somniloquence

Yeah, I kinda hate that whole "studying us" thing that's been increasingly present at our cons lately. Over and over I realize when I talk to these people that they haven't got a damn clue about the history, they only vaguely have an idea of what they're looking into or whatever thesis they have, and most of it comes from online resources or pals or whatever and they don't know anything about the big picture. So while I'm glad that if one of them discovers their fannishness from it they'll become members of our communities, I'm kind of weary--and, well, maybe wary--of it.