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spikesgirl58 in mfu_canteen

This makes me sort of sad

Feb 19, 2020 09:57

This weekend, frau_flora opened up the Easter Egg Challenge in mfuwss and there are four requests for stories, not one has been claimed (despite asking for gen and/or slash)... I remember when there would be great excitement and tons of prompts almost instantly upon her annoucement in previous years. It's so sad to see our fandom moving into the inactive stage. ( Read more... )

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neuralclone February 20 2020, 01:07:28 UTC

I think it's more that the younger active fans have moved onto other platforms. I've just learned there's a new discord server for TMFU fans (U.N.C.L.E. HQ), created by the TFMU fans on Tumblr: https://discord.gg/Xu2TDd3 . They skew younger over there, and, yes, they create art, fic, videos and memes.

I asked the creator of the Discord if I could post about it here, got an enthusiastic response!

spikesgirl58 February 20 2020, 12:52:06 UTC

Moving to other platforms is definitely an issue with the younger fans, but mand of the older fans seem to have just want to retire to their rocking chairs and take up a non participatory role.

alynwa February 20 2020, 21:20:12 UTC

I have a tumbler account, but I never use it because I don't understand how the site works. I just went there and I don't see how one gets to anything beyond the first screen. I clicked on #fanfiction and no stories popped up and I was just...lost.

Can anyone give me a quick "Tumbler for Dummies" talk?

spikesgirl58 February 20 2020, 21:26:04 UTC

I wish I could help. I tried and, like you got instantly lost.

alynwa February 21 2020, 01:48:46 UTC

Glad it's not just me then.

neuralclone February 20 2020, 23:24:07 UTC

Well you probably could type in the URL: tumblr.com/tagged/fanfiction or tumblr.com/tagged/fanfic, but you'd bring up a lot of stuff from all kinds of fandoms so you'd have a mountain of irrelevant stuff to wade through.

Probably the best way to go is to follow a whole lot of accounts by people who share your interests, and wait and see what comes up on your dashboard. To get you started, rose-of-pollux, napoleonandillya and theniftycat are all TMFU fans.

Hope this helps!

alynwa February 21 2020, 01:48:20 UTC

I'll let you know! Thanks!

blondie_54 February 21 2020, 09:44:55 UTC

Oh, ditto. I couldn't figure it out, too.

vysila February 21 2020, 21:11:08 UTC

I saw you on there, alynwa, but just so you know, this Discord Server has nothing to do with tumblr. It's completely separate. Yeah, there is nothing resembling what we call fanfic on there as yet - some folks have written small paragraphs but those aren't complete fics.

And the conversations scroll opposite to what I'm used to. Go all the way to the bottom to see the most recent posts.

But I still have not figured out how to upload my avatar/user icon. Gilda did, maybe she can give us lessons! LOL!

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