End of an era!

[kalliel]

When I first started this Livejournal, it was to follow a few friends I'd met through fandom. I didn't quite understand the utility of the journal at first, because my entree into online fandom was through webdesign--so we all had our own sites, maintained our own link lists and affiliates, etc. "Social media" as a concept wasn't a thing yet, so

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[fufaraw]

Saying goodbye to an active interest in something once beloved is always a bit fraught. Leaving stuff behind that I'm no longer active in, but still have a fondness for is emotionally ambivalent for me. Regret, remembered joys and intensely engaged emotional moments... And when that isn't happening in that space anymore, it seems inevitable to move on to something more engaging. But there's always that lingering fondness and at least a tinge of regret for letting go.

[kalliel]

I don't know if I felt or feel any regret for letting Inuyasha go--what does anyone actually remember of middle school, really?--but I'm definitely the kind of person who will put something down if I'm not enjoying it anymore. I've admittedly never actually stuck with a fandom long enough to see it finish in real-time, haha, so SPN will be a first! But I've now gone back to finish an old fandom out twice. The first was finishing House--and for all that I still love the first half of the series, I didn't enjoy watching the last few seasons at all, even when I intentionally went back to them. But Inuyasha was actually enjoyable from start to finish. Not in the same fandom way as I loved it 15 years ago, but it was definitely a fun and engrossing read (and now I cannot stop thinking about it)--but I also don't actually want or expect that. I just wanted to enjoy it, and I did!

[amberdreams]

I saw your headline and thought for a horrible moment you were saying farewell to LJ - glad I was mistaken!

[kalliel]

LJ WILL HAVE TO PRY ITSELF FROM MY COLD, DEAD BODY, HAHAHA. Without this journal I wouldn't have anywhere else to put all my SPN thoughts and then I could just expand and explode, probably!

[amberdreams]

And we can't have that, think of the mess!

[kalliel]

[caranfindel]

You know, when *you* post something called “the end of an era,” it sends a shiver down my spine, because my immediate fear is you’re bowing out of the Supernatural fandom.

[kalliel]

NEVER FEAR!! <3333

(Though I suppose technically, I did already leave SPN fandom like two years ago. Just not in ways I figured would likely to be noticeable or matter to anyone except me, haha! SPN itself, though? Neverrrrrrr.)

[candygramme]

<3 <3

It's always sad to close a door, but with that closure come new things.

However, I don't think I will EVER be ready for Supernatural to end. In fact, I'd like it just to remain unfinished forever. I'd just rather not know.

[jj1564]

Gosh, I panicked when I saw your title, I thought 'please don't be leaving the SPN fandom'! And I'm pleased you aren't but I'm sorry your original LJ fandom has ended. *hugs*

[kalliel]

Whoops, haha!!!

And NOT TO WORRY, this series actually ended in like 2008 or something. I just didn't pick it back up and finish reading it until just now. XDD I didn't think I'd ever want to! But it was nice to finish it out.