Date: 2010-07-10 03:05 pm (UTC)
At a guess, are the majority of the people you regularly fan with your nationality?
No. Some are, and sometimes I discover after knowing a person for a while that they're a Swede. Swedes seem to be a bit overrepresented on the internet considering our small population. But for the most part, no.

Do you think this changes depending on what fandom you’re in?
No, not really. The respective proportion of people from different countries might change (for examples, I know several people from the Philippines in the One Piece fandom, and I wouldn't have expected that in, say, SGA fandom. But I might be wrong), but the proportion of Swedes doesn't change much.

If you go to live fan events/conventions/meet-ups, have you attended different fan events for media of different cultures? If so, have you noticed any differences between such conventions?
The only fan events I've ever been to have been in Japan - several doujinshi events of different sizes as well as Jump Festa and one other seiyuu event. Needless to say, those where mainly for Japanese fandoms, although big doujinshi events like Comiket do have doujinshi for Western stuff as well.

Have you ever attended fan events/conventions/meet-ups in more than one country? If so, did you notice any differences?
Again, the only fan events I've ever been to have been in Japan. There are practically no fan events in Sweden, and I've never been to one in an English-speaking country. From what I hear, Western events (even in anime fandom) are very different from Japanese events, but I don't have the experience to make comparisons.

In any case, going to a Japanese event is an experience - not the least because you stand out a lot. But I've never met with any negativity. The Japanese fans are usually happy to meet foreign fangirls.

Has fanning with people from various countries ever caused surprise/confusion/misunderstandings?
There has been a couple of occasions when a person's English has been so bad that I had to think twice before realizing what they meant. Usually on LJ fandom, I'm really happy to have come to know people from all sorts of nationalities all over the world. Getting to know people from a country you don't know a lot about widens your world in a way. I love how the internet brings people together.

When it comes to fanning on Japanese stuff, there are often misunderstandings about, because few people understand the original language, and the available translations can be differing and sometimes wrong. But that has more to do with the source material than fans from different countries.

As for Japanese fandom in Japan, though, it's a bit more difficult. Even their internet fandom culture is different than what we do on LJ. And there is practically no overlap, since English fandom and Japanese fandom in general don't speak each other's languages. Also, although many are nice and squeeful when you meet them at events, as a Westerner it's hard to approach Japanese fandom even if you do speak the language.

Do your expectations for the fandom and its fanwork change depending on the source culture?
I have to say no, but only because I tend to not dive too deep into fandom. I tend to stay on my LJ and my F-list, and not go to the forums and communities where fans gather. I've heard that there are general differences between anime/Western fandoms, but I have a low tolerance for wank, so I'd rather avoid it altogether and focus on the squee with a limited number of people.
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