Snowflake Day 10

[prisca]

Talk About A Creator/Someone Who Inspired You.

Ohhh, I do love today's challenge. I want to talk about people who lead me to fandom and who inspired me enough to stay there.

First of all, Sean Astin. Of course, I don't know him (well, I've met him once at a convention, but I guess this doesn't count), but without him, I would probably never have made the way into fandom. The first movie I watched with him in a leading role was Lord of the Rings. And his performance of Sam was so great that I wanted to watch more movies with Sean. Okay, I will admit, there are a lot of cheap B-movies, I don't like, but also some very great performances. Like Mr. Smith from Jeremiah. Rudy from Touchdown. Harrison Bergeron. Old, unknown movies and I started to wonder if anyone else besides me had ever heard about them ;) So I ended up surfing through the net and it was unavoidable that I finally discovered fanfiction.

I guess most of you will have already noticed it, that English is not my native language. I was pretty unsure at first if I would be able to make friends at Livejournal. But it was pretty easy; 'with the help of Sean' I soon found a group of people who shared my interests. And who did write the most interesting fanfiction.

First of all honeyandvingar. She used to write the most wonderful 'The Faculty' stories, and I learned to love this fandom before I even watched the movie. At least since that moment, I am hopelessly addicted to fandom and fanfiction. Honey, you will always be the queen of The Faculty for me.

Sometime later, I dared to write my first Jeremiah ficlets, written in horrible English, as I know today. Nevertheless, I got nice, encouraging comments, and it felt sooo great to be a part of a community that loved the same stuff as I did. I would like to say thank you to everyone who was there for me back then (and who is still around). Sadly not so many anymore; a lot of people did move on to other interests or left their journals behind. But that's a different story.

Another one I need to mention here is Mews. Sadly she passed away about two years ago, but I am so thankful that I have met her (even if only online). She was one of the most kind, encouraging people I have ever met. A brilliant writer, too; I am glad that I have saved all her stories at my PC so that I can re-read them when I want.

She was the one who let me dare it to write my very first The Faculty story. Short backstory: One time, she posted about a group named 'Celtic Thunder,' and because I was curious, I followed her links. And I fall in love with the group and their music (today I own almost every CD they have ever published, and even after about ten years I'm still listening to them).

As a 'thank you,' I decided to write a little something for her. And because the Jeremiah Fandom doesn't seem to fit, I finally choose The Faculty. This was the result: Like a bird without wings, based on a song of Celtic Thunder. Now, after re-reading it, I am sitting here, with tears in my eyes (and the song in my head); this was the beginning of an exhilarating trip that still lasts, and I know without Mews (and all the other wonderful people around) I would probably never have made this step.

Comments

[sperrywink]

What a wonderful and heartfelt tribute to those that enriched your fandom experience. I love how previous fans helped you and now you can be the same for newer fans.

[spikedluv]

What a beautiful post. *hugs*

[prisca]

Thank you :)

[prisca]

Thank you :)

[primwood]

Oh, what a touching story. You really got the feeling of Casey's dismay that Zeke may withdraw into himself. You got the feeling of someone worried that someone who means so much to them might go away. I'm so glad it didn't go that direction. It's beautiful. Thanks, Prisca.

[prisca]

Thank you :)