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Questions to ponder part 11
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: Rose on July 28, 2014, 09:20:18 PM ---So real world me is like...fanfic me lite?
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I feel that way too, like I am most "myself" online, which is really kind of sad LOL. I have always been kind of shy and reserved in real life, though, and I'm not like that online. I care too much about what people think of me in real life, whereas I don't worry about being judged by random people on the internet because I know who my real friends are and who gets me, and that's all that matters. But I wish I could be more open like that in real life. Then again, I might scare people LOL. And while there aren't many consequences online, there are in real life, especially when you work with children and are supposed to be seen as a role model. I think some of the shit I write would make people wonder about me in real life LOL.
Rose:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on July 28, 2014, 11:27:36 PM ---I feel that way too, like I am most "myself" online, which is really kind of sad LOL. I have always been kind of shy and reserved in real life, though, and I'm not like that online. I care too much about what people think of me in real life, whereas I don't worry about being judged by random people on the internet because I know who my real friends are and who gets me, and that's all that matters. But I wish I could be more open like that in real life. Then again, I might scare people LOL. And while there aren't many consequences online, there are in real life, especially when you work with children and are supposed to be seen as a role model. I think some of the shit I write would make people wonder about me in real life LOL.
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LOL awww.
Yeah I know a lot of the stuff I/we say or joke about might get people wondering wtf is wrong with us and we don't need that. I've gotten better over the years but I used to be shy in person as well. It's funny, cause like just before we first met in person I was scared LOL. Because I wasn't sure how we'd vibe in real life or if I could still be like my random crazy self. Obviously that wasn't a problem but it's funny how online you can just be you without any issues because there's less consequences.
FrickingKaos:
I am a bit reserved in real life too Julie, it takes me a minute to get comfortable with people because of my social anxiety, but once I do I am like how I am on Twitter. Twitter has helped me be more comfortable with talking to people and I am working on that in real life too.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: rebellious_one on July 28, 2014, 09:50:13 PM --- It was shortly after Black & Blue era, maybe pre Never Gone era, that I became a closet fan. No one knew I was on forums chatting about the guys or getting news about them, no one knew I still wrote or read fanfic... it was a world I was beginning to think no one would understand, and I didn't really want them to.
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This is when it changed for me too. During the Millennium era, everyone liked the Backstreet Boys. All my friends were fans, my sister was a fan, even my parents and grandparents put up with them because they knew how much we liked them. When I first discovered fanfic, I showed all my friends, and we actually read it together. I just never told them when I started writing it.
By the time Black & Blue came out, most of my friends had moved on. We had started high school, and I guess they sort of grew out of the BSB thing, and I didn't. So that's when I became more of a closet fan because I felt like I was being immature for still loving this boyband so much. Now I'm a lot more open about liking them because it's become kind of cool again, like a 90s nostalgia thing. I don't care so much about people judging my taste in music; I get that most adults still like the music they grew up on, and for me, that's BSB. But the fanfic thing takes it to another level, so I will always keep that in the closet LOL.
Rose:
Dude I freaking love how 90s nostalgia is cool again. I hid my fandom from NG till the last couple years or so. Thanks to the nostalgia and "This Is The End", it's okay to openly like them again. I don't get judged for it the way I was around B&B so I acted like I moved on LOL.
Fanfic will stay in the closet though. It's just not something I want to share openly.
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