Name of Fangirl: Ella
Fangirl’s School Grade: Pre-K
What is her Fangirl interest?
Star Wars, Wonder Woman, Scooby Doo, Doctor Who, The Flash
Why did you decide to shine the spotlight on this Fangirl?
My daughter is the cutest Fangirl in the world and as we prepare to move our family this summer, Ella has been an absolute superstar alleviating stress from her mom and I. Her Fangirl-ness started at 3-yrs old when she would get up in the middle of the night to pack a suitcase for the moon, and sneak into the family room in the early morning to watch Doctor Who with her dad while I fed her baby brother. She’s avid about Star Wars – she corrects all the boys in her school when they say something wrong about Star Wars and wanted to wear her Sabine Wren costume for a whole week of school. She’s eagerly awaiting the Star Wars Rebels Season 2 premiere and keeps asking her dad when new Doctor Who shows will start. She wants to be an engineer like her dad and dad’s coworker Miss Jen. She is inspired about space and sci-fi and is a constant inspiration to me in my job.
How does this Fangirl express her fandom?
Well she found her dad’s old box of LEGO pieces and immediately starting making her own spaceships. She and I built her own lightsaber based on Ezra’s blaster/saber hybrid, she worked with me to turn a toilet cardboard box into a Tie Fighter (which she then tried to paint like Sabine’s stolen one). She plays with her Barbie’s plane like it’s the Millennium Falcon. She has had me dress up like Doctor Who, and has given her pre-k teacher recaps of Doctor Who episodes during class time (“so then the Doctor changed his face and beat the bad guy robots with his magic screwdriver. Then he left in his phone booth spaceship to take his friend back home in time…”). At her preschool when it was “Letter H” day, the teacher asked for words that began with H and my daughter yelled before the other kids, “Han Solo!” (Thanks Star Wars ABCs) She has dressed up her class teddy bear as “r2-bear2” with construction paper and markers. On our first trip to DisneyWorld last year, she got her mom and I to take her three times in a row on the Star Tours ride. She’s a little nerd girl and she’s proud of it. Her dad’s proud, too. 🙂
What is her favorite quote or personal motto?
“Hello, hyperspace” Star Wars Rebels. That and calling “dumb boys” in her class “bucket heads”
What is her favorite Fangirl item that she cannot live without?
Her Sabine costume is pretty important right now, as is her homemade lightsaber.