G2KMaster's Godzilla Fandom in High School

[jellydonut25]

[Brick Side]

[KaijuHQ]

[Benjamin Haines]

[Tom R VanSlambrouck]

[Chris55]

I've never shied away from my love for Godzilla. All my friends know I love the franchise. A couple of times, I've even incorporated Godzilla into my photo shoots

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[Jim Ballard]

EDIT: Sorry for the wall of text. Hadn't realised how much I was writing.

I'm not American, and we don't really have the whole high school "culture" here, but people are pretty much the same everywhere...

I don't think liking Godzilla or anything is a problem, but if it's having a big impact on your ability to socialise with other students then there is a huge problem.

I never really took any flack at school for liking Godzilla or whatever, but then I didn't flaunt the fact in front of people. That has nothing to do with being "embarrassed" of my fandom, simply understanding that most other people don't care in the slightest.

It works both ways. Personally, I have no interest in sports whatsoever. If I'm talking to someone and they bring up some kind of sports they're into then that's cool. But if they talk about it every single day when they know I have no interest in it, I would probably tell them to get a life.

I'm not really into collecting toys/figures, but I have a couple of things. It stays in my room where it belongs. Still, I think there's a big difference between keeping stuff on your desk at work and at school. Mainly because we were moving classes every 50 minutes at school.

I guess there's nothing wrong with keeping toys on your desk at school, and in an ideal world you wouldn't be picked on for doing it. I also happen to think there's nothing wrong with wearing underwear on my head when I go outdoors, but in both situations we're going to be laughed at because no one else is doing it and it looks a little strange. Maybe it's not nice, but it's a fact of life that doing something no one else is doing is going to get you attention -- usually unwanted attention.

If you have a desk job and are sat behind a computer all day, crap just accumulates itself naturally. Personal stuff at work is more accepted (mainly because you're working with adults and not children) and blends in with all the other stuff on your desk.

I used to have a little 4" Ultraman on my computer at work. I think the only comment it ever got was "Cool, is that some kind of Power Ranger?" to which I said "Yeah, something like that." I could go on a Ultraman/Sentai/Rangers rant, but I know they really weren't that interested with the toy to begin with and were just making polite conversation.

I had a Magic 8 Ball at work for a while... that was pretty cool for predicting horrible futures for my co-workers. I also keep an emergency "fill-in-the-blanks" letter of resignation stuck to the side of my monitor for when the time comes. Honestly, I think 90% of my desk at work is useless, personal nonsense. But work is a different kind of environment, with a different kind of people, and I maybe mention Godzilla once a year if someone happens to ask what movie I watched or something.

I've actually found people are genuinely curious about my interest in the genre, rather than finding it funny.

[king_ghidorah]

Chris...um...good usage of Godzilla there..

[Legion]

[KaijuHQ]

[Jim Ballard]

[kidnicky]

[Legion]

[Mac]

Yeah, if this guy can have a thread, why not me!?

[G2KMaster]

Wow, first time I go to the General Discussion section and I see this thread... WOW.

Ok, I get the point. Tone it down. But I will tone it down only to a point. I do have other interests. But one thing which I will say: Godzilla is what I am. You guys, what did you guys wanted to be when you guys grew up? Buissness men? Astronauts (or cosmonauts, which ever you prefer)? Scientists? I wanted to be: Ed Godziszewski or August Ragone. Publish books. Be asked to speak at conventions. That is why I write alot. But, now I have been crushed.

Tone it down, ok. End of story.

[Jim Ballard]

[Chris55]

[Legion]

Godzilla should never be "who you are". Something should never rule your life to that extent.

And the fact that your response to everyone's advice and constructive criticism is to announce that everyone is crushing your dreams means even though you're uncomfortable and unhappy with your life right now, you'd rather not take major steps to change anything and (apparently) just want to kvetch and moan.

And you're setting very high goals for yourself. Yeah I wanted to be an astronaut too. When I was 6. You can't be someone else in the hobby. There's more to Ed and August than just Godzilla books and conventions. And you know...I think in this day and age where everyone can learn anything just by hanging around on the internet it's much harder for another Ed or August to come out of the woodwork. These guys were around doing their thing back when no one knew jack crap about this stuff. Now every 15 year old with a computer and webcam thinks they can be the next expert.

[G2KMaster]

Yea, I know that. But they have/gained all of this knowledge, and I need to gain it.

But now, I see that I just got to turn it down.

[G2KMaster]

[Mac]

[KaijuHQ]

[Ghido-Goji]

[G2KMaster]

[kidnicky]