You Might Be A Fan If...

[ithildin]

I've seen this all over the last week, so here are the ones that really made me nod:

- You have more than one pet named after favorite characters.

- You have an area of your closet (or an entire closet in your home) dedicated to the costumes you wear to cons.

- You were making up stories in your head years about your favorite TV shows before anyone ever said the word "fanfiction" to you. After you found out what it was, a lot of your life made a lot more sense.

- You have ever tried to explain furries to someone.

- You met most of your close friends online or through other fannish friends. The friends you didn't meet that way are being shown the good parts of the lousy '80s series.

- You get really pissed off when you find out someone else has already taken your preferred username when you sign onto a new journaling system, BBS or webmail site.

- You have traveled to a new city to meet up with people you'd never spoken with in real life before to attend an event as a group. And you came home with pictures! (Cape Cod 1996! Waves to aka_arduinna, otterevil, & yarrow_blue)

- Where you hear or read the words "Hey, didn't you write …" directed at you, you pray it's a fanfic and not some drunken rant you posted ten years ago.

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[amonitrate.livejournal.com]

- You were making up stories in your head years about your favorite TV shows before anyone ever said the word "fanfiction" to you. After you found out what it was, a lot of your life made a lot more sense.

YES YES YES. Star Wars. When I was in elementary school.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

I used to make up Little House on the Prairie stories (from the books, way pre TV show) and then have my dolls, that I made myself, act them out [g]

[wizefics.livejournal.com]

Hehehe. - You have ever tried to explain furries to someone.

That made me choke with laughter. I only discovered this particular facet of life about a year ago, but the fist time I had to explain it to someone I'm pretty sure I mangled it.

Where you hear or read the words "Hey, didn't you write …" directed at you,

Never happened. Maybe someday...

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

No one ever explained it to me, I just slowly figured it out over the 25 years of con going [g] I have had to explain it to others though!

It used to happen fairly frequently in Forever Knight fandom back when the show was still on/just ended. Not so much anymore.

[beccadg.livejournal.com]

I figured when I had to admit to, "If you have ever in your life uttered the phrase: 'Egon is such a babe,'" there wasn't much point to my bothering to read through the whole thing. He was my favorite Ghostbuster growing up, even more than Peter, and I still have both my Egon Spengler action figure, and my brother's Peter Venkman one. :D

[lara-everlong.livejournal.com]

well, I did name my plant Romana...

and my life DID make a lot more sense after I discovered fanfic online...

[mischief5.livejournal.com]

That list explains me and my entire f'list. I roared with laughter. *still giggling*