Meta question + podfic + writing

[luzula]

1) I feel stupid for not knowing this, but: what is meant by the expression "media fandom"? I mean, don't we experience everything through a medium, whether it's books, TV, movies, music, comics, etc? I can't figure out what things wouldn't be included.

2) tinypinkmouse recorded a podfic of my Sleeping Beauty story Skogens hjärta (the English version is The Seed of a Forest). And wow, I love it so much! It sounds like a whole new story, and I just love her Finnish-Swedish accent. This podfic made my day (or possibly my whole week). medrin, you should listen to this--I think you'd enjoy it.

3) Am working on another fairy tale fic, and this time it's Little Red Riding Hood. I know, I know, I should be working on my Remix story (or on the second draft of my other WIP), but this one just wants to come out. I've written 1700 words of it in two days, which is very fast writing for me.

Comments

[princessofgeeks]

i agree it's not a very exact term -- i imagine it's about all media as you say, not just TV or movies or comics, and media to distinguish it from, say, sports fandom or postage stamp collecting or something like that. we're fans of works that come in media, i guess.

i thought it might be short for mass media, but that makes less sense because of the books thing.

[luzula]

According to comments below, "media fandom" seems to be narrower than "being a fan of things that come in media", and have historical origins. But yeah, it's not really self-evident what it means when you first come across it.