Honor Thy Fandom
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I was having a delightful conversation with a community member, where we were happily one-upping each other with nerdy ways in which we honor the fandoms in our lives. I was telling them that at my wedding our table names were zones from World of Warcraft and how I walked down the aisle to "Across the Stars" and back up to the "Imperial March". We had a John Williams Power hour, with guests guessing what movie went to with each song. Our children all have a ridiculous amount of middle names from fandoms ranging from Star Wars and Pride & Prejudice to Sailor Moon and Harry Potter. I don't have any tattoos yet but I would love to get some.
How do you honor your fandoms?
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Here we go. I’m not entirely sure how to define “fandom” but I do tend to go really hard with the things I love.
The Mountain Goats: Everyone who’s known me even a small amount of time knows my obsession. They may not know the extent of it: my largest tattoo, personalized license plate, bumper stickers, vinyl records, 23 shirts (that I can recall, I probably have more that I can’t remember), 11 posters (9 of them are tour posters and one is signed by the lead singer), countless stickers/patches/buttons, and limited edition promotional pogs for some reason. I’ve seen them live nine times and framed the ticket stub from the first time I ever saw them. I’ve met the lead singer (and cried).
Final Fantasy: I own and have played most of the games, have cosplayed FF characters, I have figures, music boxes, jewelry, game guides and art books, one tattoo (and another on the books for December).
Actually all but one of my tattoos are fandom adjacent: one from a book, three from bands, one from Final Fantasy. Another Final Fantasy one coming up (as mentioned above) and two more band tattoos planned but not scheduled.
