Leaving fandom.

[foxmonkey]

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.

Comments

[madelf.livejournal.com]

I always tend to just drift in and out of fandoms. I went from Buffy slash to nsync slash, and while I was somewhat active in both, I fizzled out on them after Buffy started annoying me and Nsync split up. I still read in both, particularly favourite Nsync stories, as they never fail to cheer me up when I'm feeling down.

After that, it was Harry Potter for quite awhile. I stopped being active in fandom after HBP, though, mostly because the books started pissing me off and I needed to take a step back. I don't think I could ever write for it again, but I still read.

I had a brief fling with QaF, but I was a Brian/Michael person, so the fandom really got me down. When the show went completely downhill, I stopped bothering.

I also had a short brush with Veronica Mars fandom, but I never got involved. Another case where canon started to bother me enough that I needed to step back.

Now, I mostly hang out in Doctor Who fandom. It's the first fandom I've ever used my personal lj for - prior to that, I just started a new journal when I joined a new fandom. Filters are brilliant.