[HPFGU-OTChatter] a family of fans

[Jen Faulkner]

On Mon, 8 Dec 2003, astratrf wrote:

> I mostly  lurk, but I wanted to share a some observations from
> my family. It's only fair, since I did get them to read the books,
> see the movies, and now they're (nearly) as fascinated as I am!
> My DH caught the obvious Monty Python references (Cockroach
> clusters?  As if 2 different people would come up with that one!).
> He asked  if I had  read anything about JKR being a Rolling
> Stones fan as well;  he noticed that the two oldest Weasley boys
> (just like the two oldest rolling Stones!) are Bill and Charlie!
> The other comment was from my son, who, on hearing about
> HPfGU's various "alley" -named sections, asked if muggles buy
> their school stuff at "Norm Alley"!
> Cutups one and all!

Hi, Astra!

Your family sounds delightful!  And what a cute comment from your son!
:)

My mom and brother have always been very supportive and nice about my
fannish interests, gotten my posters or other such things for whatever
fandom I was in at the time.  But they're not fannish themselves (well,
my brother is, but he makes a point of never, ever being in a fandom
with me *g*).

I don't know what I'd do if my gf weren't fannish -- to me, there's
nothing more fun than sharing fannish interests with a SO.  My gf gets
my references, she's interested when I tell her about discussions going
on on HPfGU, we can plan fanfics or songvids together... :)

And I've always enjoyed my fannish friendships in a special way the
mundane ones can't quite reach -- I adore my friends who aren't fans,
but sometimes they look at me funny. *g*  (Since they're my friends,
they accept that I'm going to spend half an hour telling them about the
most recent episode of Smallville, or whatever, though.)  It's so
invigorating to have an evening with the fannish friends.  The online
fannish communities approximate that feeling -- and certainly make it
easier to communicate with other fen! -- but they don't duplicate it,
quite, for me...

What do others think?  Particularly those of you who're fannish in
general, have you ever had a relationship work out with a non-fannish
peep?  How many of us are dating other HP fans? :)

And welcome, Astra!  Don't be afraid to keep not lurking! :)

--Jen :)

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