I'm pretty evenly split between HP and ST at this point. HP seems to be my constant, even as I get seduced away by the latest shiny thing, because it has so many characters and pairings that I can't get bored with it or run out of things to read. Even if I get to the point where I can't stand another H/D fic (read: every fest season), there's Charlie/Draco or Teddy/James or Snape/Filch or whatever to tide me over. And years and years of older fic to cycle back through when the new stuff isn't to my liking.
Trek is still my shiny fandom, though I've been in it for a few years now. It's all about Bones for me, and secondarily Kirk and Pike. I tend to be more into het in that fandom than I have been in any others -- I even like gender bending, which I hadn't been into before. I like that there's a variety of characters and pairings here too, though there's a more limited cast than in HP.
Sherlock fandom, with a side helping of a handful of others, like Cabin Pressure and Tinker Tailor. I'm mainly interested in fic, since things like vidding are a struggle for my internet connection (we can only use sites like Youtube and Tumblr off peak). There are a lot of great writers out there right now, doing some really interesting things. I know there's a bitchy element to the fandom, but as I always do (as I have done since 1999), I fly pretty low on the radar and I'm not 'present' to an extent that anyone in the midst of wank knows or cares that I exist. I'm there for the fun, not the drama. I think too many people in every fandom forget it's supposed to be FUN
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I get irritated about these box set things too; they always seem like a deliberate attempt to gouge the biggest fans, who've probably already been buying deluxe editions all along, and now have to re-purchase stuff they already own in order to get the extras.
I know there's a bitchy element to the fandom
Yep. Every fandom I've ever gotten seriously involved in is the same; that always seems to happen.
I think this vid should be compulsory viewing for all people in fandoms, especially fandoms with ship and/or canon wars, with the Golden Rule being that none of you are righter than any of the rest. Interpretation is personal and unique.
Have read fic in other fandoms (Sherlock and LoTR, mainly, even though I don't watch Sherlock) written by friends, but really -- I enjoy the writing, but I'm not as engaged as I am by HP. And I have no interest in writing in another fandom (not that I refuse to add another, but that the interest in other fandoms to the extent that I'm driven to write simply isn't there).
Hee. I started in LotR saying I would never do another fandom, but eventually I caved in.
There's plenty of stuff I like, even like a great deal, out there that I am not going to engage with through fanfic (whether reading or writing). I'm not sure what makes the difference for me, why some creative works make me want to create too, and others don't. It's weird.
I was really involved in Song of Ice and Fire fandom before the show started, but the show and the huge increase in popularity of the fandom somehow killed my interest in it. Although I do enjoy the huge hits my stories from years ago are now suddenly getting, I just have no motivation to write more or much interest in reading stories that (tbh) mostly feel like stories I read years ago. Original ideas are few and far between, alas :/
So nowadays I dabble in a lot of fandoms, with a fic here and there, but I mostly write in an RPG setting of my own creation, Diablotin, which of course gets minimal hits (oh except for the porn, that tends to do OK regardless of fandom ;) but I enjoy writing it a lot more :)
Porn does always seem to do better, doesn't it? Funny how that is. *g*
Original ideas are few and far between, alas :/
Sometimes that seems to go in cycles; there will be a stretch where everything seems repetitive, and then boom, there's a whole bunch of new ideas out there (which then get picked up and rehashed and the cycle starts over).
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Trek is still my shiny fandom, though I've been in it for a few years now. It's all about Bones for me, and secondarily Kirk and Pike. I tend to be more into het in that fandom than I have been in any others -- I even like gender bending, which I hadn't been into before. I like that there's a variety of characters and pairings here too, though there's a more limited cast than in HP.
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Are you nu!Trek or old!Trek or both? I can't remember.
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I know there's a bitchy element to the fandom
Yep. Every fandom I've ever gotten seriously involved in is the same; that always seems to happen.
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Have read fic in other fandoms (Sherlock and LoTR, mainly, even though I don't watch Sherlock) written by friends, but really -- I enjoy the writing, but I'm not as engaged as I am by HP. And I have no interest in writing in another fandom (not that I refuse to add another, but that the interest in other fandoms to the extent that I'm driven to write simply isn't there).
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There's plenty of stuff I like, even like a great deal, out there that I am not going to engage with through fanfic (whether reading or writing). I'm not sure what makes the difference for me, why some creative works make me want to create too, and others don't. It's weird.
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So nowadays I dabble in a lot of fandoms, with a fic here and there, but I mostly write in an RPG setting of my own creation, Diablotin, which of course gets minimal hits (oh except for the porn, that tends to do OK regardless of fandom ;) but I enjoy writing it a lot more :)
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Original ideas are few and far between, alas :/
Sometimes that seems to go in cycles; there will be a stretch where everything seems repetitive, and then boom, there's a whole bunch of new ideas out there (which then get picked up and rehashed and the cycle starts over).
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