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

To me it feels like a lot of what he said tonight could feel like that to someone, hearing anecdotes & fun times you weren't there for because you're new & that can be done in a genuine community sharing way & be awesome but to me tonight didn't feel like that

If that ceremony left you feeling like you don't belong in fandom, I want to tell you 'they' don't speak for everyone, it's bullshit & you do belong. The truth is it's still a constant fight to belong, even harder for marginalised people, & the winner speeches tonight showed that