My Life in Fandom

So sorcerer asked me to talk about my adventures in fandom. How it came to be, and all that.

It's not that interesting a story, alas. Up until 2009, fandom had always been this thing I knew about but never participated in. I knew it was out there, and I had lots of friends in various fandoms. I heard all the horror stories of ship wars and flame wars and plagiarism and scandal, and discreetly patted myself on the back for never getting involved in that sort of craziness.

Fandom was cray, y'all.

( The story of my descent into fandom )

Conclusion? The SPN fandom is cray, y'all. But it's been a wild ride.

The best part of being in the fandom? It let me reconnect with pdaughter, with whom I then had a standing date every week to watch SPN at her place. We started hanging out on non-SPN days too, then combining grocery shopping and other regular activities, and soon I found there were very few people with whom I wanted to spend time rather than her. And the rest, as they say, is history. <3