October Question Meme: Day Ten

[rogueslayer452]

Asked by dhampyresa:

How did you get into fandom?

Interestingly enough, through LiveJournal. I had lurked around other forums and websites previously, but I hadn't really participated in anything until I had joined LJ in early 2003 (through invite code, btw). Aside from the occasional website visit, I actually wasn't even that into being online all that much until like 2001-2002. So basically, LJ was my first gateway to anything fandom. My main fandoms at the time were, of course, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Harry Potter, and things just grew from there.

Comments

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

Buffy was my first fandom too :)

And I posted on a few message boards (Sparklies, Cross And Stake, Fan Forum), but LJ was probably when I first started getting super into fandom

[rogueslayer452.livejournal.com]

Ah yes, Fan Forum. I never joined, but I remember going on there from time to time looking for pictures of actors/characters, and seeing the interesting threads people started. Hee. And that site is still going on! I'm rather impressed.