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fandomsecrets2012-01-25 05:56 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2012-01-25 05:56 pm
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But after some time drifting through fandoms, I've found a new pairing muse in a totally different fandom, and the ideas are pouring in again. I have less time to devote to fandom, but I have ideas waiting for me when I do.
Running out of ideas can be scary, OP. But like everything else is life, fandom interest fades and changes over time. Honor your roots, expand your horizons, and you'll find a new muse somewhere. <3
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I understand that only too well. I have a pairing I just ADORE (icon absolutely related) and I started on some crazy crusade to write a ton of 'fic about them. And I do mean a ton. I recruited people to my cause and an old fan of the pairing gave me their "Queen crown". But then as my friends started getting busy with college classes and real life stuff like friends groups and D&D, I lost almost all of my inspiration to write-- period. Not just for the characters, but for the entire fandom.
What keeps me in a fandom are the people in it, more than anything. I mean, when you've been in a fandom for 10 years the canon material is still near and dear to you, but you know it by heart already, there's very rarely something new to discover there. But the friends make continuing to write or draw for that fandom fun, especially when you can share your OTP/favorite pairings/characters with them. Once that's gone it's just...sad.
Though eventually I guess we can expect to be burned out on things, right? I mean, I still write for my "main fandom", but very sparingly now, when I used to crank out at least three one-shots a week! However, I've been reading in another fandom lately and I admit, I'm having fun doing a lot of reading and very little writing for once.
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I'm actually the opposite on the writing thing though; it's been YEARS since I wrote anything fandom related, save for a few drabbles. But this new fandom/pairing (once again, icon related) has had me writing more fic/drawing more art than anything since my oldest of fandoms. And the voices almost flow naturally for me; that's never happened to me before. I've always been one of those fan-workers who take forever on a piece because the words don't come out right or the art takes 5 hours to draw. It's nice.
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In my case, I still enjoy writing meta and discussing things. We're a small but dedicated fandom, and we all know each other despite our cliques, so it's really nice to have an online home, so to speak.
So I take short breaks in other fandoms, sometimes by writing, sometimes by reading. My latest reading-fest is in Harry Potter (if someone had told me I'd be reading HP fic a year ago I'd have punted them, yeah right), and though I've gotten small ideas, I've got tons of fic to read (vs. my small fandom where there's rarely anything new and good) aaaand I've been shut in for a few years so my creative well is just dry for that reason, too. I suspect once I get back to work (finally, next month) I'll feel more like writing, and of course then I'll never stop.
As for art, well, the best I can draw is... /points to icon, so I try to avoid that side of fandom. I have at least 5 close friends in the fandom who can do professional-quality art, so I just stick to writing because I'm better at it. (Though I have a few people who are ten times better at it than me, too. Haha!)
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