Leaving fandom.

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That's my question today. When did you know that your fandom love had turned cold, that it was time to move on?

Back in the days when dinosaurs roamed the earth and fandom mailing lists were king, I got into the Hercules/Xena fandom. I was incredibly lucky; I followed a few links to Ksmithares, run by the fabulous listmistress thamiris. It was everything fandom should have been for a newbie, and I absolutely loved it.

My favorite character was Ares, and he appeared on both shows. Sadly, I knew it was time to give it up when Hercules was cancelled; Xena was still on, but by that time the show wasn't jumping just sharks, it was jumping friggin' humpback whales. I moved on.

I dabbled in the Invisible Man fandom for a bit, but having been spoiled by the perfection of my first fandom experience, the new one didn't measure up. And then they started monkeying with the show, and then it was cancelled. Out in the fandom cold once again! Noes!!!

I drifted. I discovered Sports Night fic, read tons of it but never wrote any. The show was in re-runs somewhere, but I only got to watch a couple of episodes before...YOU GUESSED IT, the reruns were cancelled!

Happily, I found popslash and the most fabulous world of LJ, and I've been a very happy online camper for the past few years. Edited to add: I've found a couple of Doctor Who communities that I absolutely love, and I've begun writing in that fandom.

And that, my friends, is my fandom tale.

So! Now you know my fandom past and why I've given up a few fandom ghosts. What's done it for you? Are you currently having a fandom crisis? Where are you now and where are you going?

I am curious Fox. Learn me.

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My first fandom was probably the Hanson fandom that was around for a while when I was 12-13ish (man, I can't believe I read some of that stuff at that age). Then from there, I found NSYNC. Then PopSlash in general. Then Harry Potter. Then Lord of the Rings. Then Queer as Folk.

Now? At 23? I'm kind of in-between it all. I'll still poke around HP, LotR, and QAF, but it's so rare now. I don't have the time. In the case of PopSlash, I just lost interest, sadly enough.

Now... I'm genuinely content with my tiny world of Broadway love.

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Harry Potter. Then Lord of the Rings. Then Queer as Folk.

Harry Potter was just so vast, I just didn't know where to start. I was just getting used to the move from yahoogroups (email-based) to LJ, and moving from a mailing list with one central archive was oddly disconcerting as well.

Lord of the Rings! I had a crazed couple of weeks looking for Aragorn/Legolas slash. Yummy! I adore the movies, but the fandom just never grabbed me.

Queer as Folk! Loved the show, never looked for fic. I guess I didn't need slash with all the yummy stuff going on onscreen. ;-) If I *had* though, I SO would have been reading Michael/Brian. I'm all about the pairings no one is interested in writing. ;-)

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I was immediately taken by the H/D. I mean, honestly, now! I've read other pairings (het and slash) but I mean those 2. Make me happy to read.

I'm not as into LotR as I am the other 2. There's a lot of not-so-great fic out there and it turned me off. The A/L was cute for a while, then I learned all the happiness that was any/all Elf-Pairings. And I was happy.

There is so much M/B that it makes me sick. Haha. I always hated the thought of them together. Besides, B/J were SO meant to be with each other. Just look what their initials could stand for!!

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There is so much M/B that it makes me sick. Haha. I always hated the thought of them together. Besides, B/J were SO meant to be with each other. Just look what their initials could stand for!!

Miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiikey!!! Come on, how can you hate Michael/Brian? Thereloveissounrequited!

God, Brian and Justin got on my LAST nerve!!! Eeeee! The lesbians also got on my last nerve. Deb I could take or leave. Justin I could take or leave. LOVED Brian. Gale Harold was just too beautiful in that role. Gorgeous!

Michael's hot boyfriend was...YOWZA, loved him. Loved Emmett and his football boy, and I enjoyed Ted once he got his act together.

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See, for me, Mikey was that friend that hung out with your group, but everyone in your group secretly hated. He's the one that got on your every last nerve for being so pathetically in love when he knew nothing would ever happen. And he was always in everyone's business.

I loved Brian. Jackass he may be, but he was so real. Justin was just fun and he got annoying at times, but I liked him in the middle seasons when he learned who he was and stuck up for himself.

I hated Deb with a passion. The lesbians should never have been put onto that show. I was indifferent towards Ted. Emmett was wonderful throughout all 5 seasons, I have to admit. I thought Jen Taylor was the best thing ever once she got over the "Holy crap, my son's gay" time frame.

But Mikey. Ugh.

LoL.