Finland-muse requires I post this.

From 30 years ago.

Still rather fitting.

Chronically procrastinating by doing an lj post on fandom

You know, I find it interesting how fandoms never stay still for me. It rarely... just stays within the traditional bounds of the fandom.

When manga was mentioned in class, I mentioned this. So often series lead people to doing... other research, that do branch from the fandom, but do not precisely deal with them.

For example Hetalia. Whether or not you see extensive research of world history as being directly in-fandom or not is up to you. But I've read up on Finland, and want to do more research, and get comfortable at least with the pronunciation of the language. (And maybe some Swedish as well... go two national languages?) However, recently it's getting me hooked on the World Junior Hockey Championship as well. ...I've NEVER followed hockey. And yes, I've mainly been watching the Finland games. And yelling at my screen. XD

Fullmetal Alchemist was very much the same way for a lot of people. I saw so many people researching chemistry and physics, finding all the historical links to alchemy.
Me? I looked at the links to mythology. I actually did a paper on it in my first year of university. That's how I got my first volume of manga.

Ouran? In a roundabout way, it probably is responsible for my want to open the cafe. It started me doing things at cons... it was my first three masq/skit contest entries, the reason why I started doing events at NAF. Hosting was the first step towards the cafe, I swear.
It's also responsible for a lot of the friends I've made in "local" fandom along with Hetalia.

Yugioh of course brought out Egyptology for the most part. Also some talk of mental health disorders, especially with multiple personality disorder.

Digimon is the closest thing to pure fandom that I've seen. But even then... it was my key to anime as a whole.


As I move into other fandoms, I'm always curious to see where they will take me. It's not something I ever actively try to do, but.... it's always so interesting to see just what happens as it continues.


...and now for a meme. Stolen from human_nosferatu.

Once you are tagged you must post this in your journal and list 6 of your weirdest habits/tendencies/facts about you. They can be serious, silly, ridiculous - whatever! Then tag six more people at the end.

1) I was a total closet fangirl until university. I had started learning songs and watching series on TV when I was still in high school, and a bit of internet fandom (the old family computers have collages of cosplay pics and fandom memes). But I didn't get my first volume of manga until I needed it for school in my first year of university. The only anime I owned before my first con (at age 18, after my first year of uni) was Spirited Away, which I bought used from Rogers. My room is only now starting to look like a fangirl's room, though I refuse to put up any posters -- they would go against the decor of my room ATM.

2) I had dermatographia through highschool and into my university years. What this means is that I welted extremely easily, from any blunt object against my skin. I got used to wearing sweaters even in the summer because, well, even if I had an itch and had to scratch my arm, I would have marks all down it, and I didn't want people to wonder if I was being abused or... anything. I wonder if this is why I'm pretty comfortable with most temperatures now?

3) When I was little, I could collapse my nostrils (pretty much make it look like I am plugging my nose) without touching them. ...I tried just now, I can do it on one side, the other side feels slightly plugged up, which may or may not be why it's not working. XD

4) I'm very used to be called cute. It's to the point that I was about to tell someone how often I am called cute on AIM, and in the time it took me to write that, he had said how cute I came off as. And I laughed.

5) I literally don't think I can go a day without singing. When I was in grade 8, a guy actually got pissed at me because I would sing at my desk. I didn't even realize I was doing it! ...so I might actually.... unconsciously sing. Heh.

6) I obsess. I know I do. I worry that I might have an addictive personality, But then I don't do many things that are... as bad to be addicted to. However, things get in my head and bother me to no end, sometimes. I bottle and stew over things, even as I tell myself I shouldn't. I get characters in my head and they will not shut up. I try to be easygoing and mature about fandoms, but I DO get very hardcore into fandoms in my own way. It's just.... mainly within my own head, so you get more of it out of me in conversation than you will in any productive way, sadly. In short: when it's good, I get good characters/characterization ideas/stuff. When it's bad, I can get chronically down because that little voice in my head and the thoughts in there won't let me rest.


Tagging: caitlinneko, infiniteviking, rinata_chan, stkhlmxsndrm, zemira, zeto (or if anyone else wants to do it... <3)


Also: America just beat Finland. So it's not a night of upsets. But still, the Swiss defeat of Russia was SWEET. (Sorry to all you Russians in both nationality and spirit/muse on my f-list.)

Double post. So sue me.

On a random note, I realized earlier today that I am less than 365 posts away from 1000 posts. At my current rate, this means it probably won't be until 2011 or 2012. However, I posted more last year than I ever had before. If I manage to post almost every day this year, I can do it.

I wonder where my post count will be at the end of the year? I can't wait to see.