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

[foxmonkey.livejournal.com]

I gave Supernatural a try, and wasn't impressed, tried again and all of a sudden found myself caring desperately about Sam and Dean. It just happened, no idea how or why. After that switch happens, I think, wow, this is so obvious, what took me so long and why can't EVERYONE ELSE SEE IT?

LOL! I've never seen an episode; I'll have to DVR an ep and give it a look. Whee! Starting in four minutes. I'll finally see what everyone's been squeeing about. :-)


Popslash will always be the fandom of my heart, though.

I got lucky twice, first with Hercules and then with popslash. Of the two though, I'd say that NSync/popslash has been the more amazing ride!

[withdiamonds.livejournal.com]

Tonight's ep is...interesting. Not a bad one to start with, not a great one.

Popslash is amazing because the guys are amazing, and so are the people in the fandom.