This was so incredibly fascinating to me, and so very relevant today. I am proud to say that I am part of fandoms, but I find that a lot of people like to judge and that isn't cool. I loved how adults analyzed fandoms and brought their beauty out for the world to see: it doesn't make you weird, because all a fandom is is people getting together and loving something. Don't we need more love in the world anyway? I know that personally I have made many new friends that I have met through my fandoms
MLP, Doctor Who, Halo, COD, Legend of Zelda, a lot of animes, homestuck, even Magic the Gathering im in so many fandoms I love it :D idc what society thinks of me, go ahead call me what you will im just doing what makes me happy :D
Wow, this is amazing stuff. PBS should do a series of videos focusing on different fandoms and the separate sections of each, breaking down their place in the overall fanbase and expanding on what form of public reaction it might stir up. You've shown bronies like me in general, but give some spotlight to the humanizers, the Tumblr RP blogs, and maybe even the clop artists to show the many ways in which a fandom can branch out. This is a subject that requires deeper investigation.
Yeah, their whole promotion of "love and tolerance" makes me smile X3 Now if we could just need to all come together even when there's no convention my wish will be fulfilled
This video has a lot of positive draw on fandoms. Myself Im apart of the furry fandom. It has greatly gave me a positive outlook on life and have built many friendships as well. It's always such a delight on how some people can come together under one roof to be apart of something.
I don't mod anyone's fandoms. As long as they are doing what they love. Fandom gives us art, music, animation, and so much more. I love how they put homestuck in there for about 5 seconds. XD
There are always 2 oposite sides, like day and night, life and death. There is always someone or a group of people with diferent ideals that doesnt like the ideals of the other group. Some people just cant get along with each other, until one side is eliminated the other just cant go on with its life. Its quite depressing to realise that war is a necessary "evil".
Haha, well, I'm actually 16. But when I join a fandom, I want to go at it full force. Right now I have so many other things to concentrate on, though - final year of school, sports etc., so I'm happy on the sidelines for now :)
AWESOME and openminded video and view on fandoms. Am a Brony personally and I was admittedly surprised to hear that Transformers supposedly have many female fans. Just didn't expect it really! In any case, I hope fandoms will continue to thrive and continue to challenge others views, thoughts and opinions as I think it's both healthy and important for us as a society.
I wouldn't go as far as saying ALL of them, but a great example of a charity going on right now is with the Bronies and Benders(Avatar TLA/Legend of Korra) fanbases. On Reddit, they're both doing a bunch of competitions and one of them involves donating. People who donate can sometimes win prizes from the contest holders, and the higher you donate = the better prizes that can be won. Surprisingly enough, one brony has donated $4000! I don't know exactly what the charity is for, but damn.
Thanks so much for this! This helped me prove to my mother that I'm not weird, or crazy, or "completely alone in my outrageous beliefs" for dressing and acting like I do for my fandoms, and slightly deepend our relationship. She even wants to go to conventions and help me with my costumes. Thak you so much!
I'm glad and regretful to say I still don't know what it is. I want to but then I don't think I want to because I don't know if I can't mentally handle requiring that information, I am unsure of what it would do to me....
wow, very nice video PBS. Impressive once again! As a member of the brony, pokemon, zelda, anime, vocaloid... ETC as a member of MANY fandoms.... brohoof/brohug/whatever for everyone
Cybertronians. It may be similar, but it's not the same. It's not just flexibility- most of the fandom has this idea that they have no concept of gender whatsoever, except perhaps as a (rare) form of aesthetic preference.
Really? Cause friends and family were curious as to why I like it. After explaining, they took a look themselves and found it enjoyable. As for strangers on the streets, I'm not obliged to please them and be accepted in their eyes, so I couldn't give a shit.
Much as I love TF fandom, this video is the sort of thing that would make most people afraid to admit to even having a passing interest in Transformers. It makes it sound like the whole fandom is just one giant den of perverts who have the hots for robots. Even the MLP segment shows a better representation. Also, where the hell is the Homestuck segment? That's a much larger fanbase, with arguably a lot more weird social issues to poke at.
I'm going to take a moment to make the comments look nicer: Sherlock, Doctor Who, Harry Potter, Avengers, Merlin, Supernatural, Hunger Games, Eragon, Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Walking Dead.
I always knew a fandom can inspire society, but the way they present it is mind-boggling! It makes me think deeper not only into my favorite series, but into my own self and how I help contribute to society! Good video, PBS!
I kinda may form part of almost all of the fandom shown in the video.... I'm proud of them all XD I saw the homestuck trolls in there lol they looked funny!
I think the same argument about fanfic writers exploring gender flexibility in Transformers fandom could apply to fanfic writers in the Homestuck fandom. Trolls (the alien species in Homestuck) have a gender/sexuality flexibility quite similar to what's being described with.... errrmmm... I don't really know what the specific species name for Transformers is, sorry. But what I'm saying is it's quite a similar situation.
Why don't corporations want transformative things like fan fiction? Because it doesn't make them the mountains of cash they crave. Gotta support that crack habit, after all!
Yes, but the thing is we as individuals must also find balance between our fandom's culture and general society that we live in. We cannot live all our lives as a brony or Potter fan on the Internet, only appearing in public with some form of Potter or Pony merchandise on us, we must also be able to live and function IRL so to speak. No don't get me wrong, a health fandom is by all means good, but if it grows to dominate ones life and interests, than a problem has occurred.
An interesting overview, but I'm getting increasingly tired of the "OMG, the studios are the bad guys and they are going to come after you and they're so wrong"... Has anyone, other than me, actually TALKED to the studios? Because in my discussions, they _support_ fanworks. And Canada's new Copyright Act has a specific User-Generated Content exception which would cover fanworks- at least the not-for-profit kind.
K-popper fo' LIFE! Now, k-pop has a lot of fandoms, so these are the one's I am: V.I.P (Big Bang) Blackjack (2NE1) Boice (CN Blue) BBC (Block B) Hottest (2PM) I'm proud of my fandom! (even if it isn't one of the main ones)
I don't think they did the Transformers fandom any justice. Not that I know anything about it, but... SHIPPING SHIPPING SHIPPING SHIPPING SHIPPING That was painful. Surely that's not all they got.
The Transformer Romance was a bit disturbing......I mean...They're ROBOTS. I know, that even though they are 100% Mechanical, they still somehow have feelings.....Meh, whatever. I guess it all just comes down to the fact that I hate shipping. Anyone else agree with me???
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Wow, they're seriously talking about the MLP:FIM fandom, right on! *they then talk about gay transformers* Um... okay, it's a free country I guess. *then talk about fans of a guy who killed 12 poeple* Ok, that's it, I'm outa here!
(cont) but you could also argue that even your unique concept is vaguely based off of someones creation. The truth is, it all leads back to someone else's creation...someone elses art...so yeah you are, as you put it "expanding" on someone else's idea. again not saying fanfic in general is bad...only saying that if it is all you do it can be.
You don't watch looney tunes or adult swim or read comics in the newspaper? Enjoying things that are usually the purview of children is not that uncommon. How many people do you see going to go see disney/pixar films who aren't going with a child who are adults? Loads. Because often enough the stories in these "childish" things are engaging enough that anyone can enjoy them.
Well... Damn people need to get along. I mean very few people can actually tolerate another because of different fandoms. I don't hate any of the known fandoms just the media and people spreading biased opinions about them...
kpop fan culture so crazy how involved get goes beyond just loving them never knew fans in kpop actually pay attention to company, contract , stock, ceo, investments and sales. than fandoms provide catering for idols and offically applying to fandom including register number to apply. fandoms even get involved in charity work on there own amazing crazy
Fandoms are incredible, bringing people together like that. Fandoms are life changing. Fandoms are pillars of hope for people. They're just... amazing. I can't wait to be a part of a few when I'm older.
im having a finals next week, one question is about cultural trends and new fandom theories. this video taught me more than research in like 3 publications. thanks a lot for illuminating a topic! great job
I don't like nor respect bronies because I personally see it as just a fad that will most likely either disappear or evolve into something worse. Bronies that I've seen comment on the internet typically tend to have an elitist tone and always have to be on their high horse (no pun originally intended) looking down upon those who disagree with them. However, to me, bronies are good at being trolls, so I'll give them that.
I think Fandoms can really change the view on society. Like the Bronies who watch a Show about Ponies, which is normally considered as something gay, and i totally love that BUT Fandoms like the Bronies also have to be careful, and not let it take over there lives. A prime example is the Brony Pizzahut Disaster, which made me really ashamed. But of course, you shouldn't judge a fandom just because of one video. Great Video into the faves you go.
I feel like this entire video is very lacking, and it also does not represent the fandoms that are ACTUALLY popular these days. I saw brief mentions of Doctor Who, but I'm almost 100% sure Bronies and Transformer fans do not represent the fandom community in the slightest.
i'm not even part of the my little pony fandom and I want to smack you i am SICK of people who bash people simply because they are different and because they have a negitive steryotype applied to them, so please for the sake of my sanity could the hatefull people stop? please? your worse than those really anoying anime fans( you know the ones that like one anime and think every thing else sucks)
hmm. interesting video. i like the whole legitimizing of fan culture and its portrayal in a predominately positive light but its also really easy to come off as negative especially with the whole holmies shit. most fans aren't involved with any of that and it kinda misrepresents them but i guess that how it is. the especially loud and stupid few ruin it for the majority of awesome fans.
I'd like to take a moment and point out that for one, I cannot change your views on furry. It is a persons choice to feel how they feel towards one thing, or many for that fact. But for your biased opinion trying to demeaner what I'm apart of, is truely innapropriate and quite honestly is inacurate on many levels. This is something that im very passionate about and is apart of who I'am, your disgust and misinformation can and should be directed somewhere else!
I don't know how to feel about that Transformers yaoi... seriously? They're robots. They can't get aroused or be gay. Bronies... they like a show that isn't even good and make a big deal about it. Homestuck... same thing. That webcomic is awful and yet, people make a big deal about it. And finally... Holmies? Seriously? Could you be any more fucked up? That's just sick.
this was not a video about fandom, it was a video about how nerds pervert all my favorite comics, movies, cartoons by devoting their free time distorting them by writing gay sexual stories and drawings. i never asked to see optimus prime makeouting with anybody, let alone megatron.. thanks
*Snerk* I was like, "hmmm, an episode on how fandoms are changing the world. I wonder how long until-" and then it got towards the end and bam, Homestuck cosplay troupe. :P The last few days have been "Homestuck is now going to take over the internet, hey there, let me tell you about it."
Haha brilliant. I came to this video from some random website and before I'd even opened the video I knew the comments were going to be filled with brony and anti-brony comments
And that is incredible to me. One point that people who are quick to judge or people that don't understand say is like "you're wasting your life watching that show," or "You need to do something better." But my question is, does it really matter? Participating from a fandom isn't dangerous or reckless, but it is giving people something they can escape to and find joy in. Sometimes we all need to escape, and a fandom could be a great way to do that. Although it is mainly through the Internet,
That's just it: They didn't! Alexa's writing is actually pretty good, even if I'm not a fan of the subject matter, but she should not be the face of our fandom. She's nowhere near influential enough, nor is her stuff representative of the majority of fan works. They would've done much better getting somebody like James Roberts, a long-time fan and fanfic writer who is now writing for the canon IDW comics, to talk about how fandom can influence the franchise it comes from.
I think it's not just about liking the show, it's sort of a statement against gender stereotypes. Something like: I'm heterosexual male, yet I'm not afraid to expose my soft side. If it was just about liking the show, it would never become such a big deal. It's exactly the kind of strong reactions you made, that makes it so appealing as sort of a gender punk movement. (for the record I'm not a brony, but I think I understand the motives)
The words you used are just fancier ways of saying the same thing I said.I am not opposed to people expanding on the story. In fact I quite enjoy fanfic myself. I am merely saying when that's all you DRAW/WRITE then you are hindering yourself as an artist. Part of art is exploring different styles so that you can take your OWN interpretation and offer up something uniquely you...you may have a unique concept but not character/style which is important to art.
Well, I see fandoms as this; in fiction, writers create a world they see as more preferable to the one we have. Those who follow that world agree or identify with the ideals set by that world. When banded together, they share their own spins on that world and possibly even try to create it in our reality. Art imitates life, life imitates art. Fandoms are just trying to change the world for the better.
The problem is, though, yes, all this could be found with a simple search, most people don't look into things before they judge. Many people who dislike many fandoms will just blindly insult it without doing any actual research. This is a good way to say: "Hey, fandoms, though they have their dark sides (like the Holmies) for the most part, they can be really beneficial." Besides, they'd have to do a lot longer video if they wanted to get much deeper. This was more of just an overview.
With what Prof. Coppa says, I wonder... You think of all these communities being separated by physical space. Print, then the other media, made storytelling more immediate across space, but in a very stratified way. But now storytelling can be immediate in a much less stratified way. But I guess I wonder, is there a new space across which we're stratified? Is it internal? Cultural? One of cultural choices? I wonder, is there a space out (or in) there (here) for the next new media to "conquer?"
The way they use the word Fandom at the beginning makes me cringe. Still, really good video, even if some of those lines from the transformers fan-fics are never, ever going to leave my brain. ಠ_ಠ I must say that this is the first video I've seen where they singled out pictures of more radical and, for lack of a better term, enthusiastic bronies, in which I haven't had any issues with it. Usually pictures like that are used to misrepresent the fandom. I didn't get that feeling this time.
That wasn't too bad of an episode about fandoms. There's a great many and this a pretty good pick of the many out there, along with a couple pictures thrown in to show the scope of everything. The one thing that was not very good were the sexual and erotic sides of it. That's not something most people would want to see first though it does exist. Anyhow, a good starting guide to how most of these fandoms tick with a couple of special sides to each one.
Trust me, you aren't. There's a usually pretty stark divide between the side of the internet where they keep the robot slash and the side of the internet where they keep the rest of the TF fandom, and it's pretty easy to just ignore the former part. Which apparently the people who made this video didn't care to even mention because "GENDER ISSUES YEAH MAN".
One last thing about gender issues in TF fandom: There was a LOT of backlash from the fandom when writers decided to go the way of "they have no gender!" in the IDW comics, and made the only "feminine" character the homicidally insane result of some mad scientist's social experiment. And let me tell you, most of us would like to forget that it ever happened.
ooooh ME!!!!!!!!!!!! hi total anime nerd minor gamer love books and can't stand main stream music. if you check around at librayrs and stuff they might have an anime club (i'm part of 2, 1 at school and another at a library) and most of them are into this stuff (from my expirence) so you might have some luck there! GOOD LUCK!
As with most shows designed for children the creators typically add content to engage adults (I imagine parents, usually) that might be watching. MLP took a different rout and catered to that portion of the audience when they realized how many adults were watching, while maintaining the integrity of the content that's enjoyed by the younger viewers.
Whoawhoawhoa wait. So making Transformers have smexy time and being in your thirties but having an obsession with Ponies is fine, but dressing up as an animal whether it be for your own entertainment, sexual purposes, or to entertain the children is wrong? Screw it, dun wanna be right! -throws on fursuit and runs to walmart-
This was so incredibly fascinating to me, and so very relevant today. I am proud to say that I am part of fandoms, but I find that a lot of people like to judge and that isn't cool. I loved how adults analyzed fandoms and brought their beauty out for the world to see: it doesn't make you weird, because all a fandom is is people getting together and loving something. Don't we need more love in the world anyway? I know that personally I have made many new friends that I have met through my fandoms
I'm in many fandoms. I have a whole instagram account dedicated to my fandoms.
MLP, Doctor Who, Halo, COD, Legend of Zelda, a lot of animes, homestuck, even Magic the Gathering im in so many fandoms I love it :D idc what society thinks of me, go ahead call me what you will im just doing what makes me happy :D
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Wow, this is amazing stuff. PBS should do a series of videos focusing on different fandoms and the separate sections of each, breaking down their place in the overall fanbase and expanding on what form of public reaction it might stir up. You've shown bronies like me in general, but give some spotlight to the humanizers, the Tumblr RP blogs, and maybe even the clop artists to show the many ways in which a fandom can branch out. This is a subject that requires deeper investigation.
AMEN!
Yeah, their whole promotion of "love and tolerance" makes me smile X3
Now if we could just need to all come together even when there's no convention my wish will be fulfilled
This video has a lot of positive draw on fandoms. Myself Im apart of the furry fandom. It has greatly gave me a positive outlook on life and have built many friendships as well. It's always such a delight on how some people can come together under one roof to be apart of something.
Seven minutes about fandoms? WAIT! LET ME GET MY POPCORN!
I don't mod anyone's fandoms. As long as they are doing what they love. Fandom gives us art, music, animation, and so much more. I love how they put homestuck in there for about 5 seconds. XD
There are always 2 oposite sides, like day and night, life and death.
There is always someone or a group of people with diferent ideals that doesnt like the ideals of the other group.
Some people just cant get along with each other, until one side is eliminated the other just cant go on with its life.
Its quite depressing to realise that war is a necessary "evil".
It probably isn't, it's just that the more flamboyant, the more you are going to stand out.
This is such an interesting series; I especially enjoyed this episode though, fandom is huge and yet so little people know of it.
Who doesn't wanna imagine a world with magic and happiness and awesome flying ponies?
I haven't seen it yet! I haven't been able to get any of the videos in my possession!
Haha, well, I'm actually 16. But when I join a fandom, I want to go at it full force. Right now I have so many other things to concentrate on, though - final year of school, sports etc., so I'm happy on the sidelines for now :)
AWESOME and openminded video and view on fandoms. Am a Brony personally and I was admittedly surprised to hear that Transformers supposedly have many female fans. Just didn't expect it really! In any case, I hope fandoms will continue to thrive and continue to challenge others views, thoughts and opinions as I think it's both healthy and important for us as a society.
I wouldn't go as far as saying ALL of them, but a great example of a charity going on right now is with the Bronies and Benders(Avatar TLA/Legend of Korra) fanbases. On Reddit, they're both doing a bunch of competitions and one of them involves donating. People who donate can sometimes win prizes from the contest holders, and the higher you donate = the better prizes that can be won. Surprisingly enough, one brony has donated $4000! I don't know exactly what the charity is for, but damn.
Thanks so much for this! This helped me prove to my mother that I'm not weird, or crazy, or "completely alone in my outrageous beliefs" for dressing and acting like I do for my fandoms, and slightly deepend our relationship. She even wants to go to conventions and help me with my costumes. Thak you so much!
PBS Idea Channel... and now this. What is PBS and why is it so awsome?! :)
Nice job keep up the good stuff
This channel really needs more views/subscribers its pretty awesome!
I've really been enjoying this video series. Thank you so much for making it!
"oppose the heteronormative...blah, blah, blah."
What an interesting phrase used to describe pandering.
This video basically helped me with my research paper. I love it!
I'm glad and regretful to say I still don't know what it is. I want to but then I don't think I want to because I don't know if I can't mentally handle requiring that information, I am unsure of what it would do to me....
I just subscribed.
I like the professional look at emerging trends.
All this can be a really beautiful thing.
5th
its really awesome that pbs has moved to youtube.
In the future so near we might not even know if it has alrady past our era, the definitive opposite of Fandom might actually be a simple Apathy.
I waited all the video for 6:32 XD Homestucks of course...
wow, very nice video PBS. Impressive once again! As a member of the brony, pokemon, zelda, anime, vocaloid... ETC as a member of MANY fandoms.... brohoof/brohug/whatever for everyone
Cybertronians. It may be similar, but it's not the same. It's not just flexibility- most of the fandom has this idea that they have no concept of gender whatsoever, except perhaps as a (rare) form of aesthetic preference.
Great info and presentation!
Really? Cause friends and family were curious as to why I like it. After explaining, they took a look themselves and found it enjoyable. As for strangers on the streets, I'm not obliged to please them and be accepted in their eyes, so I couldn't give a shit.
Nice to see my fanfiction at the :39 second mark of this video.
Long life to the Brony Collective!
What about other book ransoms like hunger games, divergent and the maze runner? I am in the maze runner fandom and i love to create fan art
Much as I love TF fandom, this video is the sort of thing that would make most people afraid to admit to even having a passing interest in Transformers. It makes it sound like the whole fandom is just one giant den of perverts who have the hots for robots. Even the MLP segment shows a better representation. Also, where the hell is the Homestuck segment? That's a much larger fanbase, with arguably a lot more weird social issues to poke at.
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Sherlock, Doctor Who, Harry Potter, Avengers, Merlin, Supernatural, Hunger Games, Eragon, Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Walking Dead.
I always knew a fandom can inspire society, but the way they present it is mind-boggling! It makes me think deeper not only into my favorite series, but into my own self and how I help contribute to society! Good video, PBS!
What about the rest of the fandoms?😒
I kinda may form part of almost all of the fandom shown in the video.... I'm proud of them all XD
I saw the homestuck trolls in there lol they looked funny!
I think the same argument about fanfic writers exploring gender flexibility in Transformers fandom could apply to fanfic writers in the Homestuck fandom. Trolls (the alien species in Homestuck) have a gender/sexuality flexibility quite similar to what's being described with.... errrmmm... I don't really know what the specific species name for Transformers is, sorry. But what I'm saying is it's quite a similar situation.
> Serious thought provoking video
> Explicitly references Transformers Erotic Fanfiction
you caught me off guard there, PBS.
Why don't corporations want transformative things like fan fiction? Because it doesn't make them the mountains of cash they crave. Gotta support that crack habit, after all!
Yes, but the thing is we as individuals must also find balance between our fandom's culture and general society that we live in. We cannot live all our lives as a brony or Potter fan on the Internet, only appearing in public with some form of Potter or Pony merchandise on us, we must also be able to live and function IRL so to speak. No don't get me wrong, a health fandom is by all means good, but if it grows to dominate ones life and interests, than a problem has occurred.
An interesting overview, but I'm getting increasingly tired of the "OMG, the studios are the bad guys and they are going to come after you and they're so wrong"... Has anyone, other than me, actually TALKED to the studios? Because in my discussions, they _support_ fanworks. And Canada's new Copyright Act has a specific User-Generated Content exception which would cover fanworks- at least the not-for-profit kind.
I fail to understand how Holmies popped up. Are they trolling?
K-popper fo' LIFE! Now, k-pop has a lot of fandoms, so these are the one's I am:
V.I.P (Big Bang)
Blackjack (2NE1)
Boice (CN Blue)
BBC (Block B)
Hottest (2PM)
I'm proud of my fandom! (even if it isn't one of the main ones)
I don't think they did the Transformers fandom any justice.
Not that I know anything about it, but...
SHIPPING SHIPPING SHIPPING SHIPPING SHIPPING
That was painful. Surely that's not all they got.
The Transformer Romance was a bit disturbing......I mean...They're ROBOTS. I know, that even though they are 100% Mechanical, they still somehow have feelings.....Meh, whatever. I guess it all just comes down to the fact that I hate shipping. Anyone else agree with me???
did pbs just make transformers slash fiction seem profound?
I love fandoms
they can be so energetic, inspiring and likable
anime/manga/MLP/game/homestuck/ect. fans should all unite =w= against the hate they get
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Wow, they're seriously talking about the MLP:FIM fandom, right on!
*they then talk about gay transformers*
Um... okay, it's a free country I guess.
*then talk about fans of a guy who killed 12 poeple*
Ok, that's it, I'm outa here!
So it IS hellkitty/antepathy. Thanks, I was kind of unclear on that. Why does she get to be the voice of the fandom, though?
(cont) but you could also argue that even your unique concept is vaguely based off of someones creation. The truth is, it all leads back to someone else's creation...someone elses art...so yeah you are, as you put it "expanding" on someone else's idea. again not saying fanfic in general is bad...only saying that if it is all you do it can be.
Quite upset about the glee fandom not being here at all but a lovely video :) I am on many of these fandoms.
Because when someone thinks of "fictional lesbian intimacy," they usually think of pr0n.
You don't watch looney tunes or adult swim or read comics in the newspaper? Enjoying things that are usually the purview of children is not that uncommon. How many people do you see going to go see disney/pixar films who aren't going with a child who are adults? Loads. Because often enough the stories in these "childish" things are engaging enough that anyone can enjoy them.
Well... Damn people need to get along. I mean very few people can actually tolerate another because of different fandoms. I don't hate any of the known fandoms just the media and people spreading biased opinions about them...
Are you in the Arby's fandom?
This is an amazing video.
kpop fan culture so crazy how involved get goes beyond just loving them never knew fans in kpop actually pay attention to company, contract , stock, ceo, investments and sales. than fandoms provide catering for idols and offically applying to fandom including register number to apply. fandoms even get involved in charity work on there own amazing crazy
face it we will never be normal to anyone
omigosh how could i forget pokemon????? MY CHILDHOOD
Transformers slash? I didn't realise that was a thing. o.o
Fandoms are incredible, bringing people together like that. Fandoms are life changing. Fandoms are pillars of hope for people. They're just... amazing. I can't wait to be a part of a few when I'm older.
I love anime and I can't name all of em XD anyway Homestuck, mlp, creepypasta, Furries, fnaf, Harry potter and POKEMON!
im having a finals next week, one question is about cultural trends and new fandom theories. this video taught me more than research in like 3 publications. thanks a lot for illuminating a topic! great job
I don't like nor respect bronies because I personally see it as just a fad that will most likely either disappear or evolve into something worse. Bronies that I've seen comment on the internet typically tend to have an elitist tone and always have to be on their high horse (no pun originally intended) looking down upon those who disagree with them. However, to me, bronies are good at being trolls, so I'll give them that.
I think Fandoms can really change the view on society.
Like the Bronies who watch a Show about Ponies, which is normally considered as something gay, and i totally love that
BUT Fandoms like the Bronies also have to be careful, and not let it take over there lives.
A prime example is the Brony Pizzahut Disaster, which made me really ashamed.
But of course, you shouldn't judge a fandom just because of one video.
Great Video into the faves you go.
I feel like this entire video is very lacking, and it also does not represent the fandoms that are ACTUALLY popular these days. I saw brief mentions of Doctor Who, but I'm almost 100% sure Bronies and Transformer fans do not represent the fandom community in the slightest.
agreed
I will make you cupcakes!! ....if ya know what i mean ;D
Nah, what's sad is that it's a fandom that you can choose to ignore. I don't like Homestuck, so I stay away from it. Simple as that.
Metal.
All I need to say.
such a good and informative video
keep it up guys :D
We could take over the world
i'm not even part of the my little pony fandom and I want to smack you i am SICK of people who bash people simply because they are different and because they have a negitive steryotype applied to them, so please for the sake of my sanity could the hatefull people stop? please? your worse than those really anoying anime fans( you know the ones that like one anime and think every thing else sucks)
hmm. interesting video. i like the whole legitimizing of fan culture and its portrayal in a predominately positive light but its also really easy to come off as negative especially with the whole holmies shit. most fans aren't involved with any of that and it kinda misrepresents them but i guess that how it is. the especially loud and stupid few ruin it for the majority of awesome fans.
I'd like to take a moment and point out that for one, I cannot change your views on furry. It is a persons choice to feel how they feel towards one thing, or many for that fact. But for your biased opinion trying to demeaner what I'm apart of, is truely innapropriate and quite honestly is inacurate on many levels. This is something that im very passionate about and is apart of who I'am, your disgust and misinformation can and should be directed somewhere else!
I don't know how to feel about that Transformers yaoi... seriously? They're robots. They can't get aroused or be gay. Bronies... they like a show that isn't even good and make a big deal about it. Homestuck... same thing. That webcomic is awful and yet, people make a big deal about it. And finally... Holmies? Seriously? Could you be any more fucked up? That's just sick.
this was not a video about fandom, it was a video about how nerds pervert all my favorite comics, movies, cartoons by devoting their free time distorting them by writing gay sexual stories and drawings. i never asked to see optimus prime makeouting with anybody, let alone megatron.. thanks
*Snerk* I was like, "hmmm, an episode on how fandoms are changing the world. I wonder how long until-" and then it got towards the end and bam, Homestuck cosplay troupe. :P The last few days have been "Homestuck is now going to take over the internet, hey there, let me tell you about it."
I had hoped PBS of all content providers would expel the myth that bronies are all male. There are female bronies too. Otherwise, excellent video.
Haha brilliant. I came to this video from some random website and before I'd even opened the video I knew the comments were going to be filled with brony and anti-brony comments
And that is incredible to me. One point that people who are quick to judge or people that don't understand say is like "you're wasting your life watching that show," or "You need to do something better." But my question is, does it really matter? Participating from a fandom isn't dangerous or reckless, but it is giving people something they can escape to and find joy in. Sometimes we all need to escape, and a fandom could be a great way to do that. Although it is mainly through the Internet,
That's just it: They didn't! Alexa's writing is actually pretty good, even if I'm not a fan of the subject matter, but she should not be the face of our fandom. She's nowhere near influential enough, nor is her stuff representative of the majority of fan works. They would've done much better getting somebody like James Roberts, a long-time fan and fanfic writer who is now writing for the canon IDW comics, to talk about how fandom can influence the franchise it comes from.
I think it's not just about liking the show, it's sort of a statement against gender stereotypes. Something like: I'm heterosexual male, yet I'm not afraid to expose my soft side. If it was just about liking the show, it would never become such a big deal. It's exactly the kind of strong reactions you made, that makes it so appealing as sort of a gender punk movement. (for the record I'm not a brony, but I think I understand the motives)
The words you used are just fancier ways of saying the same thing I said.I am not opposed to people expanding on the story. In fact I quite enjoy fanfic myself. I am merely saying when that's all you DRAW/WRITE then you are hindering yourself as an artist. Part of art is exploring different styles so that you can take your OWN interpretation and offer up something uniquely you...you may have a unique concept but not character/style which is important to art.
Well, I see fandoms as this; in fiction, writers create a world they see as more preferable to the one we have. Those who follow that world agree or identify with the ideals set by that world. When banded together, they share their own spins on that world and possibly even try to create it in our reality. Art imitates life, life imitates art.
Fandoms are just trying to change the world for the better.
The problem is, though, yes, all this could be found with a simple search, most people don't look into things before they judge. Many people who dislike many fandoms will just blindly insult it without doing any actual research. This is a good way to say: "Hey, fandoms, though they have their dark sides (like the Holmies) for the most part, they can be really beneficial."
Besides, they'd have to do a lot longer video if they wanted to get much deeper. This was more of just an overview.
With what Prof. Coppa says, I wonder... You think of all these communities being separated by physical space. Print, then the other media, made storytelling more immediate across space, but in a very stratified way. But now storytelling can be immediate in a much less stratified way. But I guess I wonder, is there a new space across which we're stratified? Is it internal? Cultural? One of cultural choices? I wonder, is there a space out (or in) there (here) for the next new media to "conquer?"
The way they use the word Fandom at the beginning makes me cringe. Still, really good video, even if some of those lines from the transformers fan-fics are never, ever going to leave my brain. ಠ_ಠ
I must say that this is the first video I've seen where they singled out pictures of more radical and, for lack of a better term, enthusiastic bronies, in which I haven't had any issues with it. Usually pictures like that are used to misrepresent the fandom. I didn't get that feeling this time.
That wasn't too bad of an episode about fandoms. There's a great many and this a pretty good pick of the many out there, along with a couple pictures thrown in to show the scope of everything. The one thing that was not very good were the sexual and erotic sides of it. That's not something most people would want to see first though it does exist. Anyhow, a good starting guide to how most of these fandoms tick with a couple of special sides to each one.
why did they seem to focus heavily on sexual or homoertic fanfiction and art the most. they could have made the same point with other art or stories
Trust me, you aren't. There's a usually pretty stark divide between the side of the internet where they keep the robot slash and the side of the internet where they keep the rest of the TF fandom, and it's pretty easy to just ignore the former part. Which apparently the people who made this video didn't care to even mention because "GENDER ISSUES YEAH MAN".
One last thing about gender issues in TF fandom: There was a LOT of backlash from the fandom when writers decided to go the way of "they have no gender!" in the IDW comics, and made the only "feminine" character the homicidally insane result of some mad scientist's social experiment. And let me tell you, most of us would like to forget that it ever happened.
ooooh ME!!!!!!!!!!!! hi total anime nerd minor gamer love books and can't stand main stream music. if you check around at librayrs and stuff they might have an anime club (i'm part of 2, 1 at school and another at a library) and most of them are into this stuff (from my expirence) so you might have some luck there! GOOD LUCK!
As with most shows designed for children the creators typically add content to engage adults (I imagine parents, usually) that might be watching. MLP took a different rout and catered to that portion of the audience when they realized how many adults were watching, while maintaining the integrity of the content that's enjoyed by the younger viewers.
Whoawhoawhoa wait. So making Transformers have smexy time and being in your thirties but having an obsession with Ponies is fine, but dressing up as an animal whether it be for your own entertainment, sexual purposes, or to entertain the children is wrong?
Screw it, dun wanna be right! -throws on fursuit and runs to walmart-