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A space to chat fandom! Anon!

Got a WIP you're excited about? Want to rave about your fave? Or is your fandom absolutely in love with a character who detracts from every scene they bumble into, and you need somewhere to vent? You're in the right place!

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Cats

[(Anonymous)]

Best film of the decade, y/y?

Re: Cats

[(Anonymous)]

I totally forgot that I had meant to watch this...is it as bad/good as it seems? Or bad to the point of not being entertaining?

Re: Cats

[(Anonymous)]

It is AMAZINGLY bad. We saw it in the cinema and we were crying with laughter, almost all the way through. If you can, watch it in a big group and have lots of sugar beforehand. It's the most fun I've ever had at the cinema. Judi Dench's tiny feet! :D :D :D

Re: Cats

[(Anonymous)]

Butthole cut or bust.

Re: Cats

[(Anonymous)]

I need to watch it again.

Re: Cats

[(Anonymous)]

And a tumblr post with some actual cats:

https://sleepy-bebby.tumblr.com/post/651205213319004160/cat-dimension

Re: Cats

[(Anonymous)]

The Cats fandom is interesting. I like how they're not particularly interested in the show itself, but more in the complex mythos that the fans have built up around it. They basically supply the show themselves. I guess all fandoms do this to an extent, but with Cats, it's noticeable.

Re: Cats

[(Anonymous)]

It just sounds like a fun, ongoing conversation about an idea, which is nice.

Re: Cats

[(Anonymous)]

I find it interesting that they've developed these complex webs of relationships between the cats when most people who watch it won't even know the names of most of them. I can't really think of anything like it? It feels like a distillation of fandom to its raw elements. Put some blank counters on a board, someone goes "they're brothers!", someone else goes, "and the younger one is jealous of the older one but secretly wants his approval, and they have an ex in common, and the older one hates loud noises, and...".