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One bittersweet thing about my childhood was fandom isolation; I consumed fantasy books like a drug addict, and they were incredibly profound for me - but I was usually the only person reading them, and I rarely had anyone irl to talk about them with.

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Aella

@Aella_Girl

Feb 9, 2021

Like, imagine you're a kid and watch Star Wars for the first time, but nobody else around you has seen or heard of Star Wars, and nobody you tell about it cares enough to take the time to watch it And you go your entire life being the only person you know who's seen Star Wars.

Aella

@Aella_Girl

Feb 9, 2021

nobody else will ever know the the grief i felt after finishing Brightly Burning by Mercedes Lackey

Aella

@Aella_Girl

at least the entire world eventually got hit by the Red Wedding

4:34 AM · Feb 9, 2021

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not quite yet, imo. there's fun parts in Revelation about even all the grapes being turned into oceans of blood by angels. psychopath shit, from angels.

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Not true, although I didn't read that book, I led much the same life. Even earlier than you. Isolated and alone in my interest. No internet, no cell phone...

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Yeah and then we got hit by season 8. Which was even more painful.

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I understand this feeling very well, but it wasn't by reading books that no one else read. It was music--no one knew about the albums I've listened to

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you should start a book club ... it is never too late

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There were a bunch of videos of GoT fans who knew the books recording reactions of their friends who had not to the TV Red Wedding. When I read the book I was just as shocked as the people in these videos