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- čas přidán 27. 08. 2024
- In which I give a brief survey of my fandoms through the years, and read an excerpt from This Adventure Ends.
The cold hard truth is also revealed: I say "gif" with a hard "g."
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Reblogging all the things: / elmify
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The return of the "NOOOOOO FRODOOOOO!" is the best thing that has happened to CZcams since the end of "How to Adult."
Since it seems like the notion passed by elmify, let me just reiterate this in a more direct manner:
You are irreplacable, please come back.
i've been in the elmify fandom since 2k11.
Me too!! It's a top notch fandom
That's so awesome! I wish I could remember when I first started watching... the years blend together ya know?
oh wow i've only jusr discovered El Mify...does she have a boyfriend?????
I didn't know how much I needed that NO FRODO until it happened. Its been far too long.
I wish you were still making videos!
YES, NO FRODO IS BACK
Elmify: the realest CZcamsr of ever.
Just wanted to hear that " hey "
I was a fan of things before, but my first actual fandom experience was Harry Potter. I don't think I've ever engaged in fandom without an online component, though. Things were different in the early 2000s, but even back then, the core of my fandom was online communities. I'm so grateful for the internet for making it possible for fans to come together and share experiences and creativity with each other on such a large scale!
My first fandom was Roswell. Conventions and author signings and trips to the set.
I just finished This Adventure Ends and I loved it. It is a accurate look at loss in teens while still finding the lighter side of life. I love the fandom inclusion. Some lines about fanfiction had me actually verbalizing..."So true, so true".
I actually requested your other novel from the library after reading this one.
This is beautiful. My first fandom was CSI when I was 13 or 14. Then I pretty much hopped on the procedural drama bandwagon for a while. I'm not currently an active part of any fandoms, but I'd consider myself a passive player in at least a dozen fandoms for TV shows, books, and a few movies.
I found this channel from the book, and man, you're more relatable than I thought.
I was so obsessed with the flower fairy books too! I had 4 of them, and it caused me to begin collecting porcelain fairies :D Now I'm into a billion different fandoms. But Buffy was what brought me to online fandom things (fanfiction, music videos, forums). Also, I'm really excited to read your new book. I still have to get/read the first one though (of which I am also excited, just very broke).
I don't remember my first fandom but I just got into the Supernatural fandom (the show) and I love the community. Fandoms make you feel like you're not alone in loving this thing, no matter your age. And I don't think anyone should grow old of it.
Yeah, just put your book in my amazon list! Sounds like a book for me to buy.
10 points for the Stargate fandom and Ronan Dex (god bless). But also I'm so glad the NO FRODO is back, I've missed it (and you)
I love the Gilmore Girls theme at the end :D
i miss you! i remember watching your videos when i was just developing taste and a sense of humour. coming back to these videos feel like coming home. i hope you’re well.
Oh fandom! It has defined my entire life in a similar way to yours but I joined the online part much earlier. I think my online first fandom was Harry Potter, I'm not going to even try and guess at my first offline obsessions, and I have far too many fandoms that I'm in to list (not really but it would take awhile)! I'm fascinated with how fandom can enrich and expand the universe of the original media, and I am constantly blown away by the amazing work that is produced. I love it and I love being an unabashed fan with like minded people.
Also, hurray for 'no Frodo'! That made my day so much better!
This is very well said! Fandom is the best!!!
I haven't watched your videos in years-- I at some point lost the password to this youtube account and therefore all the people a subscribed to, and between that and other life distractions I haven't watched you in a long time. The other day I remembered this account, however, managed to log on, and found your channel after weeding out my subscriptions.
I loved watching your videos when I was younger and I'm so glad to see you have maintained your home grown style. I am so excited that you are releasing a book (to rave reviews, it looks like!!!), and so proud too, even after all this time. I'm preordering the book today and binge-watching your videos. I missed you!
Also, Teen Wolf is so awesome. Can't believe it's almost over :(
I genuinely always smile every time I see one of your videos in my subscription box, they are the best!! Can't wait to read 'This adventure ends' - I loved 'First & Then' :-)
Hey thank you so much!!! I hope you enjoy TAE! :)
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I love being in the Elmify fandom. You're the best!!
I'm so inspired by you! I'm taking the MCAT this coming year (right now I'm slugging through second semester of organic chemistry and all that fun stuff) and I've always dreamed of publishing my own novel. And there you go getting your PhD in biomedical research and publishing multiple books and maintaing a youtube channel too. Thanks for showing us it's possible!
I think the first media I was ever super engrossed in was the Magic Tree House books, and shortly after, I discovered the Dear America series. but the first time I would actively seek out other fans/ buy merch/ etc. was definitely harry potter.
the moment you mentioned lotr i was waiting for the 'no frodo' clip omg (i cant believe i have that on a shirt im so proud)
I love that passage. It sums up perfectly the best elements of fandom.
Hey thank you so much!!!
I miss these videos =(
Lately I've been immersed in the Undertale and Steven Universe fandoms. It is something incredible, creative, dynamic, and supportive.
That outro kills me so much! Let's see, fandoms: Smurfs, GI Joe, Pee-wee Herman (HARD, explains a lot), Friends, Harry Potter (also HARD), Vlog Brothers, Rhett and Link (I freaked out inwardly when they recognized me), Wheezy Waiter (we're now on 'handshake-hug' terms), Meeka Kitty, Elmify (we even smile awkwardly at each other and then disappear, afraid of that "do they know me" thing at Vidcon) and finally, Busvlogger. I love what I do and make and even myself, mostly. ;D
ZOOM for sure. I watched it religiously. I tried their recipes and projects. My favorite time of year was when the new season premiered and I got to see the new cast. It was also my first experience of a favorite show of mine getting canceled. That show epitomizes my childhood.
I LOVED Zoom! Keiko was my favorite. :D
Ub-I l-ub-iked Z-ub-oom, t-ub-oo! I'm older than you guys probably, but I was obsessed with Zoom in the 1970s, speaking in Ubby Dubby all the time with friends. :) I just watched Zoom: Best of the 70s because of this comment. Thanks for reminding me.
Elmify has come so far im honestly such a proud fan
I cannot WAIT to read this, first of all. I've recently gotten more into bookish fandoms, my favorite being the lunar chronicles :-)
The No Frodo clip still kills me.
Elmify - how do I become as cool as you?
That passage is really a great explanation of fandoms. I can't remember them all, but the ones that come to mind that I've been a part of, online and offline are Pokemon (up to the second gen), Amnesia: The Dark Descent (one of my sweet artist friends made me a custom drawing of one of the characters it was so amazing
I’m in the Stranger Things fandom so I absolutely loved that excerpt because I could relate to it.
YAY! Elmify is back! Happy wheelchair dance!
I think the first Fandom online I really got involved with was Always Sunny In Philadelphia. I love all the Gifs, memes, and psychoanalyzations of the characters.
The Chronicles of Narnia forever and always :) Fandom is truly a remarkable thing.
I'm always so glad to see one of your videos. I liked Stargate:Atlantis as well. My first fandom would probably be either Godzilla or the Superfriends.
my copies of first & then and this adventure ends just came in the mail so excited to read your books Emma! :D
Hi. I am currently 2/3rds through This Adventure Ends, and it's been wonderful so far. All of the characters are interesting and different from each other. Out of all of the characters, I relate the most to Sloane's dad. Like him, I enjoy writing and fandom. My favorite character besides Sloane's dad is Frank. He's just such a great character? I know some people similar to him- they're not really attractive but they still seem to, well, attract. Anyways, I appreciate This Adventure Ends and can't wait to see how it ends.
Harry Potter was the first thing I remember consuming me. Nothing prior to that had captured my heart to that extent. Shortly followed by A Series of Unfortunate Events.
My first fandom was actually the Disney Pixie Hollow fairies(like you) when I was 8(i think) and then I stumbled upon Harry Potter and other bookish fandoms. I also really liked the TV show Leverage(its about a group of Robin Hood esk thieves that help people). Then I discovered CZcams(I was also obsessed with the Disney movie Tangled) ad started watching a ton of videos but people. Some people I still watch to this day, some I don't watch anymore but that was my first "online fandom"
Loving your gilmore girls end screen! And can't wait to read your new book :) Really enjoyed First and Then!
Having recently read First and Then in one sitting, I think I will be purchasing This Adventure Ends :)
Hey thank you! I hope you enjoy it!
My first fandom that I actively participated in was definitely High School Musical, even though I was a massive Harry Potter fan before that. I still remember the first HSM fanfic I read. It was fantastic.
I love how the photo of Roman is on the shelf in the background.
As soon as I got the photo, I was like THIS IS GETTING FRAMED :D
When I was 13 I became obsessed with an Argentinian show called Los Simuladores (The Pretenders), which is widely considered one of the best shows ever made here. This year, 13 years after the show's 2 only seasons ended the main cast reunited at comic-con, and after that I found a Facebook group of mega fans of the show. I love how everyone know the dialogues, and they even make memes of it, even though memes didn't even exist back when the show was on. I never thought there would be such an awesome community behind it, considering shows from here very rarely create fandoms
Ooh I just googled that show and the premise sounds really cool. That's awesome that the cast was able to reunite!!! And that memes abound even now! I feel like that a little about the show Friends-- like while it was on, I was not conscious of the internet at all, but since it's been up on Netflix, it's really fun to see all this commentary and gifs/memes/thoughts about the show online.
It's funny, I actually tend to chronicle my adolescence based on what my most prominent fandom of the time was.
As a small child, I eagerly consumed The Magic School Bus on a daily basis (because that's as often as I could watch it). I would play make believe, casting myself as Arnold and my mother as Ms. Frizzle. There were multiple kitchen incidents stemming from things I had seen including coating the floor with maple syrup to produce a frictionless environment and turning myself and my younger brother blue with an inkpad intended for stamps. We also tried to dig a hole to China and I accidentally hit my brother in the face with a shovel, giving him a scar he still has to this day. It also made me want to be an astronaut, leading to getting a flight suit costume that I wore until it absolutely could not fit me anymore. I can't say that it had the biggest impact of anything I consumed around that time as I've never really taken much to the sciences in my life, but one thing I learned from Ms. Frizzle was how to be joyfully enthusiastic about something.
WOOOO STARGATE!!! That show doesn't get enough love.
One of my faves! :)
I got the notification for this on my lunch break I'm fiiiiinally home to watch it.
I would say Buffy was my first fandom. When I was 6 I was watching it, which is prooooooobably not the best. And Spike still has a special place in my heart
Harry Potter was my first online fandom.
My brother and I used to be obsessed with Stargate Atlantis. There was a bit where the Dr Carson Beckett panic screamed that "McKay and Cadman have been beamed aboard that dart!". It was so inexplicably funny.
BAHAHAHA I REMEMBER THIS MOMENT!!!!
I apparently made my mother read me Cinderella over and over, every single day so that is probably the first. The first fandom I really remember is The Magic Far Away Tree I loved those books so much, I wanted so much to climb up to the top of it and see all the magic lands.
However reading Harry Potter I was enthralled I was never really one for getting merch (for one thing we really didn't have much money) but I spent ages carving wands and brooms then I would take a bunch of books to my tree house and play Hogwarts. I was really obsessed and while not in the same way I still am.
Teen Wolf, Were School, I'm on to you :P it's great to have you back! Cheered me up after a crappy crappy day. Needed that no Frodo too.
I will admit, Were School is mostly a thinly veiled version of Teen Wolf........ but with a few special twists! :D:D:D
man I was obsessed with Strawberry Shortcake when I was 5. for sure my first fandom lol
elmify i miss you!
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My first fandom was fruits basket. It was a 22 volume manga series and it was absolutely amazing. I was 11 so I didn't really go online. This meant the entire fandom pretty much consisted of my mom, me, and a good friend who stole all my books to read the series two years later. There was even fanart in the back of each book which I found really cool. That's why I soon learned how to make my own haha
fandoms are awesome
I like how your pics with celebs are in the back there.
It was nice to see a video from you and hear some of your writing! You're such a pleasant person. :)
First fandom... wow... obviously this was before the internet was a thing, so I don't know that it really "counts" as a fandom, but boy, did I love the Power Rangers as a kid. And Care Bears. And then Jurassic Park (I was simultaneously fascinated and terrified when I watched it as a young kid... I think I was around 6?! Now as an adult with 6-year-old relatives, I'm like, "that is WAY too young to watch Jurassic Park!").
My first internet-involved fandom was Harry Potter. I joined a chat room type community that was based out of England (I don't remember the name, and it's probably not a thing anymore); I was on it CONSTANTLY during my limited computer time as a 13-year-old. My username was * kewl~hermione *, so that everyone would know I was "kewl." I posted short stories, read a lot of fanfics, and obsessively sought out theories about what would happen in upcoming books. Good times.
KEIRA!!! Or should I say.... kewl~hermione...... I love it! Part of me wishes I had discovered the online aspect of the HP fandom while the books were still coming out, because it sounds like it was so much fun!
Hope you're doing well!
It's true--the online HP universe changed a lot once all the books were finished and released, and then again once all the movies were out. It's still fun to be a part of though!
I am doing well! My little family (husband and two cats) is great, I've been at my technical writing job for a little over 3 years, and I'm really enjoying doing photography and digital art in my spare time. I do frequently feel this strange pang of guilt that I'm no longer very involved when it comes to CZcams, though. When I saw your video in my twitter feed, I was like, "Aw! I've been missing Emma videos in my life!"
I was definitely waiting for the Fordo No video. But I totally remember those fairies.
:D:D:D
My first fandom was the Little House on the Prairie books! Then HP, Charmed the TV show, Lord of the Rings, and Avatar the Last Airbender series. It's grown and grown! Love loving things passionately and coming together around them!
Me too! That's a great way to put it. I LOVED Charmed growing up, my sister and I would always watch it! :D
I'd heard of Teen Wolf, but it sounded stupid to me. Then you started posting about it and I knew that if you loved it, it could not be stupid. Now I am such Teen Wolf. TEEN WOLF SO MUCH.
I was in the brave little toaster fandom starting in grade one. I had my mom make shirts with the vhs cover on them, read the original books, memorized all the songs, the whole nine yards.
The first time I watched this, knowing that she's met Jason Momoa did not mean as much to me as it does now :O
The return of NOOO FRODOOO fills me with great joy.
My first fandom was definitely Harry Potter. It led to fandoms like LotR, Doctor Who, and Nerdfighteria. Speaking of which, will you be at NerdCon: Stories? Seems like a good con for a writer like yourself!
I'm glad to hear that! :D
Sadly I will not be at NerdCon: Stories, but I WILL be at NerdCon: Nerdfighteria! Looking forward to that one!
elmify Excellent! Hope to meet you there!
I received First and Then in my Uppercase and I LOVED IT!!! I am now going to pick up this book because I need to read it, it sounds fabulous!!!
Elmify fandom is strong. Strooong.
Also, NOOOOOOOO FROODOOOOOOO
How did I forget about "NO FRODO??" I am cackling now.
There have been many, but the first fandom I remember becoming a part of was The Lost Years of Merlin series by T.A. Barron.
Elmify is awesome
My first fandom was Moshi monsters. It's a website kinda like web kind and I was obsessed. I knew everything about everything. I had bed sheets and books and the album. It was quite ridiculous looking back
Saw The Phantom of the Opera on stage when I was 15, which was also around the time of the dawn of message boards (no chat rooms for me, mind you, just the message boards.) I was a goner.
Not really related, just wanted to say that I used to watch your early videos and o really like you and your whole thing, so when O came back to CZcams years later to find out you are now a successful author, it just made my day
Baww thank you!!!!
Star Trek: The Next Generation, hands down first fandom. You know that kid in Galaxy Quest that had all the specs and schematics memorized? That was me. I even translated Hamlet into Klingon for a high school English project. Though the first celebrity I ever interacted with was when we knitted a hat for Elmify.
Twilight was my gateway to online fandom but I've evolved to find Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Hunger Games, Doctor Who, and Sherlock. I guess I was in the HP fandom before I discovered online stuff. I had a literal shrine to the HPverse compete with figurines and numerous magazine pictures. Fandom is the best.
My first fandom was Class of the Titans. I still remember discovering fanfiction for it on ficwad, because AO3 didn't exist yet. Surprisingly, ficwad still exists and looks exactly the same over a decade later.
Disney, Harry Potter, Old Hollywood, Starkid, Lizzie Bennet Diaries, and most recently, Edgar Allan Poe's Murder Mystery Dinner Party
I have a long history of obsessions. When i was in kindergarden I loved the powerpuff girls. I was even buttercup once for halloween and i have a lot of other merch from those days. Then in first grade I became obsessed with winx club and its kinda sad to say that I still am more knowledgeable about that than I probably should be. Then I got obsessed with percy jackson and pirates of the caribbean. These obsessions were pretty worrying. Then came Harry Potter which continues to be my favorite thing till this day. That was followed by sherlock (which i dont really like anymore). Then came doctor who (whcih i love!) and then came supernatural (which i like but not love). Then came buffy the vampire slayer/angel the series and this was a BIG one. And now im just kinda stuck with all of these
When I was younger my family would go on walks with my friend's family and we each become a different character from LotR as we went on our journey to Mordor. It always ended up with my friend picking first and being Legolas, I would choose second and became Aragorn, my little brother was always forced to be Gimli because of his height, chubby cheeks, and curly hair (and partly because it entertained us). He took it like a pro and brought the character to life with all of his rage.
Recently I have been counting down the days till we revisit Stars Hollow with great anticipation!
This is amazing, thank you for sharing! :D Can't wait for GG to return as well!
You should do a cover of "Where you lead" to celebrate :D
I think my first ever fandom was Wishbone. I remember getting these cool packages every month with stickers, posters, a newsletter, and other various goodies. Or...maybe that only happened once? Either way, Wishbone was/is the absolute best!!
The first fandom where I actually engaged with others --both online and IRL-- to discuss theories, share favorite quotes, analyze characters, and just geek out about the awesome material was Harry Potter.
Also: NOOOO, FRODOOOO = YES :-D
WISHBONE!!!!! I watched all the Wishbones as a kid! It taught me a lot about classic literature!
I missed out on the online aspect of the Harry Potter fandom, but I imagine it was really cool to be in when the books/films were still coming out (I imagine it's still cool but like, not knowing where the series would up must've added to the fun!)
I think my first fandom was Gilmore Girls. Now, years later, it's still one of my massive obsessions. I strongly believe your first fandom sticks with you forever.
That's awesome! I agree. I am very psyched for the new Gilmore Girls season! A fandom resurgence, all these years later!!!
Same! And hey, if the new season isn't great, there's always the option of rewatching it again and again.
I think my first fandom was for an old SNICK show called Space Cases. I was obsessed with this short lived show. I read fanfiction, I visited so many fan sites for it, I even got into Firefly because Jewel Staite was in Space Cases
SNICK!!!!!! YESSS!!!!!!! This takes me back!
Buffy fandom for life!
I miss Emma's videos, I so wish she still made them - I was reminded of her because of something _completely_ random, and thought "I wonder if she's made anything in the last few years" and no, sadly not
PLEASE, come back to making occasional videos - I'll even stop proposing if that makes a difference 😁
THANK JESUS FOR "NO FRODO"
I'm sure I had a fandom before harry potter but that was the first one that owned my life as a child. My friends and I played harry potter at school: jenny was always harry, then melissa and I would fight over who got to be hermione that day. At home, being the oldest sister, I got to claim hermione.
Currently I would say I'm most entrenched in the small webseries fandom, so shows like project green gables or twelfth grade etc. that have small but devoted audiences and we kind of all know each other.
That's awesome!!! My friend and I would set up my backyard like it was Diagon Alley (so we would just leave stuff in different spots all around, making it the different "stores") but we were always original characters, and Harry and Ron were our boyfriends. :D:D:D:D
+elmify haha, yeah eventually my sisters invented their own characters and I became all the teachers
Harry Potter was my first fandom I took some sort of active part in (fanfiction/fanart/community). If being in the rugrats fandom was a thing then that was my first because I was obsessed as a kid. The second would be Degrassi I guess. It wasn't until I had been watching it for years that I realized that other people in my classes were watching it and then once that was out of the bag it was all we talked about.
I definitely got overly obsessed with a lot of things, books mostly, but my first real fandom experience was probably Harry Potter (still is to this day) because I found the online communities where that was the passion.
These days it's interesting because fandoms aren't so much about the "thing" itself but the branches within it, mainly ships, and because of this fandoms as a whole for a show/book/movie are divided. Something like Harry Potter is very much about the whole thing, with the ships being present but not causing conflict. Many other fandoms aren't united, they're split based on what people ship. Like you still like the overall show (seems to be where the shipping causes the most division), but you group with other people on the internet based on what you ship in it. I've found it fascinating. Horrible at times, absolutely, but still fascinating.
Very well said! I find it fascinating too!
I have the big flower fairy book :D My favorite has always been the daisy fairy :) I guess you could say I am a part of the Minecraft fandom :)
I loved Roman in Stargate Atlantis
I guess I came to fandoms late. As a kid I had unicorn posters and then boys from teen magazines all over my room, but I wasn't really fans of them, just liked the look.
I think the first fandom I identified with was the Nerdfighters and I think it was because they share my same values and it isn't just about the look of the "characters" or silly storylines, but people I felt comfortable looking up to and (since I was in my 30s when I became a fan) having my daughters look up to them.
I really like a lot of books, movies, songs, etc. but I don't consider myself in their fandoms, I don't buy all the stuff or connect with other fans except for Vlogbrothers.
Thanks for sharing! That's an excellent first fandom (and was one of my earliest first CZcams fandoms as well!).
omg i remember watching yoiu when i was in middle school!!
The only fandom I'm still active in is Buffy, though less active than I was back before LJ imploded and also it just seems like the fandom for that show is finally dying a slow death after it managed to hold on for so long. Unfortunately the other shows I'm into enough to fic for (Dexter, Xena) are basically flatlined in terms of fandom so mostly my relationship with them has become a solo one.
I can't wait to read it!
Yayay! I hope you enjoy! :)
First Jane Austen, then Gilmore Girls, then Doctor Who.
Excellent!!
I'm 33. I'm still obsessed with CMB's Flower Fairies.
They're so beautiful!!! Talking about this in the video made me want to look back through my old anthologies! I still have all my merch. :D
I've been so busy that i haven't been able to read First and Then
My dissertation is killing me - but soon I shall be freed and will read all of the books !!!!
Good luck on the dissertation!! You can do it!!!
at this point i just can't wait for it to be done - i'm losing my mind over it, and haven't had time to read or write about anything else -.-
I miss youu
My current biggest fandoms are welcome to night vale and supernatural. Also a part of the phandom a bit.
My first fandom that I remember was the Fullmetal Alchemist fandom. Other top picks were Lost and Kyle XY. Yes, I did design graphics for a Kyle XY fan site/forum. It was magical.
KYLE XY!!!! I forgot about that show!!!! A friend of mine was really into it!