#the extremely individual nature of tumblr makes it all much more bearable over here

[valerieofavonlea]

Is it common now to throw yourself into a fandom while you're still in the middle of watching/reading/playing the thing? I don't think I've ever tried jumping into discussion and fandom interaction without first catching up to the most recent book/episode/movie/game/what have you. One, because I don't want spoilers and that's a surefire way to get them, and two, I can't really contribute much other than liveblogging/reactions posts, because chances are that if I'm only working with part of a series' worth of knowledge then I'm at best only going to be retreading the same ground already covered by many a discussion. And a bonus third reason: established fandoms have discourse and memes and history and do's and don't's. I want to be a part of and see all of it. Handicapping myself and everyone I would interact with doesn't seem very fun at all