Alas, however, sometimes telling people about the fandom isn't that easy.... in fact, for me at least, it rarely is. I've found introducing mundanes to the fandom to be one of the hardest things to do, in terms of just figuring out a way to explain it and not just elicit blank stares. I find it likely that most mundanes would have a hard time understanding the fandom and taking it seriously in any circumstances -- there's no analogy to the kind of community and camraderie going on at cons to be found anywhere in the mundane world. Obviously this isn't to say that it's an entirely incomprehensible idea to them, but the population by and large probably just doesn't get it.
Alas, however, sometimes telling people about the fandom isn't that easy.... in fact, for me at least, it rarely is. I've found introducing mundanes to the fandom to be one of the hardest things to do, in terms of just figuring out a way to explain it and not just elicit blank stares. I find it likely that most mundanes would have a hard time understanding the fandom and taking it seriously in any circumstances -- there's no analogy to the kind of community and camraderie going on at cons to be found anywhere in the mundane world. Obviously this isn't to say that it's an entirely incomprehensible idea to them, but the population by and large probably just doesn't get it.