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[eoa]

Name: Eoa
Subscription/Access Policy: Open! (Even though the majority of my journal is access-locked to prevent trolls and IRLs from getting inside.) Just ask, either here, on my public posts or through message.

Main Fandoms: Naruto
Other Fandoms: ... oops, I just realised I don't really have any fandoms other than Naruto that are even mentionable here
Fannish Interests: Fanfiction - both writing and reading. I'm exploring icon-making, too, though we'll see where that'll lead. OTPs and Ships: If an author can explain the plausibility of a ship and I see chemistry in it, I can be convinced to ship pretty much anything. However, I cling harder to F/F and F/M ships, as a bi woman.

Other Info: I post about writing and fandom. As for comments, I can be generous with them, but only if the topic speaks to me - only if I feel like I have something to say, to add to the discussion. I may come off as keeping people at an arm's length, because I refuse to divulge any info I deem 'personal', but other than that, I'm quite a warm person. Additionally, I'm a low-maintance internet friend. My journal is an 'author chose not to warn' experience, but if you absolutely need something to be tagged, feel free to ask!

Comments

[arcanetrivia]

I'm curious, what makes a fandom "not mentionable here"?

[eoa]

Hmmm, good question. It's more intuitive than not for me, so this is more rambles than anything else, but...

Because I participate only in transformative fandom - especially the fanfiction parts of it - I associate 'fandom' with 'I create fanworks for this, I read fanworks for this and I talk about this'. For example, then, I love Junji Ito's Tomie, but I haven't got anything transformative (in my eyes) to bring to the table and neither do I talk about it any, so I don't consider it a fandom of mine. Others may consider icon-making transformative, but I personally don't (well, it's a more 'yes, but no' thing - from a legal perspective, I'm covering my ass and saying yes, of course! xD - my emotions lean more to 'eh, not really', though) and I'm only exploring the waters of icons right now - so, in my eyes, Tomie isn't mentionable as a fandom.

Similarly, the same goes for A Song of Ice and Fire. I'm only a passive consumer of fanworks for that fandom, and I haven't got any of my own - and neither am I planning on talking about it any time in the near future.

TL;DR: If I'm passively consuming instead of creating for and talking about a fandom, and if it's only short-term, too, I don't consider a source material a fandom of mine.