A Fan is an Obsessive Individual: What Defines Fandom
Words: 1001 941Before college I thought fans were the people who painted their faces at football games or lined up overnight for concert tickets. My roommate Jake corrected me during freshman orientation when he spent forty minutes explaining why one anime director's camera angles made every other show unwatchable. He owned three hardcover art books about a single animated series and could name the voice actors for characters who appeared in two episodes. I nodded politely and assumed he was unusual, but […]