This is a bit long and ranty, but I feel we all can relate to this.

First off, look at that meme I made in the media. Dang that's inspirational.

Okay, onto business.

Why the heck do parents not understand about fangirling? Or why do they try to act like they never had an obsession.

I know FOR A FACT that my mom said on numerous occasions that she was utterly in love with Ralph Macchio. She said she loved him the same way I love Keanu Reeves right now. She had a lifesized poster of him in her room that she would kiss every day.

SHE TOLD ME THIS.

My dad is obsessed with Star Wars. He knows every actor/character/quote/WHATEVER, and has merchandise from back in 77 when it came out. He tells me all these useless trivia facts all the time. (Not that it's not interesting, it's just really ironic. I'll get to that.)

Let's begin, shall we.

First off: Mood Swing Parents.

You know. One minute, they'll help you draw your fanart and buy you posters and watch the movies with you, then five seconds later, they call you obsessive and tell you you need to calm down.

I have a friend, one of the seldom few, who loves loves LOVES Keanu Reeves as much as I do. As in, we've been talking for the past 3 DAYS about him, sending pictures...

Side note, check this out. I demonized Keanu.

And so today, my mom goes "Will you stop being so obsessive???"

And I'm like "sorry that's my life."

Then she looks at me and goes "No seriously. It's not cute. Knock it off."

This is the same mom who bought me Supernatural convention tickets and is attending with me, just as excited as I am about seeing them in person.

Then back to my dad. He tells me ALL THIS USELESS TRIVIA about Star Wars. Then one day, like always, I call him or my brother a nerd or a dork. It's a loving term. I've always said that.

And so he tells me that I should stop saying nerd or dork or loser and stuff like that, and finally I go "Okay I'll call you guys idjits."

And he's like "no that's not better, it's disrespectful blah blah blah"

And so I start to explain how Idjits is actually a loving term in Supernatural, because Bobby uses it and--

"I really don't care, Katie," he says in a huff. So I called him rude. And he's like "I'm not in that fandom, I really don't care why idjits is important. I don't care. Knock it off."

And first of all, he watches Supernatural. Not for a while, but I knew he had, so I was like, "well I thought you watched Supernatural, so..."

"I do but I haven't in a while and I don't memorize every little detail like you do. You get really obsessive over stuff."

And I'm like SERIOUSLY OKAY NEXT TIME YOU TRY AND TELL ME ABOUT SO-AND-SO WHO DESIGNED A WHATS-IT-CALLED ON STAR WARS, I'M JUST GONNA TELL YOU I DON'T CARE!!!! SERIOUSLY!!!

But ugh honestly, it's like they have mood swings about my fandoms! One day, mom will be helping me write my Katrix comics and laughing with me, then the next, she tells me to stop obsessing over Keanu Reeves.

OKAY.
SORRY.
SORRY HE INSPIRES ME TO DO GOOD.

SORRY HE IS THE REASON I WANT TO WRITE ANYWAY.

SORRY, DAD, THAT I LIKE TO QUOTE TV SHOWS I LIKE.

SORRY I LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THINGS I'M INTERESTED IN. YOU CERTAINLY DO.

Second Rant Topic: It's Not Fandom, It's Family.

It irks me so bad when people say I talk about my stuff so much. What else am I supposed to talk about??????? Um???? That's what people do????

Like, I've never been depressed or anything, but I'd be lying if I didn't say that fandom, any fandom at all, hasn't helped me through some crap.

Even as simple as me picturing Bill and Ted or The Doctor or Castiel holding my hand or giving me a hug when I feel lonely, I feel like I owe these actors/characters something!

So me talking about something I like is NORMAL. Like guys talking sports. Or girls with makeup. I just happen to talk about books and actors. People I look up to.

EVEN BETTER IS THE OTHER PERSON TALKS ABOUT IT WITH YOU!!!
It's not obsessive! We share a common interest! We both like the same thing, so we're gonna talk about it. It's our conversation topic. It's a thousand times better than talking about school or politics or the weather...We can have fun this way!

STOP BELITTLING FANS OF SOMETHING FOR TALKING ABOUT WHAT THEY LIKE!!!! EVERYONE. FREAKING. TALKS. ABOUT. WHAT. THEY. LIKE.

EVERYONE. IS. A. FANGIRL. OF. SOMETHING.

Third Rant Topic: Marketable Skills.

Less fandom, more personal.

Today, I spent the day trying to write my book.

I've been in a rut for freaking months. But I still sit and try to write. I'm out of school and I don't have and job, so that leaves me lots of free time at the moment.

But writers block leaves me doing and lot of unproductive work in front of a computer.

I basically have two marketable skills: drawing, and writing. I can act a little, pretty well. (I mean, I did Shakespeare and I'm hecking proud.)

So today my mom was like "you should give it a rest if you're not even writing."

So I was like "No I need to do this today so I can be famous."

Mom: "Why do you need to be famous? Why do you want to be well known?"

Me: "I want people to like what I do. I want to be able to write something that helps somebody someday, through the message in my book."

A pause.

Me: "I'm doing it to meet celebrities, mom. And honestly, this is my only marketable skill. I can't sing, I can't act, well, I can a little, and I can kinda draw. But writing? It's the one thing I'm good at."

It's the one thing that I know I can do and have had a passion to do since I was 10. I can't do much, but I feel like God gave me this skill so I could put it to use.

Why do I spend so much time writing?

Because I like it.

Because I can't do anything else!!! It's my talent. It's a thing I take pride in. It's the only way I'll be able to meet my heroes, is to become famous. I can't be famous if I don't have a book written!

THAT'S WHY!!!

Okie dokie guys. I think that's all for tonight's rant. I'm sure there's a lot of other examples and stories I could tell today, but I'm brain dead.

I'm sure I'll rant about the challenges of fangirling again later.

For those curious, I actually did combat writers block today, and the scene I'd been trying to complete is finally done. 2,132 words in that one scene. Woo!

Okay.

Be excellent to each other and FANGIRL on, dudes!!! \m/