I wrote about the time my girlfriend's online RPG became my primary fandom.
I am not immune to the sentimental allure of a fandom anniversary, and I'd hoped to post this entry last fall, roughly 20 years after the events that it describes. But in October, my offline life became very chaotic, very quickly, and I didn't have nearly enough energy to decide what I wanted to say, or - just as importantly - what I wanted to leave out.
If we know each other offline, and you have some idea of "Briar's" real identity, please don't bring it up here. I gave her a pseudonym, and ultimately cut out a lot of what I'd written about the progression of our relationship, for a reason.
I am not immune to the sentimental allure of a fandom anniversary, and I'd hoped to post this entry last fall, roughly 20 years after the events that it describes. But in October, my offline life became very chaotic, very quickly, and I didn't have nearly enough energy to decide what I wanted to say, or - just as importantly - what I wanted to leave out.
If we know each other offline, and you have some idea of "Briar's" real identity, please don't bring it up here. I gave her a pseudonym, and ultimately cut out a lot of what I'd written about the progression of our relationship, for a reason.