Someone explain this to me, because now I’m confused. Does being a participant in “fandom” always or generally imply that a person writes pornographic ‘shipper fan-fiction? I mean, not that there is anything wrong with writing stories about television characters or your own fantasies about their non-relationships, but I always thought fandom referred to a community built up around a television show. Wikipedia seems to agree. Thus I find it odd that people are worried about losing their jobs for participating in “fandom,” unless what they actually mean is participating in X-rated story writing, which is perhaps more likely to ruffle feathers among those with delicate sensibilities than simply dressing up as a Klingon or going to a Buffy meet-up (I’ve done one of the two, I’ll let you guess which…).