Hello Royalty!
Yes you. I am talking to you. Everyone reading this is considered Royalty in The Geekdom. I am going to say that "The Geekdom" is all encompassing for all fans of any fandom. We live in an age where it is accepted to be a geek of anything, and I say we need to continue to celebrate our fandoms. Yet we still live in an era where anyone can hide behind a screen and spew out hate and disparaging remarks about any fandom, I want to create a blog that will celebrate each and everyone of us as Royalty. No matter gender, sex, race, age, seuxality, religion, nationality, or if you're a Marvel or a DC. Everyone is Royalty here.
Why is that important? I think for anyone who grew up before 2008, being a geek was not very cool. When The Big Bang Theory aired in 2007, it signaled the true dawning of the age of geekdom. It was suddenly cool and hip to be a geek. Large corporations and studios now realized that the biggest cash cow was catering to the geek. Comic book movies and shows had been on the rise for a decade and it took the world that long to accept that this was the way things were gonna be for awhile.
But it is still not easy to be a geek. I graduated high school in 2004. I was known for two things in my school (beyond my questionable sexuality, but more on that in the future). I was "The-Bible-Answer-Kid" and the "Star Wars Nerd". I was always reading some sort of Star Wars novel or comic. I had watched each of the released movies more than "500 times". Beyond everyone wondering whether or not I was gay (again, more in the future), it was very difficult to find friends that shared my interest in geekdom. I went to high school while Lord of the Rings was being released, the dawn of the comic book movie, the magical birth of the Harry Potter movies, and the era of the much maligned (yet not deserved) Prequel Trilogy of Star Wars. I loved it all. I just had very few friends that enjoyed them on my level.
Fast forward ten years, I am now a well adjusted, married man. I am a United States Marine combat veteran. I currently (finally) am attending film school in Hollywood. Being a geek is fun. I have friends that I spend hours talking over my various fandoms. (My fandoms have grown to include, but not limited to, DC Comics, Doctor Who, Marvel's Cinematic Universe, and Game of Thrones.) While I am comfortable in my geekdom, I see that many people still have trouble being accepted, or being accepted in the right ways.
I have a young preteen niece who is probably a bigger geek than me. (What can I say, I helped raise her.) She is a smart kid, a tomboy, and flaunts her fandoms with pride. Yet she is made fun of everyday. Boys tell her all the time that she likes boys stuff. Girls tell her all the time she should dress less like a boy. She gets by with lots of encouragement from me and my family, yet you can see the effects those words have on her.
It is for my courageous niece, and everyone out there that has ever felt the same way, that I want to build up this geekdom. For each and everyone of you Lords and Ladies, Dukes and Duchess, Kings and Queens, Princesses and Princes, and all other nobility, this Geekdom is for you.
Until next time Royalty
Buck
PS
Remember: All will be well
and
May the Force be with you.
