If a fanfiction falls on the internet...

[veronicaluv]

will anyone read it?

(also know as V's latest attempt at quantifying the value of fanfiction. Yeah, still haven't figured it out.)

Comments

[tartan_tarte]

Wow. You have brought up some things that I have been trying not to think about, like the slow, sad decline of TW fandom. My first real foray into TW was, sadly, COE. Then I went back and watched series 1 and 2 and then I discovered fanfic!!! I had NO idea that this whole world existed but it fed my need for more TW, and in particular Jack/Ianto. There has not been a day gone by since then that I haven't read TW fanfic. It's where I escape to at the end of a stressful day at work where everything is all too real! I thought that by now the novelty would have worn off, and quite frankly i need to be reading other stuff, but it hasn't and it distresses me to no end that the fandom is dying more quickly than I am ready for. However, there are still a few good writers out there writing some great stuff, you included, and I, for one, am very grateful that you are. And I have a special love of AUs these days as I do get weary of the same storylines over and over and MD was a huge disappointment so no new material there. My interest is now really a sort of post-fandom as I'm less interested in the show itself than I am in indulging my love of the characters who are long gone, but whom I'm not yet ready to let go.

I have to admit that I'm not that great with the comments, but now having read your post I will try to be more diligent about it. I'm not good at all with concrit, but I can at least say that I was there and that I enjoyed it. Every time I see that a new chapter of TP has been posted I squee and know that at the end of my day a little treasure awaits. So, I sincerely hope that you continue on with the story, but I will totally understand if you don't. I will still be here either way. :)

[veronicaluv]

Oh, I won't abandon Torchwood Paranormal, no worries about that. As slow as it's been, as long as it's taken, it's still just fun for me to write. At this point, it's not even fanfiction anymore, it's more like a serialized novel :).

And it is sad that TW seems to be fading away, because I'm certainly not ready to let it go, either. For me it was always about Jack and Ianto, but that's not universal, not at all. Take them out of it and you'd think there'd still be interest in Torchwood, but Miracle Day seemed to have exactly no impact on anyone, no matter what their thoughts re J/I. Maybe it's just natural, but like you said, I'm not ready to let go and I'm afraid any contributions on my part will be irrelevant. It's kind of a sad place to be, really. Torchwood was a happy place and now it's a ... lonely place.

But on a much happier note, I do still love writing TW and don't see that ending anytime soon. Just this little throwaway I wrote has made me want to go back and play in that universe, too.

Most importantly, I'm so glad you're sticking around - that gives me happy feet!