Good Review…and fandom post.

First, I wanted to share this review…

Good reviews are great…but good reviews where you feel like the person really loved what you wrote…priceless. It’s made my day.

And that sort of leads into a post I wrote, then let sit.

You know what I’ve been a fan of lately?

Fandom.

I used to be a huge fan girl. Maybe I still am, but just in a quieter way. I fall in love with boys with stories and I want to know more. I didn’t fall in love with Tom Pullings because James D’Arcy is beautiful, I fell in love with him because of his expressions, how he held himself…and the scar on his face. He promised, as the TARDIS will tell you, to be bigger on the inside and full of stories.

I’m a fan of stories, too.

But right now, I want to talk about fandom. I’ve been wandering around tumblr, and my list is full of people in love with stories, and it’s interesting to see what they love…how the love of stories unites them and gives them joy. I’ve not seen The Avengers yet (I can’t wait, I am sorry I missed it in theaters…one of my friends keeps asking if I’ve bought it yet, which makes me smile.) but I know that Loki/Tom Hiddleston is beloved, I know that Supernatural is going to break my heart when I finally catch up with it. I know what makes fans squee.

It’s wonderful. It’s a sort of magic, to see what touches their hearts, and how they express their happiness. What images get passed around and what works for them, (but I should say for us, because I see things that touch my heart, too.)

A lot of actors don’t go on fandom sites because they find it uncomfortable, but…they should. Yes, I imagine it would be quite embarrassing, for both sides…but…it’s something pretty awesome too. I can’t think of a better thing to do for this world, than to create something that gives people dreams. The world can be cruel. We need to give each other beautiful things to think about, to wish for, to look forward to.

You can’t be there for all the people who need you.

You can’t look them in the eyes and say, “It’s going to be OK, honey.”

But you can write them stories. You can act and make the stories real. You can sing and give them stories that way, too.

That’s why I love fandom. Because you can give the world dreams.