I don't have it on my phone, but I pop over there occasionally via my laptop. That seems to work - it's easier not to get immersed then, or see 99% of the wank that seems to fill it. I'm a kind of drive-by-tweeter!
I'm actually not feeling at all invigorated byt the thought of Gishing, but as some of the team registered and were keen I've gone and done it and set up the team. Elisa probably won't captain us which means it will probably end up being bossy old me, but hey ho, I have to tell myself it's for a good cause.
I don't know what it is about SPN at the moment - I'm not that into the show itself, but I can't stop writing and arting and reading all the fics. So fandom is actually keeping it alive for me. That plus the conventions this year have been so freaking brilliant.
It IS for a good cause and I really like the nature of many of the challenges. It's also great fun - so enjoy!
I'm all over the place with the show at the moment. The last 4 eps have left me so disconnected that I have to remind myself what it is I fell in love with. A friend of mine just started watching it and was so excited telling me how much she loved it -it was great remembering what it felt like in the beginning. :)
I feel sad that I have no desire to do anything fandom wise. I haven't been on LJ for a while - let alone open my vidding program. I actually feel like it might all be ending for me. And that's making me sad because it's been such a major part of my life for so long - I'll have to re-learn how to live without fandom. And I know that will be hard.
I'm such a wimp when it comes to twitter. I don't read anything over there and don't even really know how to post a tweet. Twitter keeps sending me email about learning the basics. It seems like really exciting fandom things are reposted over here by somebody and the wank stays there.
Tumblr is something I just look at mostly for the pretty now. I don't even follow that many SPN blogs. A lot of SPN fans there have moved on to other things so it's a weird combo of cats and fandoms I've never heard of along with the space blogs.
I'm still half a season behind in watching the show and I don't feel any urgent need to catch up. I think I'm kind of at peace with that. It's still really cool to see familiar faces pop in here. Hope the rest of your life is going good.
Hee. It's good to be a twitter wimp! :) I've enjoyed it at times but it can be addictive and before you know it you're sucked into the tabloid feel of it all. And people communicate very differently there. It's almost like you're not a person. I've discovered I don't have the tenacity for it.
I haven't been on tumblr for ages, but yes. It has a lot of pretty stuff and people make some amazing graphics. I once thought it would be a good place for me, but discovered it's quite impersonal.
And er, possibly no need to be in a hurry to watch the end of SPN. I dunno. Red Meat is certainly worth a watch. The last 4 eps have possibly been the reason for wanting to just run away from it all.
The rest of my life is pretty good! :) Just started acting in a show so I'm well distracted with that. Especially as I have a lot of lines to learn. *meep*
*hugs* It's the familiar faces on LJ that make it hard to leave fandom all together.
Acting again sounds very cool. What are you working on this time? Last time I remember, you were acting as a bubble bubble toil and trouble lady in the play that Must Not Be Named. One of the interesting tumblr fandoms that has very enthusiastic happy fans are the one of the musical Hamilton which I know very little about except I now want to see it. Happy line memorizing....you can get it, I'm sure.
You managed to step back from it all. Was it hard? As in emotionally hard? You had other fandoms though so maybe that helped? I feel like I've been grieving for the past month (maybe even longer). It sucks.
Oh, man, yes, it has been very hard at times. And a long process. I am in such a zen place with SPN now, but it's taken me years to get there, I think. The show I fell in love with has been gone for almost a decade, now! That's hard to grok. But the fandom, the things people create, sustain those feelings and engagement for me. And I think because it was not my first (or second) rodeo-yes, it helps immensely that I have other fandoms, though only one (Highlander) have I sustained intense interest in for this length of time
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At the moment I'm feeling like a want/need a break from fandom more than the actual show (even though the show has been painful in many ways for a while now). Not the people as such, but just the responses to the show. I know I court that by posting reactions (and I've been very lucky to have very civil discussions), but I feel like I'd like to watch the show next season without being involved in fandom so I can, well, just enjoy it for the show (or not, but then let it go if I don't like it). Or something.
Ugh. I dunno. It's messy and I haven't worked it out yet.
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PS don't suppose you feel like Gishing this year?
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(but I'm hoping to regain some levity soon and be able to read codas etc soon -ish).
And no. No Gishing for me this year. I have no idea how you guys stay invigorated! But good luck! I'll be cheerleading for you all. <3
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I don't know what it is about SPN at the moment - I'm not that into the show itself, but I can't stop writing and arting and reading all the fics. So fandom is actually keeping it alive for me. That plus the conventions this year have been so freaking brilliant.
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I'm all over the place with the show at the moment. The last 4 eps have left me so disconnected that I have to remind myself what it is I fell in love with. A friend of mine just started watching it and was so excited telling me how much she loved it -it was great remembering what it felt like in the beginning. :)
I feel sad that I have no desire to do anything fandom wise. I haven't been on LJ for a while - let alone open my vidding program. I actually feel like it might all be ending for me. And that's making me sad because it's been such a major part of my life for so long - I'll have to re-learn how to live without fandom. And I know that will be hard.
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Tumblr is something I just look at mostly for the pretty now. I don't even follow that many SPN blogs. A lot of SPN fans there have moved on to other things so it's a weird combo of cats and fandoms I've never heard of along with the space blogs.
I'm still half a season behind in watching the show and I don't feel any urgent need to catch up. I think I'm kind of at peace with that. It's still really cool to see familiar faces pop in here. Hope the rest of your life is going good.
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I haven't been on tumblr for ages, but yes. It has a lot of pretty stuff and people make some amazing graphics. I once thought it would be a good place for me, but discovered it's quite impersonal.
And er, possibly no need to be in a hurry to watch the end of SPN. I dunno. Red Meat is certainly worth a watch. The last 4 eps have possibly been the reason for wanting to just run away from it all.
The rest of my life is pretty good! :) Just started acting in a show so I'm well distracted with that. Especially as I have a lot of lines to learn. *meep*
*hugs* It's the familiar faces on LJ that make it hard to leave fandom all together.
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I've seen so much about Hamilton. It sounds amazing. I doubt it will ever come to Aus - but I wish it would.
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You managed to step back from it all. Was it hard? As in emotionally hard? You had other fandoms though so maybe that helped? I feel like I've been grieving for the past month (maybe even longer). It sucks.
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At the moment I'm feeling like a want/need a break from fandom more than the actual show (even though the show has been painful in many ways for a while now). Not the people as such, but just the responses to the show. I know I court that by posting reactions (and I've been very lucky to have very civil discussions), but I feel like I'd like to watch the show next season without being involved in fandom so I can, well, just enjoy it for the show (or not, but then let it go if I don't like it). Or something.
Ugh. I dunno. It's messy and I haven't worked it out yet.
But thank you. *hugsss*
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