Now nothing will ever come close to what LeakyCon meant to me, but tonight I was shown that there are other fandoms that I am a part of that can do just as amazing things. Many people look at the Glee fandom as a pretty cutthroat place. Ships wars, bashing each other, I knew Darren before he did Glee, the usual. But tonight, in the name of Darren Criss, Starkids and Gleeks put aside differences and became Darrenkids.
And we raised over $8,000.
The OT4 (Andie, Brad, Colfer and Murphy) stayed up for a 24 hour ustream during which an auction was held and dances were danced, slushies were made and thrown, an album was released, sleep deprivation became the norm, puppet shows were performed and we all discovered Brad's beautiful voice. Now I did not spend the entire 24 hours on the stream but I did spend quite a few there and I also donated two songs to the album and some money to the project. Those hours showed me that no matter what the fandom, people are good and people can band together in the name of good.
Even though it sounds silly, things like this gives me hope for what our generation can achieve. At LeakyCon we raised over $120,00 in the name of Harry Potter to benefit the HPA. Tonight we raised over $8,000 in the name of Darren Criss to benefit the Trevor Project. I am so proud to be part of fandoms like this. This is why I am proud to be a nerd.
Until tomorrow,
Love,
Shauna
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It's so amazing to find fandoms like these. It's refreshing to know that the dorks who lock themselves in their rooms to finish the latest Harry Potter book or throw stuffed animals [or worse] at people who try to make noise while the cast of Glee is singing, can do such powerful things to help others. We're strong, we love each other, and we want the world to see!! :)
ReplyDeleteThat's really amazing to hear, Shauna!! Fandoms bear incredible power, power that they don't even know they have, and for them to realize this and channel it for good, it's the best thing we can ask for =]
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