So far all my experiences have been positive. But I come from a very geeky environment, university- and work-wise, so it wasn't anything special from the beginning on. Some people play RPGs extensively; I write about men having sex.
I'm decidly not in the closet - when someone asks, I openly talk about it. It helps that I don't just read fanfiction, but also books with homoerotic content (Poppy Z. Brite, anyone?), so it's not the fandom aspect that makes me special, but rather what I choose to be fannish about.
As for the degree of my involvement in fandom... I whined to several RL people about not being able to attend MJ (whether they understood my anguish is a question best left unasked, but at least I got comfort). A lot of people know that I write, although I tend to not be particular about what I'm writing at the moment (people tend to want to read what I write and comments like "Yeah, but you got to watch this movie first" tend to confuse them).
I, eh, think I tell people I write porn? At least I give pointers. Those who know I participate in fandom know that I write porn, mostly.
I don't know whether I would discuss it at work. I discuss writing per se at work (I have co-worker who writes, too), but we haven't talked much about what we write. I wouldn't hesitate to say that I write homoerotic stuff, but I don't think I'd discuss the explicit stuff extensively. But then such conversations don't come up that often anyway.
I think there is a certain generation gap in dealing with your slash hobby. I am 24 and a computer geek and I grew up in Germany and I think all of that contributes to giving me a certain kind of attitude - I don't care much about what anyone thinks about me and I don't care if I fit in with the general population. My parents are open-minded (my mother knows what I write) and as such they gave me the chance to be however I want to be like. I don't have to be afraid of voicing my opinions anywhere and as such I am very open about my opinions. I do understand that other people grew up in different circumstances, though, and would like to keep their fannish existence private.
(I guess in this aspect it helps that most of my working environment is young, too (my boss is 32), so - young open-minded people all round.)
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Date: 2007-03-31 02:25 pm (UTC)I'm decidly not in the closet - when someone asks, I openly talk about it. It helps that I don't just read fanfiction, but also books with homoerotic content (Poppy Z. Brite, anyone?), so it's not the fandom aspect that makes me special, but rather what I choose to be fannish about.
As for the degree of my involvement in fandom... I whined to several RL people about not being able to attend MJ (whether they understood my anguish is a question best left unasked, but at least I got comfort). A lot of people know that I write, although I tend to not be particular about what I'm writing at the moment (people tend to want to read what I write and comments like "Yeah, but you got to watch this movie first" tend to confuse them).
I, eh, think I tell people I write porn? At least I give pointers. Those who know I participate in fandom know that I write porn, mostly.
I don't know whether I would discuss it at work. I discuss writing per se at work (I have co-worker who writes, too), but we haven't talked much about what we write. I wouldn't hesitate to say that I write homoerotic stuff, but I don't think I'd discuss the explicit stuff extensively. But then such conversations don't come up that often anyway.
I think there is a certain generation gap in dealing with your slash hobby. I am 24 and a computer geek and I grew up in Germany and I think all of that contributes to giving me a certain kind of attitude - I don't care much about what anyone thinks about me and I don't care if I fit in with the general population. My parents are open-minded (my mother knows what I write) and as such they gave me the chance to be however I want to be like. I don't have to be afraid of voicing my opinions anywhere and as such I am very open about my opinions. I do understand that other people grew up in different circumstances, though, and would like to keep their fannish existence private.
(I guess in this aspect it helps that most of my working environment is young, too (my boss is 32), so - young open-minded people all round.)