random thought of the day

[wildestranger]

I was wondering, as you do, about People Outside Fandom (whom I know exist, but try to avoid), and their perception of fannish devotion. Or actually, I noticed my old Gary Oldman poster of "Have you seen this wizard?", and started thinking about whether, for people outside fannish circles, that would be more embarrassing than the poster of Gerard Way which I currently have on my wall. Note that I personally have no shame about either of them.

But considering that Harry Potter is a children's book, and that My Chem is seen as an emo band for silly teenage girls, which would be more embarrassing to find on the wall of a 29-year-old woman? How would our culture read the fact that I've had such posters - what would it say about me to those who are outside the fannish subculture?

Yes, I'm trying to avoid doing my thesis, how did you guess? ;)

[Poll #1206019]

Comments

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

i answer from what i believe would be the perspective of a non-fannish person. because of course there is NOTHING embarrassing about a poster of gerard way. how could anyone NOT have a poster of gerard way??? that person should be embarrassed.

ahem. that said, i think the world outside fandom gets harry potter more than it gets my chem. and is at least more used to adult hp fans.