Warren Ellis (of all people!) and others demonstrate that we are not quite ready for primetime, at least in primetime's opinion.

About halfway through the three things about a character prompts.

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[mimoletnoe.livejournal.com]

was just discussing the not-readiness of fans for the spotlight @ bookshop's, at least some fans won't be comfortable with the idea, no matter how innocuous their practices might be (I mean, slash is pretty mainstream, but people still won't admit they are slashers to their non-fannish friends)...on the other hand, objectively there *is* more attention to fandom nowadays, and something has to be done about it.