I actually wrote myself notes while reading this 3 part treatise... :)
Here's my reply:
First... Fandom in the 90s created for me the foundations of my current life. I've had an essay drifting in my head titled "How Forever Knight Fandom Changed My Life" for the last 15 plus years. Basically, I got into FK fandom in the 90s, met people, and they're now my quasi-adopted family... There's bits about parents not understanding, strange cross-country trips with gansters and proposals, lesbian vampire cults, yadda yadda yadda...
I've personally received tapes from a tape tree when I was 19 or so. I remember they were about 10th generation, and while passing my room, my mother asked how I could watch something so badly taped?! The walls of a certain character's apartment were bright orange due to tape degradation.
And, because of fandom, I met my best friends. In fact, one friend in the 90's wasn't sure about posting a story (it was a bit adult for that time period). So, I went sent her a box full of post-it notes in encouragement. It took her years to use them all. :)
And, I remember being reprimanded for "spamming" one evening when I and another list member posted (I think) about 20 posts each in 8 hours. Even though they were on-topic... Back when bandwidth was a premium.
Personally, I think free email lists sites have destroyed the email list for the most part. Before, you had to play nice with others, and there were hundreds of people on one list. Now, it's like this: "I don't like that rule! It's bad! I'm going to make my own email list that is exactly the same as this list, but that rule won't be there, and I'm in charge!"
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Here's my reply:
First... Fandom in the 90s created for me the foundations of my current life. I've had an essay drifting in my head titled "How Forever Knight Fandom Changed My Life" for the last 15 plus years. Basically, I got into FK fandom in the 90s, met people, and they're now my quasi-adopted family... There's bits about parents not understanding, strange cross-country trips with gansters and proposals, lesbian vampire cults, yadda yadda yadda...
I've personally received tapes from a tape tree when I was 19 or so. I remember they were about 10th generation, and while passing my room, my mother asked how I could watch something so badly taped?! The walls of a certain character's apartment were bright orange due to tape degradation.
And, because of fandom, I met my best friends. In fact, one friend in the 90's wasn't sure about posting a story (it was a bit adult for that time period). So, I went sent her a box full of post-it notes in encouragement. It took her years to use them all. :)
And, I remember being reprimanded for "spamming" one evening when I and another list member posted (I think) about 20 posts each in 8 hours. Even though they were on-topic... Back when bandwidth was a premium.
Personally, I think free email lists sites have destroyed the email list for the most part. Before, you had to play nice with others, and there were hundreds of people on one list. Now, it's like this: "I don't like that rule! It's bad! I'm going to make my own email list that is exactly the same as this list, but that rule won't be there, and I'm in charge!"