Hi everyone, my name is Jen. I'm 22 years old and attending my last semester at university. When I graduate I will have completed a Bachelors degree in Anthropology. I recently watched all the episodes of Sherlock, and I actually really enjoyed them. I didn't start watching Sherlock because I really wanted to watch it, I started watching it for a class project, but I ended up really liking it. Which is good, because I haven't finished my project yet.

What is this project, you may ask. I'm doing an ethnographic research project, for my Ethnographic Field Methods class, on internet fan communities, how they differ from actual physical communities, how they're similar, etc. I decided on the BBC Sherlock community because it was something that I hadn't yet seen, and because I read the Sherlock Holmes stories when I was younger. Also it has a very large and active fandom.

Fandom is nothing new to me, I've been involved in various fandoms since I was about 13 and we still had AOL dial-up. For anyone out there too young to remember that, I once waited three hours for a four minute video to load on youtube. So, I'm here not only as a fan but as a young academic trying to navigate a fan community. if you have any questions or concerns comment below or pm me, or even if you just want to say hi. I'm hoping to be on daily. I'll probably be asking a lot of questions. Mostly I'm just here to have fun and meet awesome people.