This is small in the scale of things from tonight but the emphasis GRRM placed on his friend being a & #39;2nd generation fan& #39; bugged me - fair in an intro, people are & that& #39;s genuinely great, but repeating it so much reminded me of my imposter feelings for not being & #39;from fandom& #39;

To me it feels like a lot of what he said tonight could feel like that to someone, hearing anecdotes & fun times you weren& #39;t there for because you& #39;re new & that can be done in a genuine community sharing way & be awesome but to me tonight didn& #39;t feel like that

If that ceremony left you feeling like you don& #39;t belong in fandom, I want to tell you & #39;they& #39; don& #39;t speak for everyone, it& #39;s bullshit & you do belong. The truth is it& #39;s still a constant fight to belong, even harder for marginalised people, & the winner speeches tonight showed that