Weekends on the Internet
Mar. 5th, 2012 03:20 amFirstly, a fic rec: any plans I had for Saturday morning disappeared into reading remember spring swaps snow for leaves by ![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
fallingtowers (ASOIAF; Jaime/Brienne; 28k) which is the epic, heartrending, and rich story of what happens to Jaime and Brienne after ADWD, and which gives me all of the Brienne feelings, all of them.
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Then I came across this post about A sense of disconnection from fandom, and how we deal which was really interesting as it's something that I've thought about a lot having felt increasingly disconnected from fandom for the last couple of years.
And I think, a lot of it is down to me. The way I do fandom hasn't changed, I still use fandom the way I've always used it, to distract me from things I don't want to deal with, but there's a world of difference between reading fic because I don't want to do my psychology coursework, and reading fic because I'm trying not to think about whether I should put my grandmother into a home and how I'll afford it if I do. I mean, that's a lot of pressure to put on some blameless little fic. Also, for a long time, really since souring on Merlin and deciding that I'm pretty much just waiting out Moff Time on Doctor Who, I haven't had a main fandom. The result has been that I've tried to force fannish feeling for things like Being Human and Legend of the Seeker (both of which I love, but not in the fannish way I loved Doctor Who, Merlin, or Buffy back in the old days) that weren't there. And, as with all things in life, when you try to force enthusiasm that isn't there you end up enjoying yourself less. Of course, now I've Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and Fire, a fandom where I'm still in the first, well, second, flush of love, but because most of that fandom takes place so heavily under f-lock it's easy to feel like you're talking to yourself.
But, also, I think fandom generally has changed a bit too. Like it's much less concentrated on LJ/DW than it used to be, and I have a strange reluctance about tumblr. I had one for about a week before I deleted it in a fit of "I don't-- What is-- I don't understand--"
I don't know, maybe I'm just old and crotchety. But I do think the thing is to engage with the parts of fandom you enjoy and ignore the bits you don't.
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Speaking of, Remix sign ups are happening, and I am torn. I love the idea of remixing and think some of the best fics I've ever written have been remixes, but my two qualifying fandoms are Merlin and Doctor Who, both fandoms where my fannishness depends upon a pretty, er, selective engagement with canon and fandom.
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That seven questions meme is doing the rounds again, basically, if you would like questions say so and I will endeavour to provide. Here are some questions![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
mfirefly10 gave me.
( Coffee, ASOIAF, and my year as controller of the BBC )
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Then I came across this post about A sense of disconnection from fandom, and how we deal which was really interesting as it's something that I've thought about a lot having felt increasingly disconnected from fandom for the last couple of years.
And I think, a lot of it is down to me. The way I do fandom hasn't changed, I still use fandom the way I've always used it, to distract me from things I don't want to deal with, but there's a world of difference between reading fic because I don't want to do my psychology coursework, and reading fic because I'm trying not to think about whether I should put my grandmother into a home and how I'll afford it if I do. I mean, that's a lot of pressure to put on some blameless little fic. Also, for a long time, really since souring on Merlin and deciding that I'm pretty much just waiting out Moff Time on Doctor Who, I haven't had a main fandom. The result has been that I've tried to force fannish feeling for things like Being Human and Legend of the Seeker (both of which I love, but not in the fannish way I loved Doctor Who, Merlin, or Buffy back in the old days) that weren't there. And, as with all things in life, when you try to force enthusiasm that isn't there you end up enjoying yourself less. Of course, now I've Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and Fire, a fandom where I'm still in the first, well, second, flush of love, but because most of that fandom takes place so heavily under f-lock it's easy to feel like you're talking to yourself.
But, also, I think fandom generally has changed a bit too. Like it's much less concentrated on LJ/DW than it used to be, and I have a strange reluctance about tumblr. I had one for about a week before I deleted it in a fit of "I don't-- What is-- I don't understand--"
I don't know, maybe I'm just old and crotchety. But I do think the thing is to engage with the parts of fandom you enjoy and ignore the bits you don't.
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Speaking of, Remix sign ups are happening, and I am torn. I love the idea of remixing and think some of the best fics I've ever written have been remixes, but my two qualifying fandoms are Merlin and Doctor Who, both fandoms where my fannishness depends upon a pretty, er, selective engagement with canon and fandom.
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That seven questions meme is doing the rounds again, basically, if you would like questions say so and I will endeavour to provide. Here are some questions
mfirefly10 gave me.( Coffee, ASOIAF, and my year as controller of the BBC )