#advancedfangirling

This thing happened where I fell madly in love with a show. Like a new relationship, it's all exciting and happy and wonderful and new at first. You learn the characters backgrounds, you learn what makes them happy and what makes them mad, you learn who they are. You watch them make decisions and sacrifices. You watch them get their heart broken, only to realize it will make them stronger and their story more exciting. And once you become attached to these characters, once you can relate to them and understand them like real people, you start to feel the emotions they feel. You start wanting them to be happy. You start getting angry at the showrunners, at the writers, at the actors, for not giving you what you want and what you think your favorite characters deserve. And when you reach this point - this point where you think about the show constantly, argue with your friends about what is going to happen, have dreams about your favorite characters kissing, that's when you know you've reached fangirl status. 

For me, the first show (Harry Potter being the first book series) that allowed me to fully spiral was Arrow. It was the first show that I legitimately couldn't get enough of. I spent hours reading recaps, looking at gifs, researching the comics to try and figure out what the canon was. I started shipping people on the show in real life  (Stemily forever). It was from all of this "fangirling" that I found my best friends and soul mates - people I can text at 3am in the morning ridiculous theories who don't judge but understand.

And because of this, I decided I wanted to start blogging about it. I want to write about all the shows I'm watching, the books that inspire me, and my discussions with my fellow fangirls.