I've been as guilty of being standoffish as anyone but I think one of the things fans could do better is share their passions for various genre works rather than indulge in in-jokes and jargon. The things that worked best at last year's natcon was just that. People with some knowledge of a subject, and ability to speak well, who are sharing and explaining the love. If we just stick to bemoaning the transmogrification of fanzines into blogs, LJs and podcasts, then new people are going to ignore us.
One of the things I'm getting back from my fillum podcast (http://paleo-cinema.blogspot.com/) is suggesting movies for people and learning from them movies that have slipped under my own radar and I find that mutual recommendation aspect of it very fulfilling.
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Date: 2008-03-26 08:58 am (UTC)One of the things I'm getting back from my fillum podcast (http://paleo-cinema.blogspot.com/) is suggesting movies for people and learning from them movies that have slipped under my own radar and I find that mutual recommendation aspect of it very fulfilling.