Tomato Talks Episode 6: The Dance of the Multifandom Fangirl

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Today, I talk about multifandoms and how to juggle these multifandoms.

What is a multifandom fangirl? It's somebody who is into multiple things. By this, I mean anime and books or books and comics not Percy Jackson and Harry Potter.
Here I'm using fangirl as an umbrella fangirl. 

There are many combinations. I listen a few below. With focus on books being one.

Book anime

Book show

Book movie

Book video game

Book comic

Book music

Sometimes, it's easy for people to be part of two fandoms. These fandoms can be very intertwined. For example, Pokemon is a video game and an anime, and people can get into video games like Pokemon then get interested in anime.
But it doesn't always happen like this. (I got into anime because of manga. Yeah...bit of a long story. I told it here, though.)

But juggling this is super hard. (Trust me, I know.)
How do you do this? I give you four tips to help you juggle your fandoms.

1) Take a break from one fandom. Slow down with one fandom (for me books) and take in the new one. (Which is what I did.)

2) Allocate time for a certain fandom. Put aside an hour for a show and an hour for books if you have only two hours of spare time

3) If possible, do both at once. Maybe watch subbed anime and listen to an audiobook? If you can...this is a multitasking thing not everyone can do.

4) During a break, binge on one you have ignored (not advised...but you can still do it)

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Shy Girl's Guide to Being a Fangirl

Welcome to the very first post for the Shy Girl's Guide or SGG. It's so great to be able to talk about awesome things from the perspective of someone who is kinda shy. And I will be very frank with you.

Today's post is about being a fangirl. A relatively easy topic.

What does being a fangirl mean to you? Does it mean conventions? Or author visits? Or cosplay?
Whatever it means to you realize that it's different for someone else.
To me, being a fangirl means being me. I am a fangirl. I'm socially awkward and probably insane and pretty cool. That's me. Being a fangirl is part of my personality. I laugh along with characters and cry along with them too. They consume my life until I regain a slice of sanity and return to my reality. (And, sometimes, it takes a long time for what to happen.)

I am not a closeted fangirl. I don't try to hide this part of myself. I will screech and squee and gasp and collapse because of books or Welcome to Night Vale or anime.
Of course, I don't fangirl with people I know unless I trust them or we're friends. That'd be embarrassing! I do fangirl in front of strangers. The line of though is that 'we'll never see each other again, so why does it matter?'

My suggestion to pry your inner fangirl out is this:
Realize that it's a part of you. And let it rip.

Don't hide it. Flaunt it. Be proud.

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