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pockysquirrelDay 14: In your own space, write a love letter to Fandom in general, to a particular fandom, to a trope, a relationship, a character, or to your flist/circle/followers. Share you love and squee as loud as you want to.
I am grateful today.
I am grateful for my grandmother who faithfully watched Star Trek every week when it aired in the 1960s. For my other grandmother, who sewed homemade costumes for my father and uncle to wear when they went to meet Gene Roddenberry. For my father, who read The Hobbit to me as a bedtime story when I was small. For the geekiness that seems to permeate my very DNA, I am grateful.
I am grateful for David Yost, whose portrayal of an awkward genius who evolved into a confident leader, a person who learned to deal with other people while still being himself, made all the difference in the world to one small child who knew all too well what it felt like to be different. I am grateful for the internet. For the day that a simple search for my two favorite words opened up an entirely new world for me. I am grateful for Kittie, who wrote the fics that touched my heart and made me realize that I wasn't the only one making up new stories about their favorite characters. For being born into an era where technology makes fandom possible like never before, I am grateful.
I am grateful for anime. For the rough animation and terrible dubs that allowed me to connect with some of the most important people in my life. For providing me with the inspiration to go to Japan. For enabling relationships that were not always good, but became something that changed me and that I learned from. For the Gundam Wing t-shirt that got me to strike up a conversation with the person who is now, over a decade later, my closest friend. For the the fandoms that brought us together, I am grateful.
I am grateful for Livejournal, for roleplay, for cons. For the things and people that let me escape reality at the end of the day and kept me sane through some of the most stressful times in my life. For travel to places near and far, for late-night shenanigans, for memories both fond and bittersweet. For the Transformers fandom, which kept my involvement alive when I aged and matured and the anime community...didn't. For the realization that fandom does not have to be something that one grows out of, I am grateful.
I am grateful to have come full-circle, to have come back to the fandom that started it all and that has once again become my home. I am grateful for the ill-fated RP that led me back to my people. For meeting two of my dearest friends, two women who have crossed over from 'just' being fandom friends to being people I simply cannot do without. For the man I realized was 'the one' when he told me about the action figures in his cubicle on our first date. For the D&D gang. I am grateful for Morphicon, for NPS Live, for finally having the chance to meet and thank my hero. For the big sparkly ball of fandom references that was my wedding. I am grateful.
Without fandom, my life would be diminished in ways I don't care to comprehend. Without fandom, I would not have gone to Toronto, or Boston, or Washington DC, or Pasadena, or Japan. I would not have seen half as much of the world as I have. Without fandom, I would not knowfly_buggy_fly or rivulet027 or second_batgirl. I would not know my husband. I would not exist as the person I am today. Given who and where I was before I found fandom and started realizing that there were others and that there is hope, I might not be alive.
I am grateful to have the life I have today, and for the honored place fandom has in it. I am grateful for my capacity to write things that people read and actually seem to enjoy. For every new episode, every post, every comment, every kudos, every AIMchat and every flaily discussion thread, I am grateful. I am grateful for every person who is bothering to read this, or my fic, or my season reviews, or the random thought-fragments I post here most of the time. THANK YOU. Thank you, and thank god for you.
I am grateful today. I am grateful for the creators of the works I love, for Gene Roddenberry, Haim Saban, J.R.R. Tolkien and all the rest. I am grateful for the actors, and for the cons that allow the fans to reach out and let them know what their work has meant. I am grateful for the internet, for LJ and DW and ff.net and AO3. I am grateful for my friends. My family. My people - and I say that in the sense that while other people identify themselves by their race, ethnicity, religion, occupation, etc., I identify myself first and foremost, and proudly, as a geek and a fan. Born and bred. Always and forever. And I am grateful for that today. Today, and every day.
I am grateful today.
I am grateful for my grandmother who faithfully watched Star Trek every week when it aired in the 1960s. For my other grandmother, who sewed homemade costumes for my father and uncle to wear when they went to meet Gene Roddenberry. For my father, who read The Hobbit to me as a bedtime story when I was small. For the geekiness that seems to permeate my very DNA, I am grateful.
I am grateful for David Yost, whose portrayal of an awkward genius who evolved into a confident leader, a person who learned to deal with other people while still being himself, made all the difference in the world to one small child who knew all too well what it felt like to be different. I am grateful for the internet. For the day that a simple search for my two favorite words opened up an entirely new world for me. I am grateful for Kittie, who wrote the fics that touched my heart and made me realize that I wasn't the only one making up new stories about their favorite characters. For being born into an era where technology makes fandom possible like never before, I am grateful.
I am grateful for anime. For the rough animation and terrible dubs that allowed me to connect with some of the most important people in my life. For providing me with the inspiration to go to Japan. For enabling relationships that were not always good, but became something that changed me and that I learned from. For the Gundam Wing t-shirt that got me to strike up a conversation with the person who is now, over a decade later, my closest friend. For the the fandoms that brought us together, I am grateful.
I am grateful for Livejournal, for roleplay, for cons. For the things and people that let me escape reality at the end of the day and kept me sane through some of the most stressful times in my life. For travel to places near and far, for late-night shenanigans, for memories both fond and bittersweet. For the Transformers fandom, which kept my involvement alive when I aged and matured and the anime community...didn't. For the realization that fandom does not have to be something that one grows out of, I am grateful.
I am grateful to have come full-circle, to have come back to the fandom that started it all and that has once again become my home. I am grateful for the ill-fated RP that led me back to my people. For meeting two of my dearest friends, two women who have crossed over from 'just' being fandom friends to being people I simply cannot do without. For the man I realized was 'the one' when he told me about the action figures in his cubicle on our first date. For the D&D gang. I am grateful for Morphicon, for NPS Live, for finally having the chance to meet and thank my hero. For the big sparkly ball of fandom references that was my wedding. I am grateful.
Without fandom, my life would be diminished in ways I don't care to comprehend. Without fandom, I would not have gone to Toronto, or Boston, or Washington DC, or Pasadena, or Japan. I would not have seen half as much of the world as I have. Without fandom, I would not know
fly_buggy_fly or rivulet027 or second_batgirl. I would not know my husband. I would not exist as the person I am today. Given who and where I was before I found fandom and started realizing that there were others and that there is hope, I might not be alive. I am grateful to have the life I have today, and for the honored place fandom has in it. I am grateful for my capacity to write things that people read and actually seem to enjoy. For every new episode, every post, every comment, every kudos, every AIMchat and every flaily discussion thread, I am grateful. I am grateful for every person who is bothering to read this, or my fic, or my season reviews, or the random thought-fragments I post here most of the time. THANK YOU. Thank you, and thank god for you.
I am grateful today. I am grateful for the creators of the works I love, for Gene Roddenberry, Haim Saban, J.R.R. Tolkien and all the rest. I am grateful for the actors, and for the cons that allow the fans to reach out and let them know what their work has meant. I am grateful for the internet, for LJ and DW and ff.net and AO3. I am grateful for my friends. My family. My people - and I say that in the sense that while other people identify themselves by their race, ethnicity, religion, occupation, etc., I identify myself first and foremost, and proudly, as a geek and a fan. Born and bred. Always and forever. And I am grateful for that today. Today, and every day.
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Date: 2013-01-17 09:51 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-01-19 04:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-01-17 03:08 pm (UTC)My life is so much better because of having you in it.
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Date: 2013-01-19 04:52 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-01-17 03:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-01-17 07:22 pm (UTC)Thank you, and yes. They are. My maternal grandmother (the Trekkie) is unfortunately no longer with us, but my paternal grandmother (the cosplay seamstress) is in her late 70s and still doing well. I'd feel proud of any characteristics I've inherited from either of them.
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Date: 2013-01-18 01:20 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-01-19 04:49 am (UTC)There is definitely not enough effort being made to pass on imagination and creativity and that sense of wonder about the world anymore. It's one of the things I'm looking forward to most about having a child of my own someday, is getting the chance to try and instill that in them.