this isn't what I meant by "a new fandom"

[vaznetti]

In a moment of weakness, I looked up Thomas the Tank Engine videos on YouTube, because Spartacus has an unbelievable obsession with it; now he thinks that my laptop is another of his toys! All the time it's "Pictures of Thomas!" or "Pictures of Emily Train!"

I have discovered a whole circle of Thomas vidders out there -- they make a mixture of homage and crossover and parody vids. It's kind of pleasing to happen across an entire fandom I had no idea existed, and especially to see a lot of the same behaviors repeated there -- you know, "I saw X's great piece about Y and made vid Z as a tribute to it." I'm sure there's trolling and wank too, but I haven't noticed it.

Also, I think I ship Gordon/Emily now.