Why do us fans feel the need to anounce to the world that we get a convert? by ebonezer

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Why do us fans feel the need to anounce to the world that we get a convert?
Monday, May 17, 2004

I got a convert!

We've all seen it a hundred times before in the little blog thing. I got a convert! And them maybe a little

If you take the time to click on it you might see a little message saying something like "I got a convert! We were sitting around and blah blah blah..."

My question is why do we feel the need to do this? It is it a show of our wealth? Maybe in our little courner of the verse, we don't measure our wealth in dollars, or pounds, or euro, or whatever.

We measure wealth in number of converts. Number of times we've watched "Ariel." How many times a day we say, "Not so much." If we have a Jayne hat or not.

Or maybe we anounce our new convert because its a kind of initiation. You're not a true member of FFF.net unless you get a convert of you're very own. You're in the club if you can get a convert.

Maybe we do it because we've seen others do it, and its the thing to do. You only get in the club if you act like everybody else. I see it every day at school. Everybody looks and acts the same. Same hair. Same skirts. Same everything. I know this isn't the case in our world. We're better then that.

Or maybe we just like seeing our name up on the homepage. Thats why I do it.

I am an egotistical theater dork after all.

I live to see my name in lights.

Oh yeah, i got a convert!

COMMENTS

Friday, September 10, 2004 4:47 PM

INTHESHINYCIRCUSLIFE

*adores*

Wednesday, May 19, 2004 12:42 AM

WHOODAHN

I do it because it gives my feet another reason to do the little Happy Dance of Joy.

Tuesday, May 18, 2004 12:52 PM

CAPNRAHN

Because it shows our little community is growing by leaps and bounds!!!

OK, I cheated by buying mucho copies of the DVDs after we closed on the house.

Tuesday, May 18, 2004 9:40 AM

CHANNAIN

It feels a little less like the Alliance is winning.

Tuesday, May 18, 2004 9:35 AM

MRSSPOOKY

Becuz it's cool? :)

Tuesday, May 18, 2004 6:43 AM

FILMGODDESS

I think it's because we know how great Firefly is and we want to share it with others. By screaming that we have a convert we show that there are more people with the same passion for Firefly then us. It shows that Firefly could really be successfull as a major motion picture and that's hopeful to us. It means that we will have more of Firefly to come. :D

Tuesday, May 18, 2004 3:37 AM

ASTRIANA

Honestly, I don't think it's a matter of being "in the club" so much as almost showing each other that we're not alone out there - we have friends who like the show. Almost like a validation of self. We like this show, it did poorly in the ratings and was cancelled. We show the show to other, they like it, we get excited because we were right.

Of course, there's always the competitive aspect of "I got more converts than you did"...

Tuesday, May 18, 2004 12:37 AM

DRACOS

Hey thats nothing, I got twenty in two days.

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