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

[giglet.livejournal.com]

Does anyone in your real life (besides that Someone Special, if applicable) know about this fan fiction/slash/smut thing?

In some of my communities, I'm out about slash -- and have found that the unlikeliest people are also into slash.

In others (such as my birth family), I'm so far into the closet that they don't even know I'm in the house.

And yes, I keep a strict separation between those communities.

[giglet.livejournal.com]

Also, the joy of sharing with your Someone Special? If you're lucky (and I am), your SS will want to play, too. My husband now wears slash-colored glasses to the movies with me.