There is a spoon, and it's IN MY EYE

[nekokoban]

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So yesterday I had lunch with my cousin (which is really weird when I think about it, because while a lot of my friends have family in the area, I ... really don't; they're in Texas, Connecticut, and LA). She's very nice, despite being ~five years older than me and us having little to nothing in common but blood (I am the second-youngest in my family on both sides, and C is actually closer to me in age than most, as the majority of them are ... in their late thirties by now? yikes), though conversation was a bit peculiar. I mean, it's weird to say "I visited S and her kids" and know that not only does C know them, C is ALSO related to them.

... this is a novelty to me, okay. :p

But then she hopped a train to Portland and I went shopping; I got my groceries for the week and the first eight volumes of Tsubasa (which I'd been borrowing from a friend in their uber-shiny hardback with full color and other goodies version -- I just got the regular-sized tankoban), then spent the evening rereading them.

TYING THIS BACK TO LUNCH WITH MY COUSIN, I -- um. I wondered.

What do non-fandom people (the mainstream people, the ones who look askance at you when you say you play video games, who have these strained smiles and ask "oh, like kid's books?" when you say you like comics, who think that you're actually using a secret code word for porn when you say you're into anime/manga -- and I could make a joke here about fandom but I'll leave it) DO for fun?

No seriously.

As far back as I can remember, I've always been geeking on some aspect of fandom (and oh, the Mary Sues that never left the safety of my head!), even before I discovered the internet. If you look at the disaster zone that's my room, it's all either a) old school-related stuff or b) FANDOM.

Whiiiiiich may actually be construed as kind of lame, but I keep myself entertained!

I just sort of wondered "how DOES the other side keep themselves from being bored?" and.

Also it's Sunday and my roommates are out/at work/not HERE so I'm just left with a cat for company, which is good for harrassing, but not so much for hashing things out.

P.S. Cockvore exists in this world. And by that I do not mean that the cock gets eaten, but that the COCK EATS YOU (soviet cock?).

O FANDOM NEVER STOP BEING ENTERTAINING, EVEN IN HORRIBLE WAYS.

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[woodburner.livejournal.com]

I HAVE WONDERED THE SAME THING.

As far as I can tell, they go out and dance at clubs, and they play or watch sports, and they drink. I. I can't really see as how this is all that entertaining. Maybe that just means I'm a huge geek, but. o.O

I don't even know what the people who consider themselves too old for clubs do. Play board games maybe? Uh. My dad likes to go fishing!

[nekokoban]

Well, fishing is fun! But, uh, I may have thought that because I went with my friend who was also into fandom, and we. ... geeked about fandom while fishing.

Her dad and the guide talked about sports, though!

I went to a Mariners baseball game once and had to fight not to fall asleep. D:

[harukami]

I think they, like. Watch 'mainstream' tv shows like. I dunno. The OC. (Is that over? I think it's over). And then just... don't do fandomy things. There's also like shopping and gym and makeup maybe? I-I don't know.

It's so foreign. ._.

[nekokoban]

I don't even know what The OC is. D: And even then, I mean, that has a fandom! I think of it as a fandom! BUT THEY DON'T EVEN TALK ABOUT IT THAT WAY.

... and see, I think of makeup as a geeky thing, because my roommate has daydreams of being a makeup artist and when we watch stuff like Angel, she'll be like I WANT TO DO THAT MONSTER'S MAKEUP DDDDD: at the rest of us.

It just. Seems so boring. DDDDDDDDD: I'm this bored, but I HAVE stuff to entertain myself with! ... mainstream folks don't? ._.

[harukami]

Re the edit - I. Wow. I wish I could be surprised. I might be in fandom too long. ._. I know that there's a tits with teeth fetish (THANKS YOUTUBE ???) but ...

I think the OC's a TV show! It may be about teens. I'm not sure. And yeah, I think of it as a fandom too! But the scary thing is. The people in the fandom? ...often don't.

I don't get it, Terra D:

...Makeup is an awesome geeky thing yes. XD

It SOUNDS boring, doesn't it? I like my addictions. ._.

[nekokoban]

To be fair, I wasn't terribly SURPRISED, just sort of -- shocked for a moment, and then really amused. Also, because it was written in some of the most flamboyantly purple first-person prose EVER; someone thought he was a Real Stud! (I figure, the voring cock must be related to the vagina dentata. Maybe they're cousins! Like Archilles and Patrocles I spelled that wrong, didn't I? I think I did.)

I just ... have a hard time NOT thinking of TV shows in context of fandom, simply because I do participate in online fandoms, and I see stuff getting flung around about -- I mean, hell, my roommates are major into Angel and Buffy and Firefly, that's TV! (Maybe The OC is a soap opera? I don't really see a lot of "fandom" activity for soap operas.)

I like my addictions too! What else would I do with my free time! D:

[harukami]

It would be a terrible relation, though. I imagine there would be very little breeding inside the clan! (You were close! Achilles and Patroclus.)

I know, I'm the same way. I feel like even if someone doesn'tproduce or read fanworks, if they're 'into' a show and watch it voraciously, they're engaging in fandom! (It might be! Uh. [googles] Aha! American teen drama series, according to wiki.)

Nap maybe. B-but fandom is better than sleep! [<-- may be sleepy]

[nekokoban]

They're the last of their races! THEY MUST BREED TO SURVIVE, only ... well. Um. I wonder if it's even possible for both participating partners to be vore'd simultaneously? (HAH. ... I always want to put an "r" in Achilles' name, I'm not sure why.)

I -- I can get why someone might watch something and not want to extrapolate it, in an objective sort of way, but at the same time, I can't wrap my head around NOT doing it; it's like -- I see something fictional! but what happens next? is my immediate response. Or maybe what's going on in the meantime? but.

I can't nap unless I'm sick. D: Or deadly tired, which I am so incredibly not right now. .__________.

[harukami]

It's like an oroborous of vore. (That r loev him!)

I know, and it's like, sometimes 'non-fandom' fan things are so crazy it can only be real fandom. Like so.

Yeah, I have trouble napping, but it's soooo hot and sunlighty...

[nekokoban]

A neverending cycle! It still seems like a bad idea. XD (Love him long time.)

... sports fans are ... interesting. Like, in a super-scary way. I read that article, and it was like "they're five year olds! --wait" because yeah, that is how fandom is, isn't it.

It's cold here. D: Sunlight, but COLD, and I can't feel my feet. Even though I've got blankets and everything. U_U Booooooo.

[woodburner.livejournal.com]

P.S. Cockvore exists in this world. And by that I do not mean that the cock gets eaten, but that the COCK EATS YOU (soviet cock?).


................I.

*stabs icepick into ear*

[nekokoban]

:D YOU LIIIIIIIIIIIIKE IT.

weepingcock = for all your horrific entertainment needs?

[jpegasus.livejournal.com]

P.S. Cockvore exists in this world. And by that I do not mean that the cock gets eaten, but that the COCK EATS YOU (soviet cock?).

all I can think of is DDS :D

[nekokoban]

I THOUGHT OF IT TOO but. No. It was a really scary furry RP thing.

BUT. It could be done! (It's probably related to the vagina dentata or something. Cousins, maybe! Or twins.)

[laylah.livejournal.com]

Okay um clearly the real question is --

COCKVORE? WHERE?

...is it in a fandom where it makes sense?

It -- I can picture that being amazingly horrible, but also being amazingly brainbreakingly good. >->

[nekokoban]

It was this furry RP log thingit, and unfortunately was not that good, hence the FANDOM IS ENTERTAINING IN A HORRIBLE WAY sentiment that made me weep. I, I wasn't sure if it was from laughing or crying, but.

BUT given the high percentage of DDS fans on my flist, the possibility seemed like a good one to throw out there. XD

[sjen.livejournal.com]

I ask myself the same thing all the time. From my coworkers, I have deduced that they stave off boredom by: having lots of sex, going to bars/clubs, watching sports/movies/TV, and... eating fried chicken (no really).

[nekokoban]

... fried chicken, huh.

I. I suppose that depending on the piece of fried chicken, that could provide full minutes of something-to-do? o________oa

That's kind of bizarre.

[sister-coyote.livejournal.com]

Well, to be lamely serious about the question ;), I can say that my mom, who is about the least fannish person I know, fills her time with cooking, knitting, gardening, painting, going for long walks and light hikes, watching a few TV shows, and reading a lot. (I don't count the last two as 'fannish' because she just reads them, enjoys them, and is done, there's no desire to explore them at length or produce fanworks of any kind.) My dad reads non-fiction, watches the news, gardens, and does carpentry. One of my dear friends from college, who is pretty non-fannish, reads voraciously, studies Spanish and German, and bakes.

This is of course a sampling of what intelligent non-fannish people who are pretty good at entertaining themselves do, so take it for what it's worth. They seem happy, though.

COCK EATS YOU. *love*

[nekokoban]

Ahhhhh, okay, that makes sense. XD It's just, most of the people I know who aren't into fandom just seem to ... watch TV. Lots of TV. (I myself have a hard time "understanding" the mindset of just watching something fictional and NOT speculating about it -- I can get why people do it, I just don't GET it get it. XD)

I've caught myself doing it about this one totally random episode of the Simpsons I caught a long time ago, which ... could be indicative of something about me. XD

I think baking would be a dangerous, dangerous hobby, though. I have this near-Pavlovian reaction to baked goods that I have to snitch SOME of it as soon as it comes out of the oven, no matter how full I am otherwise. XD

In-- well, it doesn't even need to be Soviet Junkyard, does it? THE COCK JUST EATS YOU.

[zinjadu.livejournal.com]

Most of the time, I just don't know. My sister goes to clubs and listens to loud music and her friends drink. My parents go hiking, but that's kind of their only hobby. o_O

I guess being a geek and fanish was better than the alternative.

[nekokoban]

Drinking as a hobby just seems so ... sad. D: I mean, even without the being teetotal thing, drinking as a fun way to spend the time makes little sense to me. o_oa

I like being a geek. .__.

[zinjadu.livejournal.com]

I know. I. I'm not that much of a fan, hell I only drink the fruity drinks because they're tasty, not because of the alcohol in them.

Me too.

And what does it say that the existence of cockvore doesn't phase me? I think its a good thing. :D

[kawaiigami.livejournal.com]

Being on the margins of fandom, I get an idea of what non-fandom people do to pass the time. They cook, they garden, watch/play sports, do outdoorsy things. They also read books and watch shows simply to read/watch and enjoy, not to go on to draw fanart or write fanfic. There's also listening to music, or writing/drawing non-fan-related things. People our age seem to enjoy shopping, hanging out, and going to bars and clubs.

That's just my $.02.

[anruik]

Y'know, far as I knew, people who didn't geek that I've seen do a whoooole lot of community stuff like volunteering to help the poor, or doing arts and crafts for fun, maybe sports, instrument playing (my one fav just watching being taiko drumming), etc etc. But... >>

Watching them? I think they geek hardcore about the latter half of stuff about as badly as we do, if in a different way. Think fanatic sports team fans compared to our fandom 'ships.

Yeah. >>

Although I get insanely gleeful just standing in a craft store myself, let alone what I'd be like if someone handed me sticks and told me to pound a drum.

[(Anonymous)]

Judging by my aunt, who doesn't even own a tv, much less internet, she reads, runs her business, cooks, babysits her grandkids, and entertains (I swear, she never has less than two people dropping by for dinner randomly). Everyone else I know at least plays videogames.

Also, cockvore is an awesome idea. I think the internet jaded me.

[sarraceniaceae.livejournal.com]

That was me, wondering when the hell I logged out of lj. Ah well.

You even hang out with those non-fandom sorts...

[shadawyn.livejournal.com]

I'm not into fandoms. I read novels and comics, I write (original stuff), I draw (original stuff) I do watch some TV (anime and Amercian stuff) and do speculate a bit on them, but not on fandomtastic levels. Almost all my speculation/nitpicks/loves/hates usually work their way into my original fiction as I explore them on my own terms. I knit, I bead, I play video/computer games and many, many table-top RPGs... I hang out with all my fandomy friends and listen to them fan ;)

I'm a massive geek, but I'm not a fandom geek.

[thewriter0.livejournal.com]

I always wonder this, too. All my non-fandom friends seem to do... well, they watch TV! And sometimes read romance novels. Go "clubbing" (but not baby seals). They put blurry pictures up on MySpace frequently! Surely it must fill up an hour or two to take soft unfocused pictures of yourself with the brights turned up so high it looks like you have no nose. :D;

And they watch movies! But then... they don't write about them. Or slash anybody in them. Or start any websites about them. ...I don't understand! *brain melts in noncomprehension*

[byakuganchick.livejournal.com]

You know, I have often wondered that too.

It's even more puzzling when they admit they don't like to read either.

Then I can only stare at them in utter confusion.