I don't always talk about the things I like

[conuly]

This is probably a holdover from adolescence or something - I don't want to feel I'm getting laughed at by people who think what I like is stupid. (And this comes up more often than you think! "Has anybody ever liked book/movie/tv show that you're supposed to like?" Um, me? "Hahaha, nope, nobody because it sucks!" Um....)

So I've been thinking about this for a while, and I don't think I've posted it because of what I said above, but I really like Megamind, and I like Megamind fanfiction, and this is one of the cutest fanfics you will read. (Content note: Teacher-sanctioned bullying ahoy! This is probably canon anyway.)

But that's not what's been percolating in my head. Megamind is a seriously small fandom (rules: watch the movie. agree it got screwed by Dreamworks. there, now you're a card carrying member of the fandom - and step one isn't strictly necessary anyway), but it certainly has accrued an awful lot of widely-accepted fanon. Megamind and Metroman's "real names". Megamind eating an tons of sugar. Megamind and Roxanne playing card games if Metroman doesn't show up quickly. But maybe this is how it works? Maybe the smaller the fandom, the more rapidly little bits of lore perpetuate themselves throughout the entire cloud?

I clearly need to insinuate myself into more fandoms of varying sizes and then evaluate them carefully for widely-accepted fanon. But who has the time? Honestly, I already have so much to catch up on. I need more hours in the day, and also a reset button.

This post was more coherent in my head. I apologize.

Comments

[heliopausa]

I enjoyed Megamind very much, though I'm not in the fandom.

There's not only not enough hours in the day, it turns out there's not enough days in the year.

[conuly]

Or in a lifetime. I did the math once. Even if you live to be 100, you still don't get more than 36,525 days. And the first thousand or so don't count.

[conuly]

But regarding Megamind fandom, it is actually possible to sit down and read every single fic over the course of a week or so, while still not losing any sleep. (Two weeks if you don't take off work.) So there is that.

[gingicat]

Megamind is one of our favorite movies, and it's one we used to teach the kids that you can always come back from being bad. We should watch it again.

[conuly]

it's one we used to teach the kids that you can always come back from being bad.

Unless you're Hal. That guy is an utter creep.

[alatefeline]

I like Megamind too.

[conuly]

So read the fic. It's really adorable :)

[alatefeline]

I did, just now; well recommended. But I actually found it really upsetting.

It's a beautiful fic, don't get me wrong. But every bit of the bullying is things that really happen, and often without the happy ending, and while some people process their own troubles better with a lighter setting, I find humor and angst a difficult combination. I identify so much with Roxanne and Syx both, in different ways; I was an isolated, bullied kid too. And now, I work as a teacher so I am constantly on alert trying to protect my kids from themselves, each other, colleagues screwing up, and myself screwing up. And I am horribly aware that the teacher-sanctioned bullying isn't unrealistic, just less cloaked than is common, and I feel both betrayed by and guilty about that on behalf of my profession. So I felt kinda shaky after reading it. I was glad the warning was there, but I probably should've stopped reading. It was a good fic, though, so that kept me going. But now I need something fluffier...

[conuly]

*hugs*

I didn't mean to upset you! If you like The Flash as well you might try Clowder of Chaos. I don't like the writing style as much, though.

[alatefeline]

*hugs* You didn't upset me. My own history and my ignoring a well-placed warning upset me. I'm okay now.

[conuly]

I'm glad to hear it. Try this, a palate cleanser - nothing even a little traumatic, even if you squint.