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teashadephoenix) wrote2011-11-22 03:43 pm
teashadephoenix) wrote2011-11-22 03:43 pm
Entry tags:
Fandom | Interacting with Actual People
I realised something last week. It has been so long since I engaged in fandom activity (nearly ten years!) with another person right in front of me that I have sort of forgotten that not everybody watches telly like I do. (Apart from my brother, but he doesn't count because we watch telly exactly the same.)
A new co-worker of mine, Cora, is a big telly geek too. Which has made it crazy fun to work with her (especially in the emotional climate my job is currently in.)
But last week, we got a spoiler photo from an episode of Dexter. And I started postulating who I thought it could be. Midway through the conversation, Cora says to me
"I've never done this, trying to figure out what's gonna happen next."
And I screeched to a halt.
I know I don't watch things the way a lot of people do. I suppose most people watch an episode, and once it's over, it's over. Not for me. I continue thinking about it. I blog about it. I theorise. (Sometimes I fic and get really emotionally invested and cry for way too long when a character regenerates and the show takes a flying leap. That happens too.)
I look at it from a writer's perspective. I know all the tricks and I can name all the tropes. I canusually spot a plot twist coming a mile off, unless it's really clever or really stupid.
So when my prediction on who the murder victim was turned out to be RIGHT...
D8 I feel all guilty now! I totes inadvertantly spoiled it for Cora.
Nevermind that I dont usually get fannish outside of my house to start with. (Cons are just.. ohmgod I get so much secondhand embarrassment. And actors finding out or talking about fic? Or shipping? OH GOD. MY BRAIN.)
A new co-worker of mine, Cora, is a big telly geek too. Which has made it crazy fun to work with her (especially in the emotional climate my job is currently in.)
But last week, we got a spoiler photo from an episode of Dexter. And I started postulating who I thought it could be. Midway through the conversation, Cora says to me
"I've never done this, trying to figure out what's gonna happen next."
And I screeched to a halt.
I know I don't watch things the way a lot of people do. I suppose most people watch an episode, and once it's over, it's over. Not for me. I continue thinking about it. I blog about it. I theorise. (Sometimes I fic and get really emotionally invested and cry for way too long when a character regenerates and the show takes a flying leap. That happens too.)
I look at it from a writer's perspective. I know all the tricks and I can name all the tropes. I can
So when my prediction on who the murder victim was turned out to be RIGHT...
D8 I feel all guilty now! I totes inadvertantly spoiled it for Cora.
Nevermind that I dont usually get fannish outside of my house to start with. (Cons are just.. ohmgod I get so much secondhand embarrassment. And actors finding out or talking about fic? Or shipping? OH GOD. MY BRAIN.)
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I've had some really great fangirl buddies IRL over the years though :) I'm glad you have Cora, although yes, her comment about not theorizing made me o.0 too!
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Luckily when I talked to Cora today she wasn't upset (sigh of relief) she was just like OMG YOU WERE RIGHT. I told her another of my theories today and she was like "NO I dont want you to be right, that would be horrible!" xD Same reaction as me to my own theory! (it's a horrible thing to do to one of my favorite characters, if true.)