Also Re: I’m Not A Nerd, I’m A Slut That Found Glasses

Part of the reason for that caption is because I kind of fucking hate a lot of ~*~*~*~*~geek identity

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crap.

I grew up on D&D and Call of Cthulhu, I grew up in comic and game stores with my dad and brothers, I was trying to learn C++ at 12 (note: as it turns out I am not cut out for that… at all), it has been 13 years since I wrote my first fanfic (and no I’m not telling you when or if that stopped), I like the old EC horror comics, and Sandman, and even some of Alan Moore’s shit (even though I dislike him as a man) I fucking loved League of Extraordinary Gentleman as a 14 year old.  I like Hellboy, and Locke and Key and Rat Queens and Glory as done by Sophie Campbell (and if I’m being honest Glory in general) and yeah the Kamala Kahn Ms. Marvel.

I’ve read pretty much Lovecraft’s bibliography (not all of his hard to track down collaborations… yet) and the whole of Poe’s, bet you haven’t read Saki.  Some of my favorite teenage memories are watching hours of horror movies with my dad, Alien, and Fright Night, American Werewolf In London, The Howling, The Vampyre, Rosemary’s Baby, The Wickerman (original, obvs), The Shining, Salem’s Lot.  Have you seen The Day The Earth Stood Still?  It’s good you should.  Actually watched Flash Gordon?:  It’s fuckin racist.  How bout the old Shadow radio shows, and Inner Sanctum, and Weird Circle?  How bout Vincent price as a detective in The Saint?  

I dig Star Trek (honestly I like TOS, and the filler episodes of DS9, TNG and Voyager best, but fuck Neelix) sometimes, got pretty into Babylon 5, and yes I have read the entire Lord Of The Rings Trilogy.  I can probably quote more MST3K than you can.  

I can tell you a fucking obsessive amount of information about perfume and the history of cosmetics and costume.  I wanted to be a comic book creator when I was a kid.  

And yet, you know what, Thinkgeek?  I don’t want your fucking R2D2 shotglass, I don’t want to wear those goddamn Dr Who undies, and yeah I get excited about My Little Pony and Gravity Falls and Stephen Universe, I like cartoons, but I don’t need to wear a Star Trek t-shirt, or some goddamned “why settle for the lesser evil Cthulhu” pin, or carry around a plush d20, I don’t want the tat associated with shit I love, I don’t need fucking retro sci-fi fucking cookie jar.

If that’s what geekdom is (well that and a fuckton of racism, misogyny and other horrible shit) I’m out.  I’d rather watch my fricking 70s exploitation flicks in peace, play some AD&D or Arkham Horror with friends or family, and be done with it.

Cause like a subculture based entirely around being delighted by literally any object in the shape of, painted to look like, or in vaguely the same color scheme as the TARDIS is not a subculture I want to be a part of.

The expectation that I should clap like a windup monkey whenever someone figures out a new thing to make in the shape of a light saber is just fucking insulting.

Thank Christ I’m a fake geek girl.