164. I wonder what fandom you're talking about, because I'm feeling the same way about one of mine. So far I'm nowhere near wanting to leave the fandom, though. I'm just wanting to start writing in it, and participating in discussions and such, so there can be more of the stuff I want to see. XP
It's kind of a vicious cycle -- if there's one thing that people get obsessed about above everything else, then that thing becomes all that gets written and all that ever gets recced, then people who aren't into that character/ship/whatever start feeling marginalized and so they shrink back, and they write less of what they like, and ... there continues to be less of it.
For me it's strange because one of my fandoms is so freaking big that there's always a niche for whatever you want to read, but my newest one is really small and monopolized by this one thing. And if I don't want things to always be that way, then I should stick around and add to the numbers of people who want to see something different. Fandoms die without the actual fans there to support them. You know?
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It's kind of a vicious cycle -- if there's one thing that people get obsessed about above everything else, then that thing becomes all that gets written and all that ever gets recced, then people who aren't into that character/ship/whatever start feeling marginalized and so they shrink back, and they write less of what they like, and ... there continues to be less of it.
For me it's strange because one of my fandoms is so freaking big that there's always a niche for whatever you want to read, but my newest one is really small and monopolized by this one thing. And if I don't want things to always be that way, then I should stick around and add to the numbers of people who want to see something different. Fandoms die without the actual fans there to support them. You know?