OMG I'm such a great fan!!!

As probably everyone already knows, we live in a world of mass production and mass media. I don't want to get into detail here. My point is, today fandom is present everywhere. When I did my shopping the other day for some milk and bread in the store, I discovered yogurt for Disney fans. Maybe you can imagine how i reacted to this. There is one thing that life toughed me: If you see something with your favourite book, movie or TV show on it, TAKE IT no matter what. 

Well, isn't that strange? Would you do the same? I know that this attitude is not curable, however, there are much more extreme fans than me, to be sure. And they are all part of a fandom community, which means they know everything about a book, movie, comic or TV show and even beyond it. They usually have their own clubs, go to cosplay events (short for costume play) where they dress up like their favourite characters or they create their own fandom art, for example, on tumblr.

Only fans understand this.

In general, those people are seen as geeky, loners or even as creepy. Might be that some people really exaggerate in being obsessed with non-existent places, people, objects, names, stories or creatures. However, if you keep it contained and know your limits it is actually fun. You can exchange thoughts and opinions about something you recently have read. In addition, sometimes even recommend a new story that you like and think the other person would like to know abut it too. Additionally, some people are very focused on one particular thing which is not very exciting. Knowing about a wide range of recent, very addictive media is more affective if you want to have a topic to talk about with other fans.

To make it clear: I do not claim that I have absolutely no part in this fandom phenomenon. On the contrary! For example, I grew up with the Harry Potter books (and then the movies). I'm still convinced that something happened to my owl, so that is why I didn't get my Hogwarts letter when I was ten years old. Anyhow, I enjoyed the books instead and I still get goosebumps when I am re-reading them.