Breadcrumbs & Butterbeans

Challenge #5

Talk about what has improved in your life thanks to fandom. Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space

I've been in fandom - first fully irl, then also online - for most of my life, starting as a teenager, so it's hard to unpick what fandom's improved, because fandom is a founding pillar of my life. Without fandom I'd... have found something else to be a fan of, tbh. It's brought me friends, obviously - literally all of my friends have come through fandom one way or another (even the one I'm still friends with from school - we bonded over the books, shows and music we liked, and it's music that's brought us back closer as adults), it's brought me such joy and memories that are absolutely core to who I am now. It's been there for me when I've been happy, and it's been there for me when I've been miserable - seasoning the great days and making the awful ones bearable, through those friends I've made, pretty distraction, or whatever I've needed at that time.

Fandom's brought me community, in on and off line spaces, and that community has let me grow into the person I am, so. Fandom's improved everything.