I don't know if this is precisely the same point you're making, but in several media conventions I go to, I hear the word "fandoms" (plural), as in "which fandoms are you into?" Trek fandom is different than BSG fandom which is different than anime fandom (of which there are zillions of sub-fandoms) which is different than Magic: The Gathering fandom.
And so on. Clearly, there might be overlap, and that's fine.
Frankly, I like this construction. I can still be Olde Sk001 and talk about Ess Eff Fandom ("I may be the only person you'll ever meet who'e published a fanzine on a hectograph") while eschewing terms like "sci fi" (no hyphen). And that's fine.
Also, it makes it easier to explain why I never read fanfic. I'm not in that fandom (or any of those fandoms), and they understand the terminology.
Also part II: I can use the term "young whippersnapper" and it generates the proper response. Usually.
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Date: 2011-07-09 12:56 am (UTC)And so on. Clearly, there might be overlap, and that's fine.
Frankly, I like this construction. I can still be Olde Sk001 and talk about Ess Eff Fandom ("I may be the only person you'll ever meet who'e published a fanzine on a hectograph") while eschewing terms like "sci fi" (no hyphen). And that's fine.
Also, it makes it easier to explain why I never read fanfic. I'm not in that fandom (or any of those fandoms), and they understand the terminology.
Also part II: I can use the term "young whippersnapper" and it generates the proper response. Usually.