So to me it didn't seem like a very different experience, it was just people were talking about a specific interest of mine that was Pokemon instead of something like wolves or dragons.
Yes, exactly - that sounds a lot like my early experiences of fandom :D When I was RPing, I would occasionally get involved in a RP about something like Code Lyoko or Harry Potter because I was a fan of those things, but I didn't seek out fannish RPs, or RP in any fandom-specific communities.
most of my actual fannish community interaction happens elsewhere in chats on Slack or Discord or irl or on the forum Sufficient Velocity (which you may be interested in checking out, it's a multitopic forum with a bent towards sci-fi/some anime and has a strong fannish presence, including fanworks and interactive fiction (Quests))
Oooh! That sounds really cool! I will check it out, thank you :D
I'm not a lurker now as I do participate in things, but maybe it's my heritage as a lurker and the fact that I don't put out a ton of content (or at least am specific about who I put out my content to) that means I've never really had a fandom home? Idk, it's interesting to think about.
Ooooh. That's something I've never thought about, but I don't put out a ton of content either - my average fic posting rate is like 2 a year xD Whereas an IRL friend of mine who's a super prolific fic writer has a huge following on Tumblr. I always knew that you needed a certain consistency of activity for people to pay attention to you on Tumblr (and most fan platforms, tbh), but you've helped me realise how much it can be tied to your "fannish home" and how integrated people tend to be with fan platforms.
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Yes, exactly - that sounds a lot like my early experiences of fandom :D When I was RPing, I would occasionally get involved in a RP about something like Code Lyoko or Harry Potter because I was a fan of those things, but I didn't seek out fannish RPs, or RP in any fandom-specific communities.
most of my actual fannish community interaction happens elsewhere in chats on Slack or Discord or irl or on the forum Sufficient Velocity (which you may be interested in checking out, it's a multitopic forum with a bent towards sci-fi/some anime and has a strong fannish presence, including fanworks and interactive fiction (Quests))
Oooh! That sounds really cool! I will check it out, thank you :D
I'm not a lurker now as I do participate in things, but maybe it's my heritage as a lurker and the fact that I don't put out a ton of content (or at least am specific about who I put out my content to) that means I've never really had a fandom home? Idk, it's interesting to think about.
Ooooh. That's something I've never thought about, but I don't put out a ton of content either - my average fic posting rate is like 2 a year xD Whereas an IRL friend of mine who's a super prolific fic writer has a huge following on Tumblr. I always knew that you needed a certain consistency of activity for people to pay attention to you on Tumblr (and most fan platforms, tbh), but you've helped me realise how much it can be tied to your "fannish home" and how integrated people tend to be with fan platforms.