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Wednesday, November 9th, 2005 02:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
seraiI've never been a fandom participant myself, so these last few years have been something of an anomaly. Before 1999, my activities were confined to enjoying the subject of my admiration in music/book/whatever, and squeeing with whatever friend I had that shared my enthusiasm, usually just one or two people at a time.
Started with the totally embarrassing teenybop stars of the early 70's (NO, I'm not going to say who). Stepped up into Queen and then Led Zeppelin in the late 70's. Wrote some Queen slash with my best friend of the time, went to concerts, etc. In 1991, got hit with Doors fever, which lasted a year or two.
Had various random actor fixations, which were more or less lasting but never went beyond watching all their movies: Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer, Brad Pitt. Yeah, I like 'em pretty. In 1999, I got hit MAJOR HARD by Keanu Reeves, and lasted with him until halfway through 2001, when LOTR basically blew him out of the water.
But LOTR had been there for me since the mid 70's. Read the books in '76, the Sil when it came out in '77, and have always been in love with that world. Was enraged by Bakshi in '78, and decided film would simply never work for LOTR. Reread the book every now and then in the intervening years. Then the images and trailers for PJ's version started coming out, and I was awash in the mingled terror and anticipation. Greatly rewarded when the films came out, because unlike some fans, I had no expectation that they would be just like what was in my head. They're beautiful and heartfelt and accomplished, and that's enough for me.
I ventured online during my Keanu madness, so going on to the online LOTR fandom was an easy step. Started at TORn, then read PGY on the advice of someone there (can't remember who anymore). Since I've always loved writing, I tried my hand at LOTR FPS and got nice comments, so I joined a couple of Yahoo lists, and then made my way to LJ and my own website (courtesy of lovely![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
danachan.
And here I am. It's all fading away for me now, and I doubt it'll be replaced by anything, to be honest. Like I said, I'm not a fandom person and not really a joiner of anything by nature, so this has been a bit of an island in my life. Sometimes nice, sometimes nasty, like most things. I've enjoyed most of it.
Started with the totally embarrassing teenybop stars of the early 70's (NO, I'm not going to say who). Stepped up into Queen and then Led Zeppelin in the late 70's. Wrote some Queen slash with my best friend of the time, went to concerts, etc. In 1991, got hit with Doors fever, which lasted a year or two.
Had various random actor fixations, which were more or less lasting but never went beyond watching all their movies: Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer, Brad Pitt. Yeah, I like 'em pretty. In 1999, I got hit MAJOR HARD by Keanu Reeves, and lasted with him until halfway through 2001, when LOTR basically blew him out of the water.
But LOTR had been there for me since the mid 70's. Read the books in '76, the Sil when it came out in '77, and have always been in love with that world. Was enraged by Bakshi in '78, and decided film would simply never work for LOTR. Reread the book every now and then in the intervening years. Then the images and trailers for PJ's version started coming out, and I was awash in the mingled terror and anticipation. Greatly rewarded when the films came out, because unlike some fans, I had no expectation that they would be just like what was in my head. They're beautiful and heartfelt and accomplished, and that's enough for me.
I ventured online during my Keanu madness, so going on to the online LOTR fandom was an easy step. Started at TORn, then read PGY on the advice of someone there (can't remember who anymore). Since I've always loved writing, I tried my hand at LOTR FPS and got nice comments, so I joined a couple of Yahoo lists, and then made my way to LJ and my own website (courtesy of lovely
danachan.And here I am. It's all fading away for me now, and I doubt it'll be replaced by anything, to be honest. Like I said, I'm not a fandom person and not really a joiner of anything by nature, so this has been a bit of an island in my life. Sometimes nice, sometimes nasty, like most things. I've enjoyed most of it.
