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

[raveninthewind.livejournal.com]

Reactions of those I've "outed" myself to has varied from "Hey, that's pretty hot/cool/weird/shocking"; the dive is both becaues of the slash and because of the fannish thing. Like Rowan, I have some non-fannish friends/family who mock me for that alone.

My husband knows of (and fondly tolerates) my fannishness. He knows I meet online friends in person, and go to cons. He knows I wear slash goggles and beta fanfic occasionally (with the implication I read it, although he has no idea how graphic it can get). I don't think he quite understands why so many of my friends are gay, bi or lesbian, but there you go. He dones not know my fannish pseud and we don't speak much of livejournal, so I don't thin he knows I blog as much as I do.

You might as how it is he doesn't know these things--well, he was gone 6 mos. last year and is currently gone for a year (he's in the Guard). In the past I spent a lot of my time with him or with him and our son; family came before online play. When he gets home, he's going to think I am addicted to the Net, I just know it. *g*

Some co-workers found out about my fannish activities (because I was too open with people I considered friends,only it turns out disappointingly that they aren't really my friends, just friendly work acquaintances), and with two of them I regretted it, although nothing bad has happened from it. I just feel uneasy with exposing myself that way when it's not mutual. Not that I am that interested in their personallives, but...mutuality is a safety thing, I guess.

re incomprehensible typo *sigh*

[raveninthewind.livejournal.com]

"the dive is both becaue " should be
"the divide is both because"