I definitely don't crave fanfic as much as I used to. I still enjoy it occasionally, I'm currently reading some House fanfic to relax before Craig. I used to be absolutely addicted to fanfic, I'm glad I'm not anymore. As for being active in the House fandom, I'm not really that active. I enjoy reading updates and such but I'm really in the fandom for the fiction. I went through years of watching House before it occurred to me to look into fandom. I don't like the hate between the H\Cuddy and H\Wilson shippers. I'm H\W (as lovers or platonic life partners) but I used to like H\C together. I don't anymore because I don't like how Cuddy is written anymore. I have no hate for the ship though and seeing the wank is obnoxious.
That's exactly why I feel funny using the term "fandom" for the Craig community. To me fandom is about ships and fanfiction. I'm not into that at all for Craig. I read one fanfic with him and though it was well written, it still squicked me out because he's a real person. The only "fandom" I can see myself in with Craig is for his Mr. Wick character. Even so, I wouldn't "ship" him with anybody, I'd just like a funny story. I don't read DCS fics though, never got into that. I just like finally meeting people who appreciate him like I do. :)
Someone on ONTD Latenight said they were running out of Wavys!
Same here, I still enjoy it on occasion, but I don't write it, or seek it out nearly as often as I once did.
Another issue I have with "traditional" fandoms is that nowadays often shipper wars overwhelm things and can ruin a fandom. If you write a fic, it has to be one of the fic's big ships, no exceptions, otherwise it will be abandoned to on the margins of fandom. So say if you want to write a purely plot related House fic, nothing AU, ships stay as they are on the show, I would guess that the chance that no matter how well it is written, no one will read it because it isn't about a ship.
Heck, for Craig Ferguson I don't even know if I want to start using the term "fandom," quite yet, because it isn't what I consider to be traditional fandom. Yes the aspects are certainly there, but we don't have shipping wars yet!
As for being active in the House fandom, I'm not really that active. I enjoy reading updates and such but I'm really in the fandom for the fiction. I went through years of watching House before it occurred to me to look into fandom. I don't like the hate between the H\Cuddy and H\Wilson shippers. I'm H\W (as lovers or platonic life partners) but I used to like H\C together. I don't anymore because I don't like how Cuddy is written anymore. I have no hate for the ship though and seeing the wank is obnoxious.
That's exactly why I feel funny using the term "fandom" for the Craig community. To me fandom is about ships and fanfiction. I'm not into that at all for Craig. I read one fanfic with him and though it was well written, it still squicked me out because he's a real person. The only "fandom" I can see myself in with Craig is for his Mr. Wick character. Even so, I wouldn't "ship" him with anybody, I'd just like a funny story. I don't read DCS fics though, never got into that.
I just like finally meeting people who appreciate him like I do. :)
It's one of the last Wavys? Are they running low?
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Same here, I still enjoy it on occasion, but I don't write it, or seek it out nearly as often as I once did.
Another issue I have with "traditional" fandoms is that nowadays often shipper wars overwhelm things and can ruin a fandom. If you write a fic, it has to be one of the fic's big ships, no exceptions, otherwise it will be abandoned to on the margins of fandom. So say if you want to write a purely plot related House fic, nothing AU, ships stay as they are on the show, I would guess that the chance that no matter how well it is written, no one will read it because it isn't about a ship.
Heck, for Craig Ferguson I don't even know if I want to start using the term "fandom," quite yet, because it isn't what I consider to be traditional fandom. Yes the aspects are certainly there, but we don't have shipping wars yet!
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