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	mister_terrific 2007-08-23 04:31 pm UTC (link)
	"When you hear 'we're all friends here', secure your wallet and carefully make your way to the door." "Three fans can't agree on the toppings for a pizza, much less anything else." "Every fandom finds another group to make fun of." (Reply to this)

	tangentialone 2007-08-23 04:58 pm UTC (link)
	Rule one of fandom is you don't talk about fandom. ...Wait, no. Actually, those seem pretty apt to me. :B (Reply to this)(Thread)

	ladybirdsleeps 2007-08-23 05:45 pm UTC (link)
	Rule one of fandom is that you talk about fandom at length, even in places where you're not really supposed to (i.e. Fandom Wank). (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	panthea 2007-08-23 06:32 pm UTC (link)
	And the subway. And in line for the movie theater. Like that time one of my friends turned to me, during a discussion of SPN, and asked really loudly, "So you don't like incest?" Our fellow movie-goers were rather perplexed. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

ladybug218
2007-08-23 07:08 pm UTC (link)

*giggles*

My roommates and I like to discuss role-playing plots. In restaurants.

"Well, Lilly's going to die on October 3rd and Sam's going to start having dreams that weekend."

"Last night Thelma invaded Anya's dreams and now Anya's afraid she's a lesbian because she enjoyed it."

"Savannah is a panther cub and she should take a swipe at Summer."

I can only imagine what people around us think.

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	eilisliana 2007-08-23 08:33 pm UTC (link)
	"Last night Thelma invaded Anya's dreams and now Anya's afraid she's a lesbian because she enjoyed it." Please say that's about Hex. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ladybug218 2007-08-23 08:49 pm UTC (link)
	Yes :) Hex and Buffy. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	eilisliana 2007-08-23 09:02 pm UTC (link)
	XD Another Hex fan! (I missed S2 on BBCA but hopefully they'll re-air soon) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ladybug218 2007-08-24 12:19 am UTC (link)
	OMG that show is on SO. MUCH. CRACK. I'm really disappointed that it didn't get a third season. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	sashenka 2007-08-23 11:38 pm UTC (link)
	As far as RPing goes, when I LARPed, we would have long discussions in Wal-Mart about mass slaughter. Hilarity ensued. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ladybug218 2007-08-24 12:19 am UTC (link)
	That is awesome :) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	notjo 2007-08-24 11:23 am UTC (link)
	We used to plot how we'd murder the Prince on the bus. (Reply to this)(Parent)

angg
2007-08-24 12:43 pm UTC (link)

One of my friends used to talk about a game we were both in to a friend of hers who was not in the game. She thought she'd explained to him that this was about a role-playing game, but apparently he missed the memo? He was really disappointed about a year later to find out that she 1) had a lot fewer friends than he'd originally thought, and 2) that the majority of the drama she'd explained was just made up.

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	ladybug218 2007-08-24 02:31 pm UTC (link)
	facepalms That made me laugh far more than it probably should have. Poor guy. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	luthe 2007-08-31 04:04 pm UTC (link)
	Milliways? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ladybug218 2007-08-31 04:31 pm UTC (link)
	Nope :) Those are actually examples from a couple of different pan-fandom games. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	notjo 2007-08-24 11:22 am UTC (link)
	I decided I deeply needed to explain the entire CC saga with references to the infamous Ron/Ginny fic to a friend of mine in the bookstore where we were shopping for kids books for his niece. Man, I get stupid some days, you know? (Reply to this)(Parent)

	pastri_archy 2007-08-23 05:00 pm UTC (link)
	Hee. The second to last one is my favorite. (Reply to this)

	scifantasy 2007-08-23 05:16 pm UTC (link)
	Well, it depends. FIAWOL or FIJAGH? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	glossing2 2007-08-23 08:43 pm UTC (link)
	I know the former, but what's the latter? Fandom Is Just A General Hospital...? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	scifantasy 2007-08-23 08:49 pm UTC (link)
	...No. "Goddamn Hobby." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hangingfire 2007-08-23 08:57 pm UTC (link)
	I always use "FIJAFH" myself, but that works too. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	scifantasy 2007-08-23 09:01 pm UTC (link)
	Well, you're not wrong, but FIJAGH has been around for...well, probably the Fifties or Sixties, would be my guess. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hangingfire 2007-08-23 09:03 pm UTC (link)
	True. The abbreviation is older than me; I just have a filthier mouth. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	(Anonymous) 2007-08-23 05:52 pm UTC (link)
	If the unwritten rules of fandom are listed here, then they'll be written and cease to be unwritten rules. This can only end in anarchy. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	batty 2007-08-24 06:17 pm UTC (link)
	And post-apocalyptic porn. (Reply to this)(Parent)

ingrid
2007-08-23 07:02 pm UTC (link)

The unwritten rule of fandom is that the rules of fandom will be written repeatedly and they will be considered new and innovative and freshly hilarious almost every single time, at least by someone.

The other unwritten rule of fandom is that ~~some crustass fart~~ someone will complain about the rules of fandom and how stale they are.

Fandom ... the reset button never pops back up for long.

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	haunted 2007-08-23 08:05 pm UTC (link)
	"Hey, you! Don't do that!" "But it doesn't say anywhere that I couldn't-" "It's one of the unwritten rules, bitch!" Basically, that's how the rules of fandom work. Make 'em up as you go along. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	feloniousfeline 2007-08-23 10:34 pm UTC (link)
	It's basically like Calvinball in a way. (Reply to this)(Parent)