I never learned how to be social on tumblr or Twitter, and I never knew where to go after Livejournal except to follow authors I knew already to Ao3 and look at their liked stories, or just look up pairings and take a shot.
I feel badly, too. I was mostly a lurker or a commenter, but my light reading needs are more fulfilled by slashy free e-books now. I have tried to get into K-pop and I like it, but where do people talk about it other than flea!
Weirdly, my social needs are fed by podcasts with active Facebook groups.
I also wonder if peak tv and the explosion of options to watch just dilutes some of the smaller fandoms. Frankly, despite my old ness, most of my recent fandom reading is in RPF- I went from LOTR RPF to Bandiom RPF to Hockey RPF to One direction RPF to nothingness. The only real tv show fandom I have had recently was Mickey/Ian on Shameless. The other shows haven't inspired me as much to want more. I love The Good Place, but I don't need fix
Again Also, the drop of whole seasons mean no time for fic before there is a new episode.
Speaking of podcasts, I've just discovered "Be the Serpent," where three women discuss fanfic, tropes, literature, and a bunch of other stuff. I've listened to 2.5 episodes so far, and I love it. The podcasters are Alexandra Rowland, Freya Marske, and Jennifer Mace. So far they've discussed robot boners, Le Guin's "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas," Anne McCaffrey, and Hogwarts sorting.
I am both less fannish and less social than I used to be. (shrug) Sign of the times, I think. Maybe if the country regains a more familiar landscape and atmosphere I can think of those things again. Maybe spring will help. Hopefully this hibernation of spirit will produce some blossoms and ideas and connections when things warm and brighten again.
Be the Serpent introduced me to the show Person of Interest. I've read all of Astolat's PoI fic twice. If anyone has any further recommendations, I'd love to see them, please. The whole smart, geeky guy/tortured badass combo is totally my catnip. See SGA, certain Marvel combos, etc.
I assume you know to check PolyRecs?
I knew but did not remember. It's been so long since I looked into a new-to-me, established fandom. Thanks, Dana!
Why isn't there an Anthy/Beast(or Anthy&Beast) fic called
You Did So Promise Me a Rose Garden
?
I have a share of a Hugo nomination.
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And so does everyone else on AO3.
walks to the blackboard to write "I will not be dragged into the never-ending Ao3 purity wankfest" over and over
Tags! Every fic author I know or have scrolled past the works of are pretty thorough about tagging things! If there's something a person doesn't want to read about, than don't click a story with that tag! Ao3 hosting fic that someone finds morally wrong or offensive isn't a crime, and the fic isn't going to cause others to go out and emulate the actions of the fic!
I was in the middle of writing a response that asked if the anon also felt that playing Dungeons and Dragons or listening to heavy metal music leads to Satanism, murder, and/or suicide, but decided I had better things to do with my life. But I had to vent about it somewhere.
Already got dragged in. I regret.
