Migration

[kellifer]

I've been dropping most of the Stargate and Supernatural comms from my flist over the last few days. Some because they've just become inactive but also because I don't tend to write/read in those fandoms anymore. I've had the S6 DVDs of Supernatural and the last season of Atlantis for ages now and haven't watched which should probably tell me something about my interest level.

I'm still writing a couple of things for SPN (requests, spn_j2_xmas and the LOOOOONG overdue charity fic) but I'm not seeking any fic to really read. I feel like I've lost touch with the canon, that I'd happily rewatch the early seasons of SPN, probably sooner than I would watch new current eps. I still have a deep and abiding love for S1-4ish Sam n' Dean.

What's got me excited is that I've had a lot of folks where our fandom circles stopped intersecting that have cycled back into an overlapping orbit because of Avengers and Teen Wolf. It's like re-embracing old friends even though they are (relatively) new fandoms. I don't really tend to shed people when our fandom interests stop aligning but I totally understand peeps that did join my crazy train for the SG and the SPN (especially Stargate) bidding a (hopefully) fond farewell.

Ugh, Teen Wolf. It feels like I meant to just shake it a little to get a single candy bar out and then this happened.

Comments

[shinysylver.livejournal.com]

Teen Wolf is ridiculously addictive. I'm having so much fun with it. :D

[kellifer-fic.livejournal.com]

I know right? It's like the fluffiest, shiniest, most nonsensical thing! :D

[lec90.livejournal.com]

Haha, that's the perfect metaphor/gif. It's so true. :)

[kellifer-fic.livejournal.com]

SO TRUE!

[fufaraw]

I know what you mean. I'm bi-fandom with TW at the moment, with added condiments like DW and Sherlock, Haven, H50, GoT and Merlin. Just wave something pretty at me and you've got my attention, at least for a moment! I figure some of it will stick.

[kellifer-fic.livejournal.com]

It kinda feels naughty, like junk food for the brain. :D

[johanirae.livejournal.com]

HAHAHAHAH oh that gif XD Brilliant metaphor hon

[kellifer-fic.livejournal.com]

:D

Then I'm all like, I HOPE NO ONE NOTICED.

(http://smg.beta.photobucket.com/user/kellifer_k/library/)

[tabaqui]

Awwwwwwww.
I know the feeling, though. I'm struggling to finish a Buffy charity fic and...man. I love Buffy and Angel but i just don't feel the fandom like i used to.

*sigh*

[kellifer-fic.livejournal.com]

I know right? I totally missed the Buffy fandom boat - I wished I knew what fandom WAS when I was watching Buffy!!

[tabaqui]

Being part of a current fandom is pretty damn awesome. I'm enjoying the hell out of Avengers right now, and The Losers, and Show, of course - it's awesome to have all the giddiness and meta and chatter and creativity.

Buffy fandom is still alive and well, just not so spry anymore, heh.

[kellifer-fic.livejournal.com]

I think that might be my issue - I got into Stargate late, I got into SPN late - it's kinda nice to be in on the ground floor of a couple of fandoms when they are still young and idealistic. :D

[tabaqui]

Heeee. Idealistic.
Yeah, being in on the ground floor is pretty damn fun.

I still really like SG:A - i've never written (though i'd like to) but there's so much excellent fic. I adore sci-fi, so stuff like that will always attract me.

[jennytork.livejournal.com]

I think I'll stay. I have loved Avengers since I was a kid, though I've never seen the movies.

[kellifer-fic.livejournal.com]

N'awwww!

[jennytork.livejournal.com]

Be warned, I'm still VERY prolific SPN fanfic writer.

And other fandoms.....

[lembeau.livejournal.com]

You make me want to start watching Teen Wolf.

[kellifer-fic.livejournal.com]

Come to the dark side (http://kellifer-fic.livejournal.com/408995.html), we have Stiles.

It's basically like arms full of kittens.

(http://smg.beta.photobucket.com/user/kellifer_k/library/)

[nialla]

And all the kittens are on Adderall.

[lembeau.livejournal.com]

That should not make me want to watch it even more now, but it does. So, thanks for that? lol!

[nialla]

What's funny to me is the "Teen Wolf" of the title is almost a non-entity for me. The character that dragged me in kicking and screaming was one Adderall fueled Stiles Stilinski.

When everyone on my flist and Tumblr was trying to drag me in, I was sort of like this:



::sigh:: I never had a chance.

[lembeau.livejournal.com]

KITTIES!!! OK, I'M SOLD.

That means I'm bumping it up to the top of my to-watch-list-OVER-BREAK-DAMMIT-AND-NOT-THE-WEEKEND-BEFORE-EXAMS.

[sparrowsverse.livejournal.com]

People keep saying TW, TW, TW for Teen Wolf and I keep looking around going 'Torchwood, wha? I know it got founded because of Queen Victoria and a space werewolf but why are you people....oh, right...'

Fandom needs to keep their acroynms right!

[kellifer-fic.livejournal.com]

Hah! I had that problem tooooo! I would think Torchwood every time I saw it. I've only just started getting used to TW for Teen Wolf, mostly because I HATE that it's called that. I know they wanted to leverage the movie but it's a completely different concept so they could have gone with a different title which would make me feel less doofy for watching... hee!

[nialla]

There's at least one person on my flist that I've known since my Highlander fandom days, circa the early 90s.

I frequently have met up with fans from previous fandoms, either by chance or because they were an author I liked in the previous fandom and followed them because I liked their work.

These days, I find myself following people to discover shows I might not otherwise have watched. It's a lot easier to do with DVDs, instant video, and er, other sources. I can watch from the start and catch up relatively easy, which is very different from those early 90s Highlander days, in which you had to join a fan club to buy the very expensive VHS tapes of the series.

Fandom is sort of like the Hotel California. You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.

[kellifer-fic.livejournal.com]

So true!

[frost.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I started reading both Avengers and Teen Wolf fan fiction just to test it out and now I can't stop reading.

In fact...I read "Pretty in Tents" by you yesterday, haha! :D

Lol, I do that sometimes (shake the machine) and always worry it will fall over. Maybe I won't do that anymore.... ^^;

[kellifer-fic.livejournal.com]

:D

[seadragonlady.livejournal.com]

I have never written fan fiction of any type. Though I do read more than enough in too many fandoms to name. The thing that always enthralls me most of all is the quality of writing you can find in the strangest of places.The most recent a Btvs/SGA with Dawn and Jennie as the main focus at the end of the world. Magic.
I am more than content to follow along in the wake of the talented folk if you are happy to have me lurking in the shadows.

[kellifer-fic.livejournal.com]

N'awww... always happy for people to lurk but never be shy to pop up and say hello. :D

[gottalovev.livejournal.com]

I'm a weird person who never drops comms (though I read on a 90% comm-free filter, so it's a non issue for me), but I totally know what you mean. Fandom for me is like some kind of dance where you twirl and intersect with new and familiar people before circling around again. Most times it's great, sometimes it's 'ugh, omg, why didn't you find another fandom to play in?'

btw that metaphor/gif thing here with Teen Wolf: so accurate it hurts. OMG. *shakes head fondly*

[kellifer-fic.livejournal.com]

I use a filter too... but I just had a look at some of these comms and some haven't been updated in a few years and others I would either never look at them again in all honesty or don't remember why I joined in the first place.

What's really funny is I tried to leave a comm I didn't remember setting up! It wouldn't let me because I was the owner... hah!

btw that metaphor/gif thing here with Teen Wolf: so accurate it hurts. OMG. *shakes head fondly*

*sighs* I'm totally just standing here, waving my arms and wondering what the hell happened.

[dhrachth.livejournal.com]

Me too. I still love early SPN, but recent years have been kinda bad. Stargate's gotten pretty stagnate too. You can only read slightly different versions of the same fic so many times...

But, Teen Wolf is currently awesome.

[kellifer-fic.livejournal.com]

It is indeed.

[lomer.livejournal.com]

That is the perfect analogy for the Teen Wolf fandom. I thought "I'll watch one stupid episode of this stupid show everyone's talking about" and then I got trapped and now I'm obsessed. Ugh.

[kellifer-fic.livejournal.com]

I hooked my flatmates tooooo... I'm like Patient Zero. :D

[moonie]

What's got me excited is that I've had a lot of folks where our fandom circles stopped intersecting that have cycled back into an overlapping orbit because of Avengers and Teen Wolf.

I've been on Livejournal for ten years and love, love, love when that happens. Most recently it's been Avengers and Teen Wolf for me, too, and I'm full of glee over getting to reconnect with a bunch of people on a fannish level.

[kellifer-fic.livejournal.com]

\o/

♥!