{"id":1382997,"date":"2016-01-04T11:00:41","date_gmt":"2016-01-04T16:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.sparknotes.com\/?p=1382997"},"modified":"2015-12-30T14:07:27","modified_gmt":"2015-12-30T19:07:27","slug":"poll-which-fandoms-have-we-been-unjustly-neglecting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/poll-which-fandoms-have-we-been-unjustly-neglecting\/","title":{"rendered":"POLL: Which Fandoms Have We Been Unjustly Neglecting?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/img.sparknotes.com\/content\/sparklife\/sparktalk\/fandom4_LargeWide.jpg\" width=\"701\" height=\"394\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It will come as no surprise to habitual readers that we tend to play favorites with fandoms. Our <a href=\"http:\/\/community.sparknotes.com\/2015\/12\/16\/the-most-under-appreciated-characters-in-all-of-harry-potter\" target=\"_blank\">love<\/a> for \u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/community.sparknotes.com\/2015\/12\/15\/snapchats-from-hogwarts\" target=\"_blank\">Harry Potter<\/a> \u00a0<\/em>burns <a href=\"http:\/\/community.sparknotes.com\/2015\/12\/03\/if-hogwarts-had-ratemyprofessors-com\" target=\"_blank\">brighter<\/a> than a thousand <a href=\"http:\/\/community.sparknotes.com\/2015\/11\/30\/netflix-recently-watched-by-harry-potter-characters-part-2\" target=\"_blank\">goblets of fire<\/a>. We GChat exclusively about <em><a href=\"http:\/\/community.sparknotes.com\/blog\/contributor\/ryan-britt-and-addison\" target=\"_blank\">Doctor Who<\/a>. \u00a0<\/em>We&#8217;re unabashed pushers of \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/community.sparknotes.com\/2015\/11\/04\/sherlock-special-episode-countdown-calendar\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Sherlock<\/em><\/a>, \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/community.sparknotes.com\/2015\/10\/21\/the-force-is-strong-with-this-star-wars-geek-quiz\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Star Wars<\/em><\/a>, and \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/community.sparknotes.com\/2015\/02\/18\/are-you-a-hobbit\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Lord of the Rings<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But sometimes we feel a deep unease that keeps us awake at night. We could\u2014and should\u2014be doing more. We should be freaking out over \u00a0<em>even more \u00a0<\/em>fandoms. Based on your comments on our fandom-centric <a href=\"http:\/\/community.sparknotes.com\/2015\/12\/08\/one-holiday-fandom-gift-guide-to-rule-them-all\" target=\"_blank\">holiday gift guide<\/a>, many of you agree.<\/p>\n<p>But according to its <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fandom\" target=\"_blank\">Wikipedia page<\/a>, &#8220;A fandom can grow around any area of human interest or activity.&#8221; Hey, thanks Wikipedia!<\/p>\n<p>So, instead of creating fan art for any area of human activity\u2014which would actually be a pretty solid book idea, hm\u2014we&#8217;re asking you! What fandom(s) should get more love on SparkLife?<\/p>\n<p><!-- poll:484--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It will come as no surprise to habitual readers that we tend to play favorites with fandoms. Our love for \u00a0Harry Potter \u00a0burns brighter than a thousand goblets of fire. We GChat exclusively about Doctor   <a class=\"continue-reading\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"continue-text\">continue reading<\/span><svg class=\"continue-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"\">\n    <path fill=\"#007acd\" fill-rule=\"nonzero\" d=\"M13.442 5.558L19.885 12l-6.443 6.442-.884-.884 4.934-4.934L4 12.625v-1.25l13.492-.001-4.934-4.932.884-.884z\"><\/path>\n  <\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3216],"tags":[4300,20785,13983,8751,15525,20347],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1382997"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1382997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1382997\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1382997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1382997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1382997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}