One of my favorite things to do is to fall down the black hole of a fandom. The internet is helpful in this, though perhaps my sleep schedule doesn't appreciate it so much.
The steps of fangirling:
The steps of fangirling:
- discover something new and cool
- explore that new cool thing in the normal ways (ie. watch the episodes, read the stories, whatever)
- visit some more mainstream websites about the cool thing
- start thinking about cool thing while zoning out
- discover the fanpages
- spend hours on tumblr
- talk about cool thing way too often
- annoy others
- scare yourself
- find kindred spirits of fandom and get super nerdy and excited with them
- find acceptance
- back off of fandom a bit, and just love that thing
- discover something new and cool
I just find it so fascinating to devour all the little bits of something, and to witness other people doing the same online. Overanalysing, nitpicking, and failing to see the forest for the trees may occur, but it all happens with such love. Huzzah fandoms. Huzzah internet.
Yes. Also, you can get quite worked up about the fact that your favorite and best ever sci-fi series was cancelled by some idiots at Fox even before it ran its first season.
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