Comment on Nerds of equal standing.
MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I’ve never understood this rift… I like Star Trek and Star Wars. Can’t we just agree that we’re all sci-fi nerds?
MelodiousFunk@startrek.website 10 months ago
jawa21@startrek.website 10 months ago
Gundam scares me because I know I will love it, and there is such a huge amount of it that I may never crawl back out of that hole.
MelodiousFunk@startrek.website 10 months ago
setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Gundam has so many reboots and varying timelines and stuff.
I personally think 8TH MS Team is the peak show for a grounded war story version.
peopleproblems@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yes, but I think “FanDom” implies “Fanatical Domination” meaning someone in The “FanDom” of a certain thing is sexually aroused by dominating other with their fanatical following of said thing.
That’s the only explanation I’ve been able to come up with and I find it hilarious so I’m sticking with it.
andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
And Cons are about conning people into buying fan merchandize and provide a free advwrtisement in a form of cosplay.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 months ago
My daughter likes going to cons just to look at the cosplay and she never buys anything, so I guess they only conned her out of the entry fee.
Klear@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Amd fans are blowhards trying to push their favourite thing on others a spread it further and further.
MaxHardwood@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
It’s “Fanatical Domain” but I like your definition better
Zaphod@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
Star Wars is actually fantasy though
JWBananas@startrek.website 10 months ago
As opposed to Q?
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I mean it’s implied that Q is just from a super advanced civilisation, rather than being innately magic. One of the first things we learn from Q is that he believes humanity has a chance of being a society that will some day be on the same level as them.
IMO the Q are presented as more of a Clarke’s Third Law (“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic”) kinda thing. Think about how the Mintakans view Picard in the episode Who Watches the Watchers - they view him as being a magical, god-like being
The Force in Star Wars is never presented that way.
LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 10 months ago
So say we all.
Nacktmull@lemmy.world 10 months ago
NEVER!
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
But what if I just like the stars?
EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website 10 months ago
They’re very different takes on futuristic sci fi.
I enjoy Star Wars but I’m not a “fan”, it’s just a very different series to what I most enjoy watching.
ElBarto@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Uhhhgggh I have to be that nerd, Star Wars isn’t the future, it’s a long time ago, in the past.
grayman@lemmy.world 10 months ago
In a galaxy far, far away.
Literally not in our galaxy. Not in a close one either. Star Trek is, with the exception of 1 episode (?), in the milky way galaxy.
ElBarto@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
They’re literally the first things we learn about Star Wars.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I would agree. I think ‘fan’ would apply to at least being into the lore. I’m not especially into the lore of Star Wars beyond what I see on screen. In Star Trek, I like discussing the lore, the “science,” etc. I’m definitely a fan.