marcicat | it's like a fun surprise

I love the 'subscribe' feature on AO3, but I don't usually remember if I've subscribed to a story, a series, or an author. (Okay, I usually don't remember subscribing at all. Isn't that the point of subscribing? So that I don't have to remember to go check for updates?)

So every time I get a notification I'm like 'what's this? was I reading this fic? what's it about?' Usually I just read the new chapter, and sometimes I remember the context as I go, and other times I have no idea what's happening. But I have fun anyway!

I figure once I've read enough in a fandom, there's a sort of, I don't know, context cloud. And after that, everything I read has all this potential backstory and context and subplots that my brain just fills in around the text. (Also applies to reading or viewing actual canon! Makes movies so much more fun!)

I don't really know how to explain it. But fandom is great! Way to go, fans!