My First Fandom

While at work yesterday, a thought struck me - I know! - and I realised what my first fandom was.

It wasn’t Star Wars despite what you might think. But it has defined who I am and certain parts of my personality since I ran into it.

Either that, or there’s a fecking huge coincidental relationship between it and my personality.

What I believe to be my first fandom was in fact Gladiators - you know, the TV show where ex-wrestlers fought “normal” people for the entertainment of the masses.

Some evidence:

The first CD I recall owning myself? The Gladiators TV Show Soundtrack (with such classics as “Holding out for a Hero”, “The Final Countdown”, “Wild Thing”, “Bat Out Of Hell”…) - i still has some of favourite pieces of music on there. And it’s going to be pretty much what got me into rock and metal proper.

Favourite animals? Wolves, cobras, hawks… Favourite Gladiators? Wolf, Cobra, Hawk… Talking of Wolf, I’ve always preferred the bad guys, and Wolf was the baddest.

The show was just so cool when I was a kid. *goes and relives some of his childhood memories on the intarweb*

I’ve just gone and signed a petition to get Gladiators put on DVD - so am I sad or what?

Originally published at DoC 3.0. You can comment here or there.