User blog comment:Brandon Rhea/Wiki domains will be changing from wikia.com to fandom.com in early 2019/@comment-25646820-20180823050640/@comment-20644-20180823155807

While it's true that fandoms largely grew around groups, you can also have fandoms that are very personal to you without being tied to the identity of other people or a group, so I don't agree with the conclusion that "you must have contact with the microcosm." Not everyone wants that. Sometimes it's about personal expressions. If you're incredibly passionate about something even without being part of a group, you are expressing your own fandom for that.