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fictional_fansYanno what I kinda miss? GQMF flail posts. I didn't know until I read that Fanlore article just now that ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
ontd_startrek is where they really became popular after the 2009 Star Trek reboot movie, although that is the main place I had associated them with anyway, but I remember particularly that there were Potter fandom posts of the type taking off on the Half-Blood Prince film also released in 2009, 'cause, well, just look at this GQMF (for example):
But of course people could and did apply the treatment to just about anyone and it was fun. Not that people don't still use the term GQMF on Tumblr (which is the main place I get fan content these days other than RSS feeds from AO3 and DeviantArt) but I guess I miss seeing the meme in full-blown form and not just a tag on a pic, or something?
I don't know if I really have a point here, just musing. Maybe I'm being nostalgic for when LJ still had that kind of energy.
ontd_startrek is where they really became popular after the 2009 Star Trek reboot movie, although that is the main place I had associated them with anyway, but I remember particularly that there were Potter fandom posts of the type taking off on the Half-Blood Prince film also released in 2009, 'cause, well, just look at this GQMF (for example):But of course people could and did apply the treatment to just about anyone and it was fun. Not that people don't still use the term GQMF on Tumblr (which is the main place I get fan content these days other than RSS feeds from AO3 and DeviantArt) but I guess I miss seeing the meme in full-blown form and not just a tag on a pic, or something?
I don't know if I really have a point here, just musing. Maybe I'm being nostalgic for when LJ still had that kind of energy.
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Date: 2021-10-18 07:05 pm (UTC)