Acronym Fandom

[mikailborg]

The other day, I read that someone had "GAFIAted", and it reminded me of the old fandom lifestyle acronyms, including FIAWOL and FIJANH. For those not steeped in the lingo, a quick review:

FIAWOL represented the "Fandom Is A Way Of Life" faction, those who eat, drink, and breathe fannish activities (fanac). Not necessarily 'the basement geek' of easy comedy - many in this category lead fulfilling lives.

FIJANH acronymed "Fandom Is Just A Nice Hobby", the folks who spend plenty of their leisure time doing things unrelated to the fan world. Some folks use coarser language than "Nice", with different initials.

GAFIA is "Getting Away From It All" - leaving behind the drama, expenses, sleepless nights and other trials of the subculture for a quieter, more mundane life.

So where do you fall in this list? It's a spectrum, not separate groups, but if you had to pick one banner or another, which one would it be?

[Poll #1172654]

Comments

[snidegrrl.livejournal.com]

I've been largely done with it for years. If I do go to cons (when was the last time I did that?) it's to socialize, but only gently.

Unless you count my Genesis activities; fan clubs and meetups and so on. But I think that's not what you're talking about.

[mikailborg.livejournal.com]

I was of course talking about SF/F fandom, but a case could be made that you've just traded brands :) We might have to move you up at least one category!

[fishy1.livejournal.com]

Hey, any fandom counts in my book, fantasy or sci-fi. fan is another word for 'enthusiast' that happens to have geeky/dorky connotation.

I don't personally follow BSG anymore, but that English show with the doctor and its spinoff...

[snidegrrl.livejournal.com]

Music geeks, let me tell you, are a whole other cannoli. The interpersonal interactions are way more dispassionate, I think.

Oh sorry - by Genesis I meant the band, not Neon Genesis Freaking Messes Up My Ebay Searches Evangelion.