Heh--I was wondering if people would think of Aristophanes too.:-)
Really, the whole idea of questioning anyone's right to be in the fandom is so ridiculous to me. It's a hobby. It's an interest. All you need to be in the fandom is to have the inclination to speak up in the fandom. I mean, I don't think either of us, in particular, ever set out to become part of the HP fandom specifically. You become part of the fandom by saying something, so obviously what we say is fandom-worthy. It just seems like in every fandom there's always going to be people on both extremes--some people are always going to be talking about how the series went downhill after the first episode or whatever, and people who want to purge the fandom of those people. But really, if the second group got their way, fandom would be a lot more boring.
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Date: 2004-12-01 07:38 am (UTC)Really, the whole idea of questioning anyone's right to be in the fandom is so ridiculous to me. It's a hobby. It's an interest. All you need to be in the fandom is to have the inclination to speak up in the fandom. I mean, I don't think either of us, in particular, ever set out to become part of the HP fandom specifically. You become part of the fandom by saying something, so obviously what we say is fandom-worthy. It just seems like in every fandom there's always going to be people on both extremes--some people are always going to be talking about how the series went downhill after the first episode or whatever, and people who want to purge the fandom of those people. But really, if the second group got their way, fandom would be a lot more boring.