August 8, 2007
Last week, I listed stereotypes of ShapeShifter fans. Many of you identified in one way or another with the list; it’s pretty universal.
This week, it gets more challenging. Are you a true fan if you don’t fit any of these thirteen things? Absolutely.
| Thirteen truths about ShapeShifter fans
1. They are surprisingly different — from the stereotypes and from each other. 2. A number of them are intelligent and/or highly successful in careers you might not expect right off the bat. 3. Many of them listen to a large variety of music — not only hard rock, metal, or whatever you’d like to call it this week. 4. The die-hards are as devoted to ShapeShifter as a pit bull is to its master. 5. Many of them feel that they don’t fit in anywhere but here. 6. Many of them come from abusive or otherwise hurt backgrounds. 7. Not all the girls come around because the ShapeShifter guys are cute. Some of them are into the music, plain and simple. 8. They’re not defined by their physical appearance (refer to last week’s list to see what I mean). 9. Many of them draw their inner strength from the music. The tales of how and when they did this make for frequent backstage appearance stories. 10. Many of them feel that Mitchell‘s lyrics were written just for them. They wonder how he got it so right. 11. Many will go into debt and/or bankrupt themselves in order to see ShapeShifter perform all over the world. What an excuse to travel! 12. Many of them feel instant affinities toward each other, as though they are fellow members of an otherwise secret club. Relationships are forged, weddings are celebrated all because of ShapeShifter. 13. Mitchell, Daniel, Trevor, and Eric are popular names for the children of ShapeShifter fans. Go figure. |
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amy
August 8, 2007 7:15 pm
Neat idea for a Thursday 13!
Thomma Lyn
August 8, 2007 7:16 pm
Another great list, Susan! BR/BR/And you know what, I fit several of those criteria myself — and yup, you betcha I’m a true ShapeShifter fan! 🙂 Number 3 is huge for me in particular — my musical tastes are all over the map.BR/BR/Happy TT, my friend!
Milan - zzz
August 8, 2007 7:23 pm
If I had any doubts from last week now I’m sure I’m fan :)BR/BR/Happy T13!
Suprina
August 8, 2007 7:29 pm
Great list!BR/Happy TT!
Chelle Y.
August 8, 2007 7:34 pm
Okay, I am weird, but I really do not know what is a shapeshifter. I am going to look it up right now!
Joely Sue Burkhart
August 8, 2007 7:40 pm
Man, too bad we only had girls–I could have used their names!
'B'
August 8, 2007 8:12 pm
Hey, BR/I am with chelle y, I don’t know who they are either!!BR/BR/So I am off to google them as well.BR/BR/Ours is up as well if you want to stop by. This weeks rendition is from L!BR/http://burntofferings.blogspot.com
'B'
August 8, 2007 8:12 pm
Hey, BR/I am with chelle y, I don’t know who they are either!!BR/BR/So I am off to google them as well.BR/BR/Ours is up as well if you want to stop by. This weeks rendition is from L!BR/http://burntofferings.blogspot.com
'B'
August 8, 2007 8:12 pm
Hey, BR/I am with chelle y, I don’t know who they are either!!BR/BR/So I am off to google them as well.BR/BR/Ours is up as well if you want to stop by. This weeks rendition is from L!BR/http://burntofferings.blogspot.com
Sue
August 8, 2007 8:19 pm
Love the cross over idea from last week! Happy TT .. 🙂
- PRACTiCAL CHiCK
August 8, 2007 8:37 pm
Thanks for stopping by! 🙂
Moving Mama
August 8, 2007 8:45 pm
aacck! I’m hopelessly East of Mars on this one – I’m with the Google crowd.
Comedy +
August 8, 2007 8:47 pm
I guess this is about music? A band? I’ve never heard of ShapeShifter… There you have it. Have a great TT. 🙂
Christine d'Abo
August 8, 2007 9:00 pm
I find myself fitting into a lot of those categories for music I love. I’m thinking I’m probably a bit ShapeShifter fan then! But I’ve known that for a while now. 🙂
Christine d'Abo
August 8, 2007 9:00 pm
I find myself fitting into a lot of those categories for music I love. I’m thinking I’m probably a bit ShapeShifter fan then! But I’ve known that for a while now. 🙂
Christine d'Abo
August 8, 2007 9:00 pm
I find myself fitting into a lot of those categories for music I love. I’m thinking I’m probably a bit ShapeShifter fan then! But I’ve known that for a while now. 🙂
julia
August 8, 2007 9:03 pm
#11 – “Many will go into debt and/or bankrupt themselves in order to see ShapeShifter perform all over the world.”BR/BR/Hey – you only live once! At least in this current form and at the same time as Shapeshifter.
Susan Helene Gottfried
August 8, 2007 9:06 pm
That’s true. And I know people who’ve taken this attitude to heart!
Lori
August 8, 2007 9:46 pm
They sound like some very cool people:) Happy TT.
This Eclectic Life
August 8, 2007 10:11 pm
You definitely have the characters of the fans defined. I’ve seen pit bulls, though that weren’t very devoted!
Ann
August 8, 2007 11:12 pm
Cool list. Happy TT.
Christine
August 8, 2007 11:18 pm
Hello: I’m back! Thanks for visiting me while I took a break to get my work/life balance sorted out . . . BR/BR/I am definitely a shape-shifter . . . I can relate to numbers 1, 3, 5 and 8. BR/BR/Looking forward to reading/learning more . . . BR/BR/Hugs, XINE
Lesley
August 8, 2007 11:33 pm
I must be a Shapeshifter fan! heheBR/Happy TT!
L^2
August 9, 2007 12:10 am
Yep, I can identify with quite a few of these, so I guess that makes me a true fan. 🙂
OpenChannel
August 9, 2007 12:47 am
Hey Susan, thanks for the Poetry Train suggestion. I found Rhian’s site (although your link to her site is broken). At least the Poetry Train is a productive way for me to procrastinate. Haha.
Heather Rae Scott
August 9, 2007 1:05 am
Your ideas are always so clever, considering you’re from West of Mars. I’m joking of course about the West of Mars but not your unique 13’s.BR/BR/My music tastes are all over the map as well. Admittedly, I’ve only read a couple of the shapeshifter books, but I liked them.
Damozel
August 9, 2007 1:08 am
One of the benefits of T13 is finding out how many things are going on that I know nothing at all about and that other people feel passionate about. Pretty cool that people get so excited about a fictional band…it must be very intensely written.
Damozel
August 9, 2007 1:10 am
…though in the real world I don’t think I’d be that into a band that did Broadway. I’m sort of a Pearl Jam/Shins sort of person myself. :)BR/BR/Interesting idea—to envision this so clearly.
FRIDAY'S CHILD
August 9, 2007 1:57 am
That was a great post.BR/Thanks for the visit.
FRIDAY'S CHILD
August 9, 2007 1:57 am
That was a great post.BR/Thanks for the visit.
FRIDAY'S CHILD
August 9, 2007 1:57 am
That was a great post.BR/Thanks for the visit.
Robin
August 9, 2007 2:13 am
See this just proves it – I AM a hard-core ShapeShifter fan!
Shelley Munro
August 9, 2007 4:28 am
#3 works for me. My musical likes are all over the place.BR/BR/Great list!
Rhian / Crowwoman
August 9, 2007 4:42 am
i am such a bundle of contradictions. Last week i went down the list and said uh-huh, uh-huh, check, yet, maybe, etc.BR/This week SAME thing. Except for that whole not being into the cute guys thing – forget it – i’m a total Trevor ‘Ho now. Your fault.
Sanni
August 9, 2007 8:21 am
I knew it – you knew it… I´m a Shapeshifter fan ;)BR/BR/Happy TT!
samulli
August 9, 2007 8:39 am
I am not doing my own TT list this week, but I thought I could at least do the rounds again.BR/Love your list, as always. ;o) BR/Funnily enough, these descriptions seem to fit to pretty much any fandom I know of. It certainly describes the only one I would count myself belonging to, which is obviously the Browncoats (a.k.a. Firefly-fans).
Tempest Knight
August 9, 2007 9:13 am
Love the list this week! Happy T13!
Kristee Weldon
August 9, 2007 9:29 am
I may be a dork, but don’t know about shapeshifter. I will learn something new today. That’s the beauty of T13!BR/BR/have a great day!BR/Kristee 🙂
Alyssa Goodnight
August 9, 2007 9:44 am
As always, I’m so impressed with your creativity!BR/BR/Happy T13!
Sparky Duck
August 9, 2007 9:50 am
hmm, no mention of a guy in a blue duck costume.
Amy Ruttan
August 9, 2007 10:09 am
I fit several of those especially #3 cause I like lots of music. Would I go into to debt or go bankrupt to follow a band around the world. No I wouldn’t, but still I fit into some of those.BR/BR/Great TT.
spyscribbler
August 9, 2007 12:04 pm
I’m definitely a number 3, too!
L^2
August 9, 2007 12:42 pm
Grrrr… Blogger must have eaten the comment I left last night (It was kinda being wonky, but sometimes it will still slip through). Anyway… Yep, I can relate to quite a few of these, so I guess that makes me a true fan too. 🙂
Ann Aguirre
August 9, 2007 12:46 pm
I used to hate shifters, but Patricia Briggs and Nalini Singh have finally won me over.
Robyn Mills
August 9, 2007 2:21 pm
You are going to laugh – I thought you meant the magical variety!!! I’ve never heard of them and will keep an ear out from now on. What a hoot.
Lisa
August 9, 2007 2:36 pm
It sounds like they would fit in at the RALLY.BR/BR/Thanks for stopping by.
Finlands finest
August 9, 2007 2:38 pm
That was fun. I am thinking it is time for me to become a shapeshifter fan!
Robin L. Rotham
August 9, 2007 2:43 pm
Sounds like a bunch of cool people to me!BR/BR/Hey, Susan, you’re a winner! Drop me a line and tell me what format you want.
Red Garnier
August 9, 2007 3:16 pm
Cool. I did identify with plenty of these so, in short. Yep. I’m a fan. LOL!!! =) Hugs!
Jill
August 9, 2007 5:31 pm
Well, I won’t fit in the #13 category, because I don’t like more than that those names!!BR/Happy TT!!
colleen
August 9, 2007 6:25 pm
Are they anything like Indigo Children? BR/BR/I used to be a shape shifter, but then I got stuck.
Skittles
August 9, 2007 6:36 pm
I’m not quite sure what they are.. LOL
Scooper
August 9, 2007 6:57 pm
Diversity is great; it’ll keep ya in business longer. Happy TT Susan!
Sophisticated Writer
August 9, 2007 7:04 pm
I’m definitely a fan 😉
FRIGGA
August 9, 2007 7:27 pm
I’m a fan and I haven’t heard my first song yet :-)BR/BR/Happy TT13!
DK
August 9, 2007 8:52 pm
Great fan profiles this week and last! Wishing you much luck on getting a book deal! 🙂 Thanks for stopping by my place, and Happy TTing!
Marcia (MeeAugraphie)
August 11, 2007 12:21 am
I’m a 3 and… Fun list as always.
Joy Renee
August 13, 2007 8:50 am
as someone who loves Beethoven, Enya, Leonard Skinard, Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac, Mozart, Natalie Merchant, REM, Queen, Angelo Badalamenti, Bach, and Lucinda Williams what are the chances I’d be a Shapeshifter fan?