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The things I love about ACoC, like the fandom's longevity, the transformative fanvids and collaborative fan projects, even the Discord access to the creators, are not unique to fandom, but they stand out to me because this was the first active fandom I experienced them in
The thing that is unique is the amount of respect between the creators and fans. The fact that Brennan has responded directly to tweets, that Chrome had that long interview with him, shows that he cares what we have to say, which is pretty rare!!
I wonder if that comes from Dropout being a relatively small company, and so that community aspect is prioritized (I mean, the Discord access is a literal part of their business model)
Speaking of which, I'd love to see people's thoughts on the kind of digital affinity spaces the fandom has made, becasue I haven't seen that anywhere else, but also don't feel qualified to speak on it since I was only ever a member of B4B
So far what I've said could apply to D20 and Dropout content as a whole, but for me, nothing was (is!) quite intense as the ACoC fandom, and I think a large part of that comes from the pandemic and quarantine intensifying a desire for a distraction, and connection
The other thing that is definitely not unique to ACoC but really revealed to me is how platform-specific fandoms can be! I have a classmate who I learned likes d20 but she's only on Tumblr and she knew NOTHING of all the ships I had been obsessing over
And those ships! I'm thinking of Calmather and Sweet Religion specifically, they are just so good!! Taking the tragedy of canon and making it even juicier by making it queerer!!
It's the kind of fandom that blurs the line into fan expression and critiques since there is really so little LGBT+ rep in ACoC!!
