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May. 26th, 2026 10:56![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vriddyThere's an interesting conversation going on at ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
meta_warehouse, mainly on fandom as consumerism with the discussion happening both as reactions in journal entries and in the comments on the comm. I wasn't too sure about the original article myself (a lot of "you are not enjoying things the right way" moments) so I didn't have any comment about it, but the conversation seems to have quickly moved on to what wasn't addressed in the article, and how terms like "fanon" have changed in recent years (like, basically there is less of a concept of fanon because of the way readers/watchers treat the original material and fan theories nowadays). I dunno, the thought got my brain juices engaged and that's always something I enjoy.
Coming across a link I wanted to share reminded me that I still have that not insignificant list of links from a while back that I now need to reread before I share... Gah!! Well. Let's get started with one!
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otw_news_feed, OTW Guest Post: Camilo Díaz Pino. Okay, that was an absolute delight to reread, totally recommended especially if you're into Japanese media fandoms. From my not-useless-for-once notes: "I particularly enjoyed this 5 questions OTW guest post about 'fans' who don't necessarily consider themselves fans in the context of Asian media culture becoming a normal part of the culture in Latin America for decades, for example with the president of Chile having a favourite pokemon, or the story about leftist activist organisations recreating scene from Dragon Ball Z to encourage everyone to get together to recreate a 'spirit bomb' like Goku asked the people of earth to do (I actually don't remember/know that scene, but I find how the speaker described it in the post incredibly moving)." I agree with you, past self!
meta_warehouse, mainly on fandom as consumerism with the discussion happening both as reactions in journal entries and in the comments on the comm. I wasn't too sure about the original article myself (a lot of "you are not enjoying things the right way" moments) so I didn't have any comment about it, but the conversation seems to have quickly moved on to what wasn't addressed in the article, and how terms like "fanon" have changed in recent years (like, basically there is less of a concept of fanon because of the way readers/watchers treat the original material and fan theories nowadays). I dunno, the thought got my brain juices engaged and that's always something I enjoy.Coming across a link I wanted to share reminded me that I still have that not insignificant list of links from a while back that I now need to reread before I share... Gah!! Well. Let's get started with one!
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otw_news_feed, OTW Guest Post: Camilo Díaz Pino. Okay, that was an absolute delight to reread, totally recommended especially if you're into Japanese media fandoms. From my not-useless-for-once notes: "I particularly enjoyed this 5 questions OTW guest post about 'fans' who don't necessarily consider themselves fans in the context of Asian media culture becoming a normal part of the culture in Latin America for decades, for example with the president of Chile having a favourite pokemon, or the story about leftist activist organisations recreating scene from Dragon Ball Z to encourage everyone to get together to recreate a 'spirit bomb' like Goku asked the people of earth to do (I actually don't remember/know that scene, but I find how the speaker described it in the post incredibly moving)." I agree with you, past self!