Living in a fandom world is fantastic. You live surrounded by dragons and hobbits, Blaine Anderson serenades you every morning, Sherlock can deduce your e-mail password instead of clicking on the embarrassing “forgot password” link, winter is always coming and you are always invited to tea with Lady Mary.
But, sadly, we aren’t allowed to live in Fandomland 24/7. Every so often we are forced to face reality. Real Life is a force that won’t be denied. Even if you plan, all week long, to spend the whole weekend in your PJs, with unwashed hair, binge-watching every Tom Hiddleston movie while only eating take-out, the most likely thing is that you won’t be able to. Because Real Life always happens.
Real Life has a lot of ways of showing it’s ugly face. But we came up with some solutions you might find useful:
PROBLEM
The people who live in your house with you, and claim to be your family, need to be fed. More than once each day, believe it or not. I really don’t get it. When I used to lock myself up in my bedroom whenever a new Harry Potter book came out, I could survive a whole day with just one cup of coffee and some Skittles.
SOLUTION
Enter your dear hubby as a participant in Master Chef, so he can bring food home.
PROBLEM
The pile of dirty dishes in your kitchen is reaching the height of the Empire State. You are getting the slight feeling that it might be time to do the dishes. But you are on your 3rd time watching The Avengers.
SOLUTION
Note to self: buy disposable dishware. If that requires you to live the house, eat from the take-out boxes.
PROBLEM
When you are watching Sherlock’s series 2 finale and Sherlock is about to jump, the phone starts ringing.
SOLUTION
If you ignore it, I’ll ignore it. Phones are like faeries, you have to believe in them to give them power.
PROBLEM
Work, that thing we do in order to be able to afford all our fandom needs, usually happens while there’s this huge Live Streaming event you just need to watch.
SOLUTION
Claim a terrible stomachache and lock yourself up in the bathroom. Make sure to take your phone. Prior to this, you should have checked in which bathroom the WiFi signal is the strongest.
PROBLEM
We tend to get over-emotional and a bit obsessed while talking about our favorite show or book. But people in Real Life start getting annoyed and suggesting you might have a problem.
SOLUTION
The problem is you are talking to people in Real Life. Talk to fandom people.
PROBLEM
Your friend just texted you with the premiere date for the Outlander TV series. You need to fangirl but you are in public.
SOLUTION
Fangirl away. Claim there was a bee.
PROBLEM
The Internet stops working.
SOLUTION
Sorry, there’s no solution. You are screwed. We are so sorry.
