When there's not enough fans of something you really like

[Ixrec 86]

Because internet, I know there are places I could go to find fans of anything, but you can only be in so many subcommunities at a time. And there are some things you love but don't have much to say about beyond "omg I love this". So for me, eurobeat music often feels this way. I never bump into a fan of it organically, and I don't know what I'd do on a eurobeat forum other than gather song recommendations (which would be stunningly pointless since I still have >200 albums of Super Eurobeat to work through).



I swear I was not planning to reply to this many things, but you all mentioned stuff I know...
 

20 hours ago, Fluttershutter said:

But I do wish more people loved The Orville, mostly so it stays on.

My mom recommended I try it maybe five times and I never got around to it :facehoof:
She ended up showing me an episode when I visited for Christmas.
 

20 hours ago, Steve Piranha said:

now that I recall, been feeling that way for years with Metroid. Everyone is Zelda this, Zelda that (I began loving Zelda even more since BOTW tho. That game is good shit ..... pony Link being canon helped , and not ashamed for it )..... Nintendo being neglectful with Metroid doesn’t help 

Metroid is the one I care about too. I definitely feel the franchise neglect, but at least in my experience Metroid fans are easy to find; they just haven't had much to talk about in a while. I think most of us are scratching the itch by playing indie Metroidvanias like Ori, Guacamelee and Hollow Knight.
 

20 hours ago, ExplosionMare said:

Where are all The Giver fans at? It’s a “kid’s book” that isn’t afraid to go into the darker side of masked perfection.

YES! That was one of my favorites out of all the books school made us read (probably tied with Frankenstein and Scarlet Letter), and I never heard about it again until just now. 

[Fluttershutter 2,646]

2 hours ago, Ixrec said:

My mom recommended I try it maybe five times and I never got around to it :facehoof:
She ended up showing me an episode when I visited for Christmas.

Good for your mom! 

[dead account 2,716]

Happens all the time. I really enjoy new things, new concepts, unique ideas - everything. But it's rare when other people also see value in it. Not many. But I love to be a part of something big(ger)! MLP is the best example, it has a lot of fan created content. I can look for new things every single day, there is always something. Many games or so can be glad to have at least one fanart! Being a fan of unknown things can be lonely. But at least we share a vision with the creator(s) then, so we aren't really alone.

[ExplosionMare 18,106]

3 hours ago, Ixrec said:

Because internet, I know there are places I could go to find fans of anything, but you can only be in so many subcommunities at a time. And there are some things you love but don't have much to say about beyond "omg I love this". So for me, eurobeat music often feels this way. I never bump into a fan of it organically, and I don't know what I'd do on a eurobeat forum other than gather song recommendations (which would be stunningly pointless since I still have >200 albums of Super Eurobeat to work through).



I swear I was not planning to reply to this many things, but you all mentioned stuff I know...
 

My mom recommended I try it maybe five times and I never got around to it :facehoof:
She ended up showing me an episode when I visited for Christmas.
 

Metroid is the one I care about too. I definitely feel the franchise neglect, but at least in my experience Metroid fans are easy to find; they just haven't had much to talk about in a while. I think most of us are scratching the itch by playing indie Metroidvanias like Ori, Guacamelee and Hollow Knight.
 

YES! That was one of my favorites out of all the books school made us read (probably tied with Frankenstein and Scarlet Letter), and I never heard about it again until just now. 

It’s my favorite book ever and I finally got a physical copy for it this year! I probably won’t read it again since I’ve already read it three times but it will always be very interesting to me.

[Tom Gallagher 33,610]

There aren't enough fans in school of anything I like, period, which is why school was/is always terrible for me. 

[Ixrec 86]

8 hours ago, TomDaBombMLP said:

There aren't enough fans in school of anything I like, period, which is why school was/is always terrible for me. 

While positive thinking won't magically solve every problem (outside of Equestria), this sort of thing could be an opportunity in disguise: The main reason I got into manga in high school is because a classmate lent me some volumes of Rurouni Kenshin. 

[Dreambiscuit 10,592]

A lot of the things I hold near and dear wouldn’t even make a blip on most peoples’ radar. It’s either too obscure, too old, too niche, too girly, too secret or too something! But I don’t care because I don’t need to share my interests to enjoy them. I tend to enjoy things more when I keep them to myself rather than involve someone who isn’t interested or is overly opinionated about them, which only detracts. 

[Clawdeen 16,049]

Sure there’s a lot of things I like that have dead or not very active fandoms. Sucks tbh.