... it can't just be Steph and me.

[azurelunatic]

Poll #9774 My head-canon could probably out-shoot your head-canon (unless you know Verity Price)

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 60

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I think of myself as "fannish" about media that have something like characters and storylines (text, (web)comic, video, rpg)

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Yes
45 (75.0%)

No
3 (5.0%)

Maybe
5 (8.3%)

... it's complicated
7 (11.7%)

My interaction with (at least some) fandoms (even if they're not my primary/not a big deal) includes:

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Consuming at least part of the canon
52 (86.7%)

Consuming the entire (or the most available) canon at least once (includes skipping that one bit you've been warned of)
51 (85.0%)

Consuming the canon multiple times (includes single-full-or-best & multiple partial)
49 (81.7%)

Interacting with other fans
55 (91.7%)

... to share squee/good bits
51 (85.0%)

... to share general thoughts
52 (86.7%)

... to share bad bits/complaints/stuff that could have been better
48 (80.0%)

Discussions/essays, with self or others, about "meta" topics
39 (65.0%)

Reading or participating in meta discussions started by others
44 (73.3%)

Creating fanworks
36 (60.0%)

... Creating fanworks intended to be as close to canon as possible
21 (35.0%)

... Creating fanworks that deliberately explore transformative aspects (such as relationships not seen in canon, or chunks of shared fanon) but not intended to be an alternate universe
33 (55.0%)

... Creating fanworks that differ enough that you would call them an alternate universe
27 (45.0%)

... Creating fanworks that are specifically an alternate universe of other fanworks (possibly AUs themselves) rather than fanworks of the original
12 (20.0%)

Consuming fanworks
51 (85.0%)

... Consuming close-to-canon fanworks
54 (90.0%)

... Consuming other non-AU fanworks
49 (81.7%)

... Consuming alternate universe fanworks
48 (80.0%)

... Consuming fanworks of other fanworks
37 (61.7%)

Other fannish activities not mentioned
29 (48.3%)

Engaging in fannish activities for a fandom without having consumed its canon
33 (55.0%)

Engaging in fannish activities for a fandom that has left its original canon far behind, without having consumed the canon
22 (36.7%)

None of the above applies
1 (1.7%)

Original private fandoms

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At least one of my fandoms involves an original (or serial-numbers-filed-off, or significant AU) fandom that has not been publicly or formally released
21 (48.8%)

... it's released now (or will be very soon), BUT I LOVED IT BEFORE THEN! *hipster glasses*
8 (18.6%)

... and I am a creator/co-creator
11 (25.6%)

... and I interact fannishly as well as with my creator hat on
9 (20.9%)

... I/We skipped or have been slacking on canon creation because fanworks are more fun
5 (11.6%)

None of the above applies
19 (44.2%)

LOL, *really*, Azz?
10 (23.3%)

(If anyone academic/etc. feels like playing with results, I would ask that you respect the privacy of the respondents as if their data were anonymized, as this journal is mostly a play-zone, not a study-zone.)

Comments

[azurelunatic]

... and then we don't actually make the fanworks. Right now Steph and I are "vidding" Darkside Knightmares to "Manic Monday" and talking about which shots from the animé were used to what bits of the song.

[inoru_no_hoshi]

WHEE TICKIES.

...Also it amuses me that I can legit tick all the tickies bar "created an AU of an AU" for "fanworks involvement". Guess longtime fandom involvement is good for something? xDDD

I'm honestly a little sad that I couldn't ticky any in the last section. WHAT AM I DOING WRONG WOE. xD

[azurelunatic]

I think sithjawa and I are ... kind of special, sometimes. Because we share this lovely canon in our heads MOSTLY TO TALK ABOUT THE FIC THAT EXISTS OF IT, ONLY IN OUR HEADS.

[inoru_no_hoshi]

OIC. *g*

[ex_rising236]

I (and well, we) have lots of stuff that is awesome and exists for canon of stuff … only in my head. But then again you and sithjawa have been influences on me, tooooo.

[pineapplechild]

I have subjected my sibling to SO MANY fanfic aus that only live in my head.

[ajnabieh]

...you know, I'm actually revising a paper where I might want to borrow some of these percentages to cite. But no individual-level detail--just "most people say this! [azurelunatic, 2012]"

(All other interaction with this poll: postponed until I'm not at work. *g*)

[azurelunatic]

Have fun with my blessing! You, I am not worried about. It's the like of the surveyfail guys, and the fact that I know that some of the people who hang out here have fannish practices that are private enough that they don't even want the likes of Fanlore snooping on details.

[domtheknight]

My primary entertainment is a sort of series of AUs of characters I made up when I was 9, or earlier (timing theory based on how a bit of the original canon is structured). New things I find out, or media I consume, get incorporated into existing branches or spawn new ones.

Also when brainstorming about writing I tend to slide into thinking about this series totally unintentionally. (And also when showering, when falling asleep, when walking down the street, when knitting...) I blame it for why I don't have more actually finished fanworks.

I've never really thought about it as a fandom, but I guess it is, if a fandom can have one person being the creator and all the fans and consumers at the same time. Anyway, that's why I answered those questions at the end as all "yes".

[azurelunatic]

The thing that spawned this poll is the fact that once upon a time, I posted this meme asking for "If my life were a fandom..." and sithjawa came up with this amazing AU that both of us actually want to watch now. Because it is all the awesome. And the AU has fic. And we are now making imaginary vids for it. And we could really give a damn if anyone else wants to play, this is for our entertainment, and it is a lovely fandom that hits so many of our literary buttons.

We have ... well. There is someone in here who is from one of Rah's many SG-1 AUs.

[asciident]

I don't think of myself as "fannish," but if you're going to get all technical on me, then yes, I guess I am. Sort of. It's Complicated.

[triadruid]

I don't even have a clue what constitutes "fannish", so answering the poll is skewed, if not impossible, for those who aren't...

[azurelunatic]

It's mostly self-identification, although I will admit that I did not write it with non-fannish folks in mind.

[jd]

Yep. My usual preliminary reaction to the word "fannish" is "run away in the other direction quickly" (doubly if it's capitalized). I like derivative works but generally not the culture surrounding it.

*adds more data points*

[silverflight8]

Honestly my problem is not fandom, it's the fact that my fandom just does not plain exist. I mean, I write fic that, three years later, is still on the FIRST PAGE of the results for FFN. For the larger ones (like Star Wars, how much do I love the sheer size of that fandom, I can't tell you!) I will read AU and canon-compliant and like almost anything in between, though if it's not canon-compliant I prefer the 'what if X went differently' to 'set story in other place/age'.

[silverflight8]

What is an original private fandom?

[azurelunatic]

This isn't any sort of official term, but it's the best description I could think of. It's a fandom that's attached to an original or might-as-well-be-original work, but the work in question hasn't been released publicly or formally released (I'm thinking of a couple role-playing games in my extended friends group, where some of the works based on the game were available if you knew where to look for them, which most people did not/wouldn't care if they did know). So it's mostly going to be the author's friends and critique group, and maybe some others who aren't quite as close, depending on how tight of control the creator(s) keep on the material.