So I posted the ONE DAY CONTENT PROTEST bizniss over on harrydraco, all with the purest intentions of spreading the word and doing the most good and just trying to do my part to make sure fandom doesn't die (do I honestly think fandom would just die if I did nothing? No, not really... we'd find some other way to exist if we didn't stay here on LJ, but I, for one, need to be proactive about things like this! It makes me feel better! Shh!) and I came to some really interesting conclusions based on people's reply to that post.

Most people in fandom are not like me. Meaning: it's not such a high priority to them. Loads of them don't know much about this LJ/6A thing, and it doesn't mean that much to them. The stakes aren't as high. They don't see it as a real threat... and even if fandom were taken away from them, they could probably get on with their lives quite easily. It would not be so for me, because fandom and HP and the friends I've made along the way have gotten me through so many difficult times in my life. It sounds cliche, but I went through some really low points in my life. If I hadn't had the thought of an amazing h/d fic to read before I went to bed, I don't know what I would have done. If I hadn't met sunsets_shadows or stichesandlace, I would be a completely different person (and I probably would be going crazy right now with hidden internal secrets I've never been able to tell anybody but them.) On a really serious level, fandom saved me from a downward spiral. I doubt anything that drastic would have occured, but I wouldn't be the same person I am today without it. I wouldn't be as happy. I wouldn't believe in love. (sry, still cliche.) I would not give it up for the world.

And some of the 'fandomers' who replied to my post about the friday protest were almost laughing at me. Instead of feeling ridiculous, I felt empowered. I know not everyone has such a close affinity to fandom, but I feel like a lot of my flist does, and I could use a bit of encouragement or shared stories in a reply to this message. Right now I feel like the only one in fandom who is really afraid of it just disappearing. I know things aren't as drastic as all that, but there are so many things up in the air right now (i.e., huge recession maybe leading to another depression, financial situations in regards to college tuition, my ever non-existant love life, what I want to be when I grow up, and so on and so forth...) and I just don't want to have to add fandom to that ever-growing list. I wish I could convey to those people who replied to me how big of a deal this is. I made a comparison to the silent protests of the Civil Rights Movement, and while that is a definite leap, how are the same feelings not portrayed? I want to do something and I want to do it freely and I don't want to feel threatened, and I don't want to be kicked out of LJ for doing it. I know that one day of protest is not going to solve the problem, but it's going to serve its purpose of making a point. Passive resistance in the first step to real change. Even if we don't succeed, how can I not actively try? sdfjshdjhsdjfh

So. Am I insane? I'd love your thoughts. ♥