Welcome to the Labyrinth

[lustmordred]

Yesterday, after telling myself I wasn't going to do it, I went and signed up for labyrinth_ex. Mostly? I love that the schedule works for me over the summer where I don't have much chance on the internet but I have loads of time to write. The deadline is sometime in August. I love that about it. Now I hope I get a really amazing prompt to work from and I'll

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[lustmordred]

It's not active in the same way Supernatural, H50, Inception, Doctor Who and fandoms like that are active, but it's still around. I ♥ it too, just haven't participated in it much in years.

[portraitofafool]

When do you get your prompt for it? I'm just curious.

Labyrinth is one of those fandoms that never really dies, I don't think. Kind of like Buffy fandom has never completely croaked. Or HP, though that one totally should, I think. They slow down in their old age, but continue to chug along. I think it's interesting the way that some fandoms do that and others do not.

[lustmordred]

I think the deadline for sign up is May 6, so probably shortly after that. She's not really clear about the schedule, which is odd to me for something like this. They are usually Nazis about that shit.

Yeah, I know. I wrote in it I think in 2003 or 2004 and it was still pretty active in places, but that movie came out the year I was born. That's some staying power.

[portraitofafool]

Yeah and hopefully she works some of that out as she goes or it could become a clusterfuck. Though maybe not since I am guessing it's not going to have an absolutely HUGE turn out. Then again, it might.

It's a classic/cult classic and they do have awesome staying power. Look at Rocky Horror and Velvet Goldmine, those two are also alive and well. Makes me kinda wonder about The Neverending Story and if it has a fandom that's still kicking. They're things that appeal to all of the new generations that come along and find them and so, yeah, they continually get new fans.

Someone should actually write a paper on that; I'd totally read it.

[lustmordred]

Nah, there probably won't be a whole lot of people like with some of the really big ones. I'm going to say under 20 people. Which I don't really think is a bad thing, those other ones look like they'd be overwhelming to organize.

I know, I wrote in Velvet Goldmine a little, but never noticed anything about Rocky Horror. I think there is a fandom still for the Neverending Story but it's movie fandom, not book fandom, and it's very, very tiny and not that interesting. Mostly you see it on ff.net.

It's an interesting topic. Someone may have, they're always writing papers and stuff in fandom. Usually for a class I think, but there could be one out there.