Fandom is a *community*, and when you try to separate the community from the event, things go badly. That's what make Creation Cons bad, and is slowly doing the same to Comic Cons as they continue to grow and loose the people element. I have been vilified by Mediafen for being too "literary", and vice versa. There is a well know Toronto Trufan that refused to acknowledge my contributions because she doesn't consider me a true "lit" fan, despite starting and running one of the longest "lit" SF conventions in Canada, CAN-CON, and founding one of Canada's longest running APAs.
So, I try not to give a fsck, and just do the things I like doing. I don't have the money to go to a lot of cons anymore, and until recently, I really only put effort into my own convention, and chatting via facebook (which I consider to be a giant APA with only 'mailing comments'). I watch shows I like, read books, watch anime...I do think that most of the best SF has come out in written SF, but some original stuff has been done in the media real too.
I see you know some people I do, like dd_b and such, people I know from the Fidonet days.
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Date: 2015-11-29 02:57 am (UTC)So, I try not to give a fsck, and just do the things I like doing. I don't have the money to go to a lot of cons anymore, and until recently, I really only put effort into my own convention, and chatting via facebook (which I consider to be a giant APA with only 'mailing comments'). I watch shows I like, read books, watch anime...I do think that most of the best SF has come out in written SF, but some original stuff has been done in the media real too.
I see you know some people I do, like dd_b and such, people I know from the Fidonet days.