while the group was first proposed by fans of joss whedon, it came to embrace more than 40 self-identified fandoms. they called themselves "fans of tv shows and movies, fans of actors, fans of directors, fans of producers, crew and everyone involved in the team effort of crafting wonder. but most of all we are fans of writers, because they are where the wonder begins. they write the words we remember, they create the characters we love, they think up the lines that stay with us forever. as supporters of the people behind the scenes, who develop and write the stories that have meant so much to so many, we wanted to do something tangible to show them that we support the writers guild of america strike."