Tagged: fandom

What the Geek Community Needs to Improve

While it’s true that some of the most supportive people I have ever met come from the geek community, I have also come across my fair share of trolls and bullies.

30 Day Geek Out Challenge – Day 21

I don’t have a sappy story about how my fandoms brought me through dark times or anything like that. But there is something my nerdy hobbies have given me – a sense of community with others who share my passions.

30 Day Geek Out Challenge – Day 7

I didn’t grow up in a superhero family. Sure, I watched Batman cartoons on TV when I was a kid, and my parents kind of liked that Superman show that was on for a while starring Dean Cain.

30 Day Geek Out Challenge – Day 2

I’ve been a Star Wars fan for many years, but it wasn’t until the last couple years that I also became a… Reylo shipper (Rey and Kylo Ren/Ben Solo from the sequel Star Wars trilogy).

30 Day Geek Out Challenge – Day 1

One of the first things I really got obsessed over was the Animorphs book series by K.A. Applegate, in elementary school. I didn’t even know what a fandom was at that point, but I was definitely a part of it. I read EVERY. SINGLE. BOOK. All 64 of them.

The 5 Best Fictional Characters To Invite for a Night Out

Many of us nerds like to imagine what it would be like to meet our favorite fictional characters. After all, there are hoards of fanfiction pieces exploring scenarios where the author is inserted into a fictional universe; or the opposite, fictional characters living in the real world.