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We only celebrated it today because in the US we date things differently from the rest of the world (Im not sure why, we also have our own measuring system).
Because IIRC we are one of the few countries, if not the ONLY country, still using the Imperial system of measurement while everyone else uses Metric. Also something about how we go mm/dd/yy because that's how we word it (e.g. February 14, 2013) versus how they might word it (e.g. the 14th of February, 2013, aka dd/mm/yy).
With that said~
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But, Sherlock is not the ONLY fandom to get a Holiday. We celebrated Star Wars this past May The 4th, which sounds like "May the Force", which is part of the phrase "May the Force be with you." Unlike 22/1/13, this holiday comes every year; Gaia only just picked up on it last year, although I do not thing we got any items from it (we only have 3-ish items for Star Wars, I think? I may be mistaken). And unlike the Sherlockians, Star Wars fans can get another crack at their holiday this year, where we could /hopefully/ see an item. The nice thing is that the staff could, if they were so inclined, to try again.
Star Wars should get a couple of more items, but we got a free "event item" mostly because reaper's probably the only Sherlock fan in the staff and the "event" was small enough that she could run it p. much by herself.
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People have even tried banning us from conventions
These are the same people that say they want to ban Homestuck because "it's not from a comic book series" or some such...only to allow cosplay from cartoons, anime and manga, video games...they just don't want to say in their face "we want to ban Homestuck because we HATE Homestuck
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Although, I understand that a few Gaians are just annoyed at fandom item in general, which I cannot offer any solace for. The artists are in charge of their own items and make references when they want/when appropriate. But we also have thousands on non-fandom items. Also, look at where you are: Gaia-Online. A website based around Japanese culture, a big part of the anime subculture is cosplay. Thats where fandom items come in. And yeah, it sucks. But you dont need to WEAR fandom items, theres plenty of other alternatives out there for you.
It's not that so much as that this one fandom pretty much gets their own exclusive staff artist with how many items she's made alone based on that specific series adaption and everyone else is...sort of left in the dust to either wait for the next GS or CS/REI/RIG item. For some, it makes sense (see: Homestuck Mood Bubble Fiasco). For others...
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