Welcome to Stealing Dogs!

With a title like "Stealing Dogs," you might be wondering what this blog is all about. It actually has nothing to do with stealing dogs, at least not literally. What I intend to do here is examine fandom and a little bit of convergence culture from a slightly academic point-of-view, while not actually being an academic. I'll touch upon such topics as fan fiction, audience reception, fandom wank, and much more. On occasion, I will also write commentary on articles from other fandom and media related blogs.

So, why "stealing dogs"? The title comes from an episode of 30 Rock called "Jack Meets Dennis," in which the character Tracy Jordan exclaims that he steals dog, to further drive the point that he is not "normal." I thought that would be an appropriate title, thinking that metaphorically it would reference how fans constantly "steal" from the source material they admire to create their own works, while simultaneously being such an act that the title references, since I stole it from something I am a fan of.