Category Friendship

On Top of the World: On Internet Friendships and Why Fandom Matters (The Adventures of Three Friends in Europe)

September 3, 2016 · by · in Fandom, Fanfiction, Friendship, History, Les Misérables, Writing · Leave a comment

When I stepped inside Victor Hugo’s house a little over a week ago, it felt like a pilgrimage. It felt like the culmination of the last 3+ years of my life, of every wonderful friendship cemented over a shared love of Hugo’s Les Miserables, a brick of a novel. This all started because of a […]

Captain America 2: The Winter Soldier, Or Some Words on Steve Rogers and Why This Movie is Seriously Excellent

May 1, 2014 · by · in Captain America, Comics, Friendship, Marvel, Movies · Leave a comment

Five years ago if someone asked me to go see a comic book movie, I probably would have gone along with a little bit (a lot) of reluctance: I’d never liked superheroes much growing up, and Toby McGuire as Spider Man didn’t do much to change my mind (Andrew Garfield did, though!) To be fair, […]

“Give these Kids and Me the Brand New Century”: The Power of Internet Friendships

April 11, 2014 · by · in Fandom, Friendship, Life Philosophy, Personal · 5 Comments

YA author and Youtuber John Green says a lot of smart things, but the following quote is one of my absolute favorites: “I dislike the phrase “Internet friends,” because it implies that people you know online aren’t really your friends, that somehow the friendship is less real or meaningful to you because it happens through […]