Peter David, premier comic book writer and blogger, set off a hot discussion on his blog about the animosity displayed towards my--and most likely your--strong and proud geek community. He says: "where the hell does the media get off being snotty about fans who are dressed as Klingons when you can go to any Yankees game and see 1800 guys wearing jerseys that say "Jeter" on the back[?]"
I don't know. I'm weirded out by Klingons too but they're kinda fun. And it's always great when someone dresses up as their favorite character and actually pulls it off. But how many fat-asses wear Jeter's jersey? No one can wear that jersey and do it justice other than Derek himself. But somehow its okay to wear sports jerseys, the costumes of pro-sports, out in public but its weird to wear a Star Trek or Superman T-shirt--although sometimes the Supes T's are en vogue.
Many people see the love of science fiction and fantasy and all the related facets as childishness overgrown, symptoms of adults who haven't let go of or who haven't moved on from adolescence. This, for good and ill, is true. But can't you say the same for the grown man who still fantasizes about being a baseball star with his sports jerseys and fantasy football and steady accumulation of facts? And what about the man who has achieved that dream? For all his skill and talent, isn't it true that he is getting paid millions of dollars to play a game?
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