Poll: When fan fiction meets real life, what happens?

[thefourthvine]

In America at this time of year, we get extremely used to answering invasive questions from total strangers. So I thought I'd conduct a poll that could yield potentially interesting results.

Basically, I'm curious about how you handle the interaction between your real life and your fan life; as someone who just recently invited a real-life, pre-fandom friend to view this rather fannish LJ, I find this a topic of relevance right now. And it's sure less depressing than all the political polls I've been reading.


[Poll #370787]

Comments

[commodorified.livejournal.com]

Polyamorous. Very married. One husband, one wife, one boyfriend, one girlfriend, two not -exactly-stepkids.

*whew*

It looks like more when I write it down.

I'm fairly open. If I keep my mouth shut it's usually to avoid making someone else uncomfortable; it doesn't worry me especially. My real name is on my lj.

[thefourthvine.livejournal.com]

See, I knew there'd be poly people on my flist, but I couldn't really figure out how to encompass that in a poll without making it so long no one would take it. Hence the "other" option. Thanks for not taking offense; I honestly did try to be inclusive.

I'm impressed that you have your real name on your LJ. And, in general, bravo to you for being so open and yet not dogmatically so (as in, everyone is by god going to hear the explicit details of my entire sex life, including the 83-year-old woman sitting next to me in the doctor's office waiting to get an x-ray, who is clearly in pain and just wants to be left alone). Really, that's about the best attitude I can imagine having - being comfortable with yourself and sensitive to other people's comfort levels.