I can feel it, Dave. I can feel it...

[serai]

My attention is wandering. I'm not feeling very interested anymore. It's been happening for a while now, and there's been nothing to stop it.

Losing fennelseed has been a big blow to my fandom interest. She's my favorite hobbit writer, the one guaranteed to get a charge and a laugh and a happy sigh from me every time. She didn't post very much at all, but just the potential of another one of her fun, raunchy tales was always one of my prime drivers. And now that's gone. (By the way, I still remember the big fucking inconsiderate asshole who drove her to lurking in the first place, and being the kind of person I am, I do NOT plan to forget or forgive. EVER. Just sayin'.)

And billthepony has deleted too. That's happened before, but who knows if we'll get any more? It's depressing. So many of the good writers are shutting up shop or wandering off to other fandoms that aren't nearly as interesting or complex. Kiddie wizards? No thanks. Men in togas? *yawn*

There's nothing happening for me. Sam is silent, and so is Frodo. I'm in that sort of gray space where there isn't any kind of fandom spark at all. I've no particular interest in watching the films. The books aren't calling me. (But then, they usually go silent for a couple of years before I get the impulse to read Tolkien again - it's always been a cycle with me.) It's all sort of habit now, rather than actual fascination. I'll keep checking around to see what's being posted (still awaiting more RoP or ASD), but for the most part, eh. I think, like undone27, I blew my wad at ORC. That did close some doors for me.

Whatever. We'll see.


POSTSCRIPT:

Oh, and a note for all you writers with LJ's.

Could you please cut it out with the LJ deleting? That's really not necessary. If you decide you're tired of the whole fandom thing, or don't have time to deal with comments, etc., you don't have to snatch all your writings away from the people who might enjoy them in the future.

All you have to do is DISCONNECT YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS. You can do it from the Edit User Info page. Then you'll never hear about any comments if you don't want to. Just leave a last post saying you're not going to post anymore, and let people enjoy your stuff. Because it's a pretty sad blow to lose someone's work just because that person is bored/tired/pissed off. Imagine if we lost every copy of Catcher in the Rye or To Kill a Mockingbird just because Salinger and Lee didn't want to write anymore. Not cool, guys. Not cool at all. Your stories are like children, so don't commit infanticide. Keep a thought for all those people who might really enjoy reading what you write even if you don't want to hear about it anymore, ok?

Comments

[wyna-hiros.livejournal.com]

I can't claim to really know what's going on with a lot of the authors (Fennelseed being driven into lurking is news to me - but I must have come in after that), but I wanted to say that I agree with the post-script especially. If you no longer want to be in that fandom, all you have to do is delete your contact info and no longer produce for that fandom - not delete everything practically.

-Wyna

[serai1.livejournal.com]

I think you did. It was a very ugly mess about a year and a half ago (or maybe two, can't remember exactly), having to do with warnings and pissiness and one particularly nasty LJer throwing tantrums and upsetting more than one good hobbit writer. Not cool and not pretty. I got VERY angry and posted a long rant about it back then. I just can't stand that kind of My-Virgin-Eyes, mememememe behavior.

And yes, no need to delete. Cassie left her VSD LJ up - as far as I know it's still there, even though she hasn't posted in at least two years. So people can still go and enjoy what she wrote, even though the series has stopped.