Fandom Questions: At a guess, are the majority of the people you regularly fan with your nationality?
I know a lot of them are, but quite a lot of my fandom friends are foreign but live/have lived in the UK, or are from countries where English is their first language, like the US.
Do you think this changes depending on what fandom you’re in? Very much so, because of the awareness needed of the original media. But as most of my shows are US shows, my fandom friends stay very stable, as most British fans watch a lot of US shows due to the dearth of UK genre.
If you go to live fan events/conventions/meet-ups, have you attended different fan events for media of different cultures? (E.g. have you gone to both conventions for an English-language series (such as Supernatural) and anime conventions?)If so, have you noticed any differences between such conventions? I used to attend anime cons, now I go to Western ones. Anime conventions, because we can’t get ‘guests’ in the way you can for a local, live-action show, tend to be more about watching shows on big screens and wandering around chatting to people. Western cons seem to be more about guests, and while I love that if that means discussion and panels and getting to really talk about a show, things like Collectormania – where it is all about the autographs – really bore me.
Have you ever attended fan events/conventions/meet-ups in more than one country? If so, did you notice any differences? No, sorry. I’m due to go to ComicCon in a week’s time though, I’ll report back!
Has fanning with people from various countries ever caused surprise/confusion/misunderstandings? Not especially, though I have had to explain British words sometimes.
Do your expectations for the fandom and its fanwork change depending on the source culture? I think there’s a very different feel to shows made in, say, the UK compared to the US. A lot of US shows are very serious with humour thrown in, and are very ‘glossy’, if you know what I mean – all the characters are gorgeous and well-groomed and live beautiful lives in lovely houses there’s no way they could afford. In UK shows things seem to be more realism-based on that front, with more... I’m not sure how to describe it, self-deprecation of the characters? More humour-based with seriousness thrown in.
Additionally, there are a few details that’d be helpful for everyone to include, if they could:
Nationality: English Native language(s): English (UK) Language(s) you most often fan in (e.g. write/read/discuss in): English Is it all right for me to reference you directly in the final paper: Sure If yes, how would you prefer to be called (e.g. LJ handle/name/nickname/anonymously, etc): Tahariel If needed, would it be alright for me to contact you for more questions/details via email/skype, etc.? Sure Tahariel@luckymail.com
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At a guess, are the majority of the people you regularly fan with your nationality?
I know a lot of them are, but quite a lot of my fandom friends are foreign but live/have lived in the UK, or are from countries where English is their first language, like the US.
Do you think this changes depending on what fandom you’re in?
Very much so, because of the awareness needed of the original media. But as most of my shows are US shows, my fandom friends stay very stable, as most British fans watch a lot of US shows due to the dearth of UK genre.
If you go to live fan events/conventions/meet-ups, have you attended different fan events for media of different cultures? (E.g. have you gone to both conventions for an English-language series (such as Supernatural) and anime conventions?)If so, have you noticed any differences between such conventions?
I used to attend anime cons, now I go to Western ones. Anime conventions, because we can’t get ‘guests’ in the way you can for a local, live-action show, tend to be more about watching shows on big screens and wandering around chatting to people. Western cons seem to be more about guests, and while I love that if that means discussion and panels and getting to really talk about a show, things like Collectormania – where it is all about the autographs – really bore me.
Have you ever attended fan events/conventions/meet-ups in more than one country? If so, did you notice any differences?
No, sorry. I’m due to go to ComicCon in a week’s time though, I’ll report back!
Has fanning with people from various countries ever caused surprise/confusion/misunderstandings?
Not especially, though I have had to explain British words sometimes.
Do your expectations for the fandom and its fanwork change depending on the source culture?
I think there’s a very different feel to shows made in, say, the UK compared to the US. A lot of US shows are very serious with humour thrown in, and are very ‘glossy’, if you know what I mean – all the characters are gorgeous and well-groomed and live beautiful lives in lovely houses there’s no way they could afford. In UK shows things seem to be more realism-based on that front, with more... I’m not sure how to describe it, self-deprecation of the characters? More humour-based with seriousness thrown in.
Additionally, there are a few details that’d be helpful for everyone to include, if they could:
Nationality: English
Native language(s): English (UK)
Language(s) you most often fan in (e.g. write/read/discuss in): English
Is it all right for me to reference you directly in the final paper: Sure
If yes, how would you prefer to be called (e.g. LJ handle/name/nickname/anonymously, etc): Tahariel
If needed, would it be alright for me to contact you for more questions/details via email/skype, etc.? Sure Tahariel@luckymail.com