So my question is this... have you had a writer you've regularly enjoyed move fandoms or move on completely? Do you read "outside" your fandom of choice for the writers you have enjoyed in the past? How do you feel when someone has moved on and you're not ready to let go yet?

I have on all counts. I started in Buffy three years ago and from there somehow aquired a set of writers I follow in four or five fandoms.

I think for me, the thing is that many of my favorite writers have become actual FRIENDS over time so I am perhaps more inclined to read even if I don't know the characters and have, by doing so, been sucked into more than one new fandom.

It's like a game with us. Find a new fandom. Write a few teasing/taunting crossovers like jelly bean trails into the woods and watch your friends/writing heroes find their way into the dark forest of your newest fandom. :D

But we are evil like that.