I totally agree with Ave and her definition of fandom. I can say that there are many things I like but I don’t excessively spend time with following and “worshipping”. At the moment I like to listen to the band Gossip or The Noisettes but besides the singers name (or not even that) I don’t know anything about the band. Same with all the other artists I like and listen to, mainly for the sake of good music.
The closest I may come to being a fan is the TV series Scrubs. Scrubs is a comedy series playing in a hospital. I love Scrubs and watched all nine seasons from the beginning to the very end at least twice. I had a time when I watched about 10 episodes per week but only because they are all available for online streaming. If I hadn’t found the episodes online I certainly would never have watched all of them. Before I saw them online I watched them when I happened to come across them by accident on telly. I still love to watch it every now and then even though I know it. I had a few occasions when I ended up watching best-of-clips on YouTube, like the best scenes of a certain character or the best quotes. Or I tried to find certain quotes or the favorite ones of other viewers. Also if I learn that new episodes are online I definitely want to watch them but this often happened only weeks later when I actually remembered that I could have a look if there have been any updates.
But again, I don’t collect anything or know more than the content of the series. I don’t even know all the names of the leading actors; I rather watch it because I love the humor and the theme of the show. The same happened when I discovered the TV show How I met Your Mother last September and I ended up watching at least one or two episodes almost daily.
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I don't know, it seems that it's very difficult for me to get obsessed with something. Such as the band i mentioned--HANSON--i used to listen to their songs and practically grow up with their songs.I still like them, but i'm never obsessed. I remember knowing some of the obsessive fans when i was young.They despised me because they think i didn't join the fan club or go to the concert with them. They skip from home and steal money from parents, rushing from different city to see their concert. I admire their courage but I don't think i will do that. I have my own life to deal with. But I think I'm the last person who actually is still listening to their albums right now.And i'm not shame of saying that i love this band. All the other pious fans have already moved on to some other idols or back to their real life. When talking about this band, most of them just see it as a momentary crush or a chapter of the stupid youth.
ReplyDeleteI think the difference between liking and obsession is if you are leting it taking control your life.
Some people who rush from concert to concert screaming seem to love the lifestyle and fanatism itself more than they love the art. As Feather mentioned as well, the obsessive fans may later concentrate their fanatism to something else, and from what I've observed, the target of fanaticism seems to change quite often.
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