haha I root for the Oilers and I care about the players, but I (1) don't identify with them as heavily as with the Pens and Islanders - at the moment, my emotional well-being is a little bit more divorced from their successes/failures, and (2) just happen not to read a lot of fic about their most popular ship, eve though I adore both players involved and totes think they're in love. Does that clear it up at all?
I'm not super into junior hockey, but - you follow the Oil Kings, right? i was wondering if you had any opinions/feelings about Griffin Reinhart? As an Islanders fan, I am of course intrigued!
I am a twin! It's the best. :D My twin is... she's into fandom but she doesn't participate in fan communities the same way as I do. She's about as into tennis as I am, and at this point much more into soccer - she follows a bajillion athletes and reporters on twitter and listens to so many podcasts about everything, and she reads books and articles about tactics and is a lot more committed in that way. But she doesn't read much fanfic, even though she doesn't mind slashiness, and she doesn't try to interact with other fans. However, even though her approach is more, I don't know, serious? She still has a fandomy attitude towards the players - she's interested in their personalities and their relationships.
But I agree that having a twin sharing these interests really changes my experience of them - but our experience is more that I filter through fandom for her and she filters through information for me, I guess! So it's not quite like her being in fandom. But we can spend hours talking about our shared interests!
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Date: 2013-08-30 01:32 am (UTC)I'm not super into junior hockey, but - you follow the Oil Kings, right? i was wondering if you had any opinions/feelings about Griffin Reinhart? As an Islanders fan, I am of course intrigued!
I am a twin! It's the best. :D My twin is... she's into fandom but she doesn't participate in fan communities the same way as I do. She's about as into tennis as I am, and at this point much more into soccer - she follows a bajillion athletes and reporters on twitter and listens to so many podcasts about everything, and she reads books and articles about tactics and is a lot more committed in that way. But she doesn't read much fanfic, even though she doesn't mind slashiness, and she doesn't try to interact with other fans. However, even though her approach is more, I don't know, serious? She still has a fandomy attitude towards the players - she's interested in their personalities and their relationships.
But I agree that having a twin sharing these interests really changes my experience of them - but our experience is more that I filter through fandom for her and she filters through information for me, I guess! So it's not quite like her being in fandom. But we can spend hours talking about our shared interests!