internet half-life of shows.
show gets cancelled. how fast do the fans abandon it? a year? a few months?
Dr Who and Trek - NEVER. We were here first, and we'll outlast you all. Also we get nice new shiny packaging every few years.
Due South - still trucking along happily as a small-ish fandom.
Buffy - went on for a couple of years afterwards, but most people that I know that were in it left.
SGA, I have no idea, but I do remember the people abandoning it in droves come middle/end of S5.
Maybe the measure should be when the majority of fans abandon it, because a fandom will keep going in small amounts for years.
Any bets on Robin Hood? Sarah Connor?
Dr Who and Trek - NEVER. We were here first, and we'll outlast you all. Also we get nice new shiny packaging every few years.
Due South - still trucking along happily as a small-ish fandom.
Buffy - went on for a couple of years afterwards, but most people that I know that were in it left.
SGA, I have no idea, but I do remember the people abandoning it in droves come middle/end of S5.
Maybe the measure should be when the majority of fans abandon it, because a fandom will keep going in small amounts for years.
Any bets on Robin Hood? Sarah Connor?