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On fandom over time
Dec. 9th, 2018 03:52 pmSo, here I am, on Dreamwidth again. This is my second account, but I've honestly barely touched my first account in years, and both I and fandom have changed a lot since then, so it felt appropriate to remake. And given everything going on with tumblr, I figured I'd have a crack at opening up DW again.
It's an odd feeling. It makes me feel very nostalgic, but not necessarily in a way that makes me happy. And that's kind of the purpose behind this post. Because even if people are wondering which site to turn to after tumblr and DW has come up a lot, I haven't been able to work out what I should actually post here yet. I write fic, but that goes to AO3, and honestly back when I had a DW almost nobody ever read my fic there instead of at AO3. And I'm kind of in an in-between fandoms situation right now.
But then, as happens something like once a week, I came across a post on tumblr that made me feel really awful. And it was like a lightbulb went off - oh yeah, I kind of hate the community on this site, now. Maybe DW will be different.
Which was my instinctive reaction: fandom has changed, and not for the better. Back when I used DW and LJ? Fandom was so good and accepting and kind! Not like these days!
But... is that feeling justified? Or am I just looking at the past through rose-coloured glasses?
( So that's what I wanted to kind of explore here. Probe my feelings on fandom and change. )
It's an odd feeling. It makes me feel very nostalgic, but not necessarily in a way that makes me happy. And that's kind of the purpose behind this post. Because even if people are wondering which site to turn to after tumblr and DW has come up a lot, I haven't been able to work out what I should actually post here yet. I write fic, but that goes to AO3, and honestly back when I had a DW almost nobody ever read my fic there instead of at AO3. And I'm kind of in an in-between fandoms situation right now.
But then, as happens something like once a week, I came across a post on tumblr that made me feel really awful. And it was like a lightbulb went off - oh yeah, I kind of hate the community on this site, now. Maybe DW will be different.
Which was my instinctive reaction: fandom has changed, and not for the better. Back when I used DW and LJ? Fandom was so good and accepting and kind! Not like these days!
But... is that feeling justified? Or am I just looking at the past through rose-coloured glasses?
( So that's what I wanted to kind of explore here. Probe my feelings on fandom and change. )
