Back in the day, we wrote on paper and sent things through the mail. It was a slower, more old-fashioned kind of fandom that we had. To prove this point, I was going through papers in the laundry room and came across a stack of 3/5 cards with quotes on them from various fannish fics that I had read. I guess at the time, I was passionate enough to read so very closely and to take the time to write down a phrase or quote or whatever that seemed especially remarkable. And then I thought, either I can recycle the cards, or I can post the quotes and then recycle the cards. So what do you think I chose to do? Yeah....
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