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[turps]

Thank you so much to dine and tara for the cards, I enjoyed them both a lot ♥

Also, thank you to sperrywink for the parcel, which arrived yesterday, and to turlough for the parcel which arrived today. Who needs muffins when you have such lovely friends ♥

Last night we picked up baby fannish niece from Newcastle. It was her first solo concert and my SiL was a bit worried about her getting home so late, so we were on picking up duty.

We had a good talk on the way home and I was reminded that at heart, all kinds of fans connect at some level. I'm a fandom old and don't hang in the same fannish spaces as my niece at all, but we still get each other on a base level. Along with the concert, she'd gone to a signing with Liam Payne earlier in the day and spent a long time telling me how he looked, how he acted, how his management were arseholes who don't promote him properly. How he was shorter than she expected and how not telling his height was a joke he had with fans. Also, how she burst into tears after seeing him and two new friends she'd made in line comforted her, and then started crying themselves.

And it was just, yeah, I got it. I really did.

Tonight we're off for the Christmas meetup with Pauline and my brother and his family. My uncle was supposed to go but he's had medical issues lately that means he's had to drop out. Which is a shame as we only see him at this meet-up at Christmas. But, Pauline's daughter and SiL have stepped up and taken over the meals and are good company, so all is well.

Comments

[rikes]

Awww, baby fannish niece! That sounds so relatable.

[turps]

It really was relatable.

Especially when she started talking about her good friend that lived in another country.

[sylvaine]

Fandom crosses all barriers <3

[turps]

Fandom crosses all barriers <3

It really does.

[dine]

it's that magical time of the year when good mail shows up! glad the card got there safely :)

it sounds like baby fannish niece had a very good concert experience! it's funny how little age/fandom matters when it comes to being a fan

[turps]

It really is. I love all the festive mail, it makes such a change to bills and lately, political leaflets.

She had a fantastic concert experience and I'm impressed she was happy to go solo when no one else wanted to go with her. I suspect it was the first of many concerts for her.

[frausorge]

Yay for multigeneration fannishness!

[turps]

Yay for multigeneration fannishness!

It's such a great thing!

[turlough]

Your parcel has arrived, yay!

Awww, your niece is so adorable in her fannishness!

I hope you're having a great meetup tonight!

[turps]

It did! Thank you so much.

She really is adorable, even her ranting about Liam's management company was adorable.

It was a good meetup, far too much food, so we all came home with huge pieces of cake.

[glitteryv]

How he was shorter than she expected and how not telling his height was a joke he had with fans. Also, how she burst into tears after seeing him and two new friends she'd made in line comforted her, and then started crying themselves.

Awww at babbu!fannish niece. It's always kind of a shock when you see XYZ person you admire in the flesh. Like, I had a total !!! the first time I met Frank because I'd believed the fanon of him being 5'4" (my height). In reality, he's between 5'7"-5'8" and, although it might not seem like much, those few inches make all the difference.

[turps]

Your story about meeting Frank made me smile. So you're saying he's not actually tiny like a hobbit? *g*

But yeah, I get that shock. I remember the first time I saw MCR perform and got such a huge hit of 'omg, they're real people'.

[topaz119]

Oh, I got a little misty at the made-in-line friends comforting your niece. I feel like I need to go ping a few popslashers and reconnect a bit.

[turps]

You should do that, reconnecting with fannish friends is always a good thing.

I also love, that for many fannish friends, you can be apart for years and yet still fit together nicely when any reconnection happens.

[chalcopyrite]

Your baby fannish niece sounds completely adorable!

I hope you'd a good time. Too bad your uncle couldn't make it, I hope his health improves.

[turps]

She really is adorable. Her sheer joy at being so close to Liam, if only for a few seconds, was lovely to see.

After a very long time of stomach issues, my uncle has just had a stoma bag fitted so I wasn't surprised at all he had to bow out of a family meal. I feel for him as he's finding the whole situation hard at the moment.

But we did have a good time :)

[sperrywink]

YAY! Glad my package made its way across the ocean safely!

Aww, baby!fan!! So relate-able, yes. Particularly about celebrities being shorter in person, ahaha.

I hope your Christmas meet-up went well!

[turps]

It did! Further to my email, as of now there are still chocolates left. If that's the case by the end of the night I don't know *g*

She's just posted a photo of her meeting with Liam on her FB. She looks like a visual representation of squee, even though all he's doing is leaning over the table toward her.

It did. Good food and good company :)

[wenchpixie]

Aaawh, that's so much fun!

[turps]

It was a great conversation :D

[tara]

Wow, that got there sooner than expected with how Australia Post is these days! I'm glad it arrived in time :)

[turps]

Wow, that got there sooner than expected with how Australia Post is these days! I'm glad it arrived in time :)

Your card must have zoomed through the post :D

[brandywine28]

Aw! The plight of the baby fan -- is there anything more universal? Tell her they're always shorter than you think. ALWAYS.

[turps]

Aw! The plight of the baby fan -- is there anything more universal? Tell her they're always shorter than you think. ALWAYS.

You're so right, about both points.