The First Baby Step

[polarissruler]

After recently I made a post in my journal about my first fandom, I decided to ask - how did it began to you? What was your first fandom? How did you found it? Did you start writing/drawing/reading/whatever else first? And do you look fondly on those good old days, or not so much?

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[sally_maria]

I'm one of nature's lurkers, and I was aware of fandom long before I found it properly.

I first became aware that fandom existed as a teenager in the 80s, devouring all the books and magazines I could about Doctor Who and Star Trek, but I didn't have the nerve to try and contact anybody about it. It wasn't until I got online in the late '90s that I'd say that I was in fandom, and even then I was a lurker for a long time. The first fandom I read in was Buffy, but it was two or three fandoms later before I actually started talking to anyone. I do miss the days of LJ, partly because I had quite a few friends there, and partly because the main form of interaction was text, which is what I love most.

[polarissruler]

Hello, fellow lurker. I remember it took me the longest time to start interacting with people online (irl, I had my cousin to talk to - luckly we share most of our Fandoms)

[sally_maria]

*waves hello* I have a younger brother who shares a lot of my fannish shows, though he's not into online fandom, so that did give me some outlet. But I'm a reader, not a writer or creator, and getting up the nerve to say anything other than "I love your story" took a long time.

[polarissruler]

Even now it takes me all the bravery I can muster to leave a longer review or join a new fandom. If I have already gotten used to it a little... It takes almost all the bravery I can muster.