This week’s Blog Azeroth’s shared topic post from comes from Dragonray of Azerothian Life:
Are you starstruck by anyone? Does someone in the community respond to a post or a tweet and get you all speechless because they actually responded? Is there anyone you are waiting to have respond directly to you? Is there someone that you would like to chat to, but are too chicken? Am I the only one who puts other bloggers on a pedestal?
I’m having a bit of trouble answering this one, mostly because I don’t really blog or tweet enough to be noticed too often. Also, I feel slightly creepy admitting my fangirl moments over bloggers because well…I don’t want them to think I’m going to come and stalk them. I’m not! I swear! I just like your writing a lot.
That said, I actually did have a fangirl moment one day on Twitter. Allison Robert, the druid writer from WoW Insider, tweeted about something. I responded, and low and behold, she actually tweeted back! We then had a little conversation about tanking and how I shouldn’t be afraid of it, and I promised her I would attempt tanking that week (I didn’t).
It was a cool moment. I’ve long admired her writing on WI, and her articles usually cause me to crack up laughing at least a few times while I read them. She was the one who made me aware of the beauty of feral staves and got me attempting to collect them long before transmogrification became a thing. I probably have her to thank for love of druid T6 as well.
It’s interesting to think that getting a tweet from her caused a little fangirl moment for me. I feel like most bloggers are pretty normal people, probably not all that different than me. Okay, some of the awesome class bloggers are definitely better at math than I am, but for the most part we’re all just regular people who like to geek out about WoW enough write about it. I’ve always found the real life/internet life dichotomy to be an interesting one, and I think it’s fascinating to see what people both present with their online persona and what others may take away from it. There are people whose writings I read or podcasts I listen to that I think “I bet we could be friends if we knew each other in real life.” And then I feel creepy. 😉
Bloggers and podcasters tend to be an interesting kind of “celebrity” because through their writing and shows, it’s very easy to feel like you know them on a personal level. But there’s a weird disconnect there because they don’t know you. And I think that’s where this feeling of being a little starstruck can come from, regardless of the fact that these people are probably for the most part normal with very normal lives.
In the end, people you admire tend to go onto pedestals, regardless of whether you know them or not. One of the guys I work with is an incredible leader and inspires people every day. He’s absolutely on a pedestal for me, and getting good feedback from him can lead to just as much of a starstruck moment as getting a comment from a blogger I admire, even though I know the guy. Maybe being starstruck is more about recognition from people you admire, rather that just being about people who are famous. Maybe it should be called Admirestruck. 😉
Anyway, on the off chance that Allison reads this, seriously. Not creepy. I just really like your writing. You don’t have to worry about me showing up holding a boombox over my head or anything. 😉
The screenshot is awesome.
Gasp. Robin Torres. /starstruck
/snort
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AHHAh Robin responded to you!! With that and the screenie you are so famous now!! Screw the admire struck 🙂
*hands you a pedestal*
If I had known adding a boombox to the picture when my druid is throwing Tranq would make me e-famous, I would have done it a long time ago! 😉
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There are people whose writings I read or podcasts I listen to that I think “I bet we could be friends if we knew each other in real life.”
ME TOO!! I’m trying to be more proactive, as in, I think we can be friends therefore I would like to communicate with you please give me your RealID! (Well maybe not that far but I’m making an effort to comment / tweet more and work up the courage to be in-game friends hehe)
Oddly, I feel more comfortable commenting on people’s blogs than randomly tweeting at them. I know that both are meant to be forms of public communication, but I guess commenting on a post feels more like telling an author that you enjoy their work after they do a public reading, whereas tweeting feels like running up to an author on the street and saying “OMGILOVEYOU” then running away.
Great post and love the pic.
See, looks like you have some fans of your own 🙂
Crazy how actually posting in my blog means people read it. Now I really wish I hadn’t gotten so derailed last fall when I started this thing.
I didn’t know Tauren listened to Peter Gabriel! AWESOME!
Pft, what do you think they would listen to, country?
….Now I have the sudden urge to rewrite “In Your Eyes” with tauren lyrics. God help me.
That is an awesome pic! AND OMG CYNWISE visited and COMMENTED I would be TOTALLY starstruck by that!!!1
Trust me, after all the people who have commented on this post, I am feeling quite starstruck indeed!
Wait a minute, you can’t be a fangirl over Allison, I’M a fangirl over Allision.
Wait… that didn’t come out right.
Tell you what. I can be the Allison fangirl and you can be the Allison fanboy. 😉
Also, Big Bear Butt just commented on my blog. O_O
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