musings: part of the solution, or part of the precipitate?

How do other people view their involvement in fandom?

Is it just a hobby, something that they putter away at with no thought for what they're producing or what purpose it's going to serve?

Do other people write stories, draw pictures, enter discussions with a focus in mind? Or is fandom 'just' an ocean liner on the sea - it surrounds you, but you're separate to it and the sea has no involvement in your cruise?

( big long ramble of 'how I view my own fandom involvement: solution or precipitate' )

fricking dramatic licence

Someday, characters in a series will forget to exclaim in tones of abject horror, "Oh no!" Before a dramatic pause that wastes seconds during which they could easily give a brief on the situation and get some precious info across to the people waiting for it.

It's particularly unforgivable where situations that require exclamations of abject horror are commonplace to the character's situation.