
Fandom is focus. Fandom is obsession. Fandom is insatiable consumption. Fandom is sitting for hours in front of a TV screen a movie screen a computer screen with a comic book a novel on your lap. Fandom is eyestrain and carpal tunnel syndrome and not enough exercise and staying up way, way past your bedtime.
(Marissa : fandom is instant technical know how on downloading, uploading, making websites, forums, videos and just about anything related to the world wide web. fandom is exorbitant electricity and dsl fees)
(Yokee : fandom is something i never tot i'll part of it and being stuck to it...scotch tape, UHU glue, contact adhesive..you name it.)
Fandom is creating. Fandom is drawing, painting, vidding: nine seasons in four minutes of love. Fandom is words, language, authoring. Fandom is essays, stories, betas, parodies, filks, zines, usenet posts, blog posts, message board posts, emails, chats, petitions, wank, concrit, feedback, recs. Fandom is writing for the first time since you were twelve. Fandom is finally calling yourself a writer.
(Marissa : fandom is expression of a creative genius you may or may never know existed within you. and the best part - a matter of perspective really, you enjoy doing it even though you dont get PAID for it)
(Yokee : fandom is regretting not paying attention during english classes. fandom creates the so called 'writer' in u. fandom scores u an 'A' when nobody cares.)
You see, I am the example of that "instant technical know-how". With BYJ as the propeller, I ramped up on these internet skills faster than I could have ever imagined.
And most importantly, I found the most treasured offering of the internet - I can meet with the many SOULs that belong to BYJ. Boy those souls are beautiful! I would add to what Marissa and Yokee blogged :
Fandom is you in the US and me in the Philippines and him in Korea and her in Japan. Fandom is a sofabed in Singapore, a roadtrip in Hawaii, a friend behind a face in Malaysia. Fandom talks past timezones and accents and backgrounds. Fandom is conversation. Communication. Contact.
(Yokee : fandom is learning a language u'll never use in your everyday life. fandom speaks as though u understand itself but in actual fact u understand nothing.)
Fandom is meeting souls that share the same value, same interest, same taste.
Through internet, we can not and we do not need to know anything about the bodies of these souls. How beautiful they look, how tall they are, how big they are, how young they are, what country they are from, what language they speak, what tradition or religion they hold, what education they had, what family they are from, how do they smell, how do they eat, how do they dress, how do they sound, ...... we don't know any of these, and we are not distracted by any of these, all we care is, the souls are communicating with mutual love and we sensed that we know each other before, now and ever after. These souls belong to BYJ and BYJ's to them. These souls treasure life, love truth, foster unity, appreciate beauty, value virtues, cherish love. And don't miss this, they have absolutely straight, perfected taste in sexuality - they know exactly what attricutes a man should have that are attractive to a woman, and vice versa. (They do have a body after all).
Fandom is where you found yourself....(Marissa : MAYBE.... ahahaha).... (Yokee : im glad)

Thank you BYJ for your power, your charisma to have magnetized so many wonderful loving souls to fill my life with more meanings and joy.
9 comments:
hey, i like that fandom piece too :)
yea, me too, saw abit of myself in there somewhere... :p
oh, Heippieh - this is written so beautiful and packed with truth! And the pics are perfect! I can relate to!
THANK YOU!!!
PS This is a keeper article!
What a beautiful way to express what you thought of fandom.
Dear bb, that's why we are here, see ourselves here and there and get ourselves happy. Happy bb's bb-day (blog birth day) from here. :-)
Dear Mrs.A. thanks! Happy that you liked it. Have a nice day!
Dear byjglobal, I can understand what you are feeling. I have been feeling helplessly obssessed for a long time, the feeling that I have never experienced before. That BYJ, sigh! Now after started blogging, I feel a bit better. So how about start your own blog journal and write away :-)
Dear marissa, thank you for posting that fandom piece, and glad that I read it :-)
nice article h! I wonder myself, would I be able to spot a BYJ fan on the street? Do we all have that special warm smile, kind gaze, sweet face and glow (assuming we're not all wearing the same clothes he's wearing)?
HeeHee, Jaime, I exaggerate la ... I know I won't be able to recognize anyone on the street la ... well maybe bb, she has her photo up, and those bloggers who has photos up like Michelle, mirissa, etc. ... and no, not all of us have those special warm smile, kind gaze, sweet face and glow, but if we try a hundred years we may look like him a tiny bit more, hmmm? yes? no? I hope :-P
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