The Jonas Brothers' fans are like, mental.

Make note, its Wales- the sun is shining.
Good times.
Today the Cushion Club were back in business and back in Bute.

After recovering Laura from her near-death experience (damn Cardiff and its lack of care for cyclists!!), we took a stroll to our favourite café a la Bute.
Thanks to
- Carys
- Jenna
- Sue-Anne
- Nick
- Ben
- Harriet
- Laura
and of course Amanda
who all attended, where art thou Kendra? And does anyone even know if random-email-guy is actually on the course?! No? Moving on.

Today we found out which particular area each person is researching and also who has signed up to fan sites.
So far we have

Harry Potter


Anne Rice


Britney Spears


Tim Burton


Star Wars


The Jonas Brothers



We reached the solid conclusion that the ‘willy nilly’ research must now stop and order must resume. Crowning Laura our methodical leader, we have devised a set of questions that we will each apply to our certain areas of fandom.

1. What mediums of creative output do fans produce?
2. What part does the online community play in the support of these outputs?
3. What is the value of the finished product?
4. Does the product ever affect the original source of fandom?

These questions help us to focus on what has been most under-researched in fandom, including fans creative outputs. Although many texts have been found on fandom and online communities, we found little focus on fans creativity and how they display it.

Next Wednesday we will compare and contrast our findings, maybe even buy some shiny coloured paper and start some fabness for the presentation.

See you next week guys.

- Leanne