fandom abandonment

[burntcopper]

Specifically, BtVS/Angel.

I've just moved my fandom sites that were on burntcopper over to darkisrising.net due to burntcopper's space issues, and posted up 'moved to here' signs, as well as notifying katemonkey that they'd moved. Then started flicking through the sites at btvswritersguild. Now, people that read this journal know that I've pretty much divorced myself from the full-scale fannish involvment of BtVS and Angel, aside from going to the conventions (actors and partying are far different), and barely ever read the fic since the shows finished, aside from recs and the gunn/wes list. My updating has been... sporadic at best. However, I feel less guilt since the most people are updating theirs with is the occasional new fic, since it is a tad difficult to write essays on new developments and such once the show's finished. The sites are still up mostly because they're still visited regularly and thus providing a resource.

What is interesting, however, is the amount of sites that have disappeared. 404'd without a moving address. And is it wrong for me to point and laugh at the fact that most of the sites that are gone were run by the *cough* fannish butterflies? They came, they were applying for new ship sites every couple of months at the height of it - sometimes up to five at a time - and now they're gone. The ones still there are for the most part the elder statesmen lot. People who've been around fandom for a few years. JennyO. Kate. Sheila. And so on.

Hmm. Can we say 'told you so?'

Comments

[minim_calibre]

Oh, crap. That reminds me that I need to update my sites and fix broken links.

Bleh.

Don't wanna. Would have to pull an essay or twelve out of my ass.

(Nice icon, btw.)

[burntcopper.livejournal.com]

nahhhhhh. Just fix the links and don't essay. The show has ended and there are no new developments. And Lost icons are pretty.

Unrelated

[i_kender]

Nice Hurly icon! Can't help but feel he should be saying 'Dude!'... :)

[wackinessensues.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think we *can* say we told you so. I see nothing wrong with having several guild sites, in fact I think I have five, but when it comes to *major* zones, they were never meant to be hoarded. Do one, and do it well. It's not so difficult, lol.

Also? I miss your involvement in all things fannish. *sniff*

[burntcopper.livejournal.com]

I have three. it's a fair few. jennyo had five at one point. It just got very scary that the ones the fbs designed all looked the same. Whereas, say, Unnatural, the connor/dawn zone, had been going for quite a while as a fannish resource/archive as it was. And is still. I think for a while there the guild was the slightly more serious equivalent of the fanlistings at their height.

[wackinessensues.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I mean all my sites have a similar feel navigation wise, but when they all start looking like cookie cutters and don't have any personal feel left I think I will be very sad.

I'm still in love with the fandom, but I think maybe it's because I've only been in the BtVS/Angel fandom for like five years. I can see how those who were around since day one would tire of the maintenance aspect if not the friends they made in fandom.

[burntcopper.livejournal.com]

My fannishness has... hmm. I think it's currently going 'ooo, pretty, new shows', but I've got no urge to create sites for them. The fic muse is currently stalled, so I'm mostly creating the occasional icon, churing out bits of fic and reading lots.

I have about :counts: four new shows. Not including Dead Like Me and Shield, which I just squee about when there's a new ep.

[katemonkey.livejournal.com]

Ahahahahahaha

Sorry, it's just...I'm dropping the guild. Because I'm bored of it. So it's just funny to go "fannish butterflies!" when I'm like "Meh."

I am easily amused right now. Yes.

[burntcopper.livejournal.com]

Heh. No problems there. But I did find it funny that most of the people dropping it were the butterflies...

[wackinessensues.livejournal.com]

Did you get my email about the Guild?

*plots*