I love Star Trek Tumblr fandom, because it’s not so much one fandom as it is a loose confederation of several tiny subfandoms of usually ten-fifteen people that just get more and more niche as time goes on. Some of my personal favourites include the “Deanna Troi didn’t crash the bloody spaceship and is actually the coolest character in the franchise, excuse you” fandom, the “Uhura loves women and I’m so alive” fandom, and the “why am I so unironically attracted to Quark, what did I do to deserve this?” fandom.
But honestly I could go on all day because there are so so many wonderful ones. We’re all doing such a good job of enjoying Star Trek in our own highly individualised ways. Well done us.
There’s also the simmering undercurrent of evergreen Star Trek fans that complements the influx of random people watching for the first time.
It’s been a very different experience than being part of a fandom with constant new material, in that everyone is on their own timeline of experiencing the show. I love that there’s both the enthusiasm and novelty of first-timers as well as long-time fans who know more about the history and extensive backgrounds, etc. A beautiful marriage.
Anyway for being in a 20 year old fandom of a niche tv show, I feel incredibly hashtag blessed ??? thanks yall