Living in a Fandom World
I chose tumblr specifically for its tendency to shape communities based on shared interests. These communities rally behind a certain movie, novel, TV show, or other entertainment platform that has created a world unto itself, even getting into fights over the canon of those fabricated worlds. You learn where loyalties lie, whether with the book canon or the TV/movie canon. I’ve lost myself in these fandoms from time to time like Harry Potter, Doctor Who, Marvel Comics- specifically Guardians of the Galaxy, Game of Thrones and tried to learn the facts and rules of these worlds. It’s also on places like tumblr that these worlds become so real that fans add their own theories in fanons or completely write their own in fanfics. Most of these things are consumer products successfully advertised to the right market, but people create a superficial community around them. I’d like to share some theories from other tumblr bloggers that I like and would defend, if necessary.