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TBH, I haven't seen much "fade" in SGA fandom. I think the flow of fic is pretty steady.

Oh, it's steady for sure - but a lot of writers have moved on to Merlin, Hawaii Five-O, etc. They come back for certain fic events -

sga_santa for example, but their main fandoms are no longer SGA.

The flow is steady, but slower than it was back when the fandom was huge.

Really? I think it's pretty dead.

Nah, I wouldn't say dead. Just slow~

New fic is posted nearly every day.

Yeah, one or two trickle in, but the quality of most of it leaves a lot to be desired.

Every now and then one of the well-known authors post something new *nod*

And then I do the Snoopy dance of joy, no lie.

Oh, me too. Sometimes I feel too lazy to get up and just wiggle in my seat with joy.

Who are your faves?

Oh, esteefee, telesilla

I was going to list more, but my dog bumped my hand and I hit "post". Teach me to hover my mouse over the button.

LOL
I like Esteefee's McShep stuff. :)

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popkin16 - 2012-02-16 03:53 (UTC) - Expand

I respectfully disagree.

I've been in small fandoms with very little and very crappy output before, and SGA is not it. Everything is not ZOMG AMAAAAZING, but it wasn't 4 years ago either. Most people are in denial of how much crappy and utterly forgettable fic was posted in the heyday of SGA fandom. Just because a BNF wrote it doesn't mean it's good.

If nothing else, I've found that the fic is a lot more varied now. More pairings are being explored, new themes, and more people are looking beyond the collection of tropes that pretty much was McShep at one point. There might be less fic right now, but what is posted is certainly more interesting.

Just because your other fandoms were smaller and crappier doesn't negate the fact that SGA has gotten small and crappy. That's like saying I can't complain about a broken arm because you have a two broken legs.

The problem with SGA is that back in it's day it was a 1. very large fandom that 2. had above average writers and 3. who produced a ridiculous amount of fic. It set the bar pretty high, and some fans got used to that level of quality and quantity. Compared to that, yeah, the fandom's pretty dead and sad. Compared to some fandom like Earth2 (for a random example) it's still active and high quality, but compared to it's own hayday it's pretty sad.

I don't really see how that's sad? It's more obvious than anything else. Western Media fandom usually peter out once there is no new canon material and the usual hangers-on and bandwagoners leave for greener pastures.

SGA had the same ratio of bad to good writers then as it does now. There were just a bigger pool to choose from. A lot of the heavily recced fic from those days is insanely overrated as well. It also used to be insanely large and active. At this point I'd call it a medium sized fandom. "Small" is for fandoms where you get one fic/week, if you're lucky.

Even if there is the same ratio of good to bad fic, that means back in the day if there were 10 to 10, you still could be excited because omg 10 awesome fic to read yay! Now it's more like 1 to 1, and 1 awesome fic, while good, isn't nearly as exciting. Make sense?

I think we're just going to have to agree to disagree on the idea of size when it comes to fandom. Your idea of active is just not my idea of active, etc.

Wow, that totally makes me want to keep writing.

- Someone who just posted their first SGA fic in December

Yeah, I hate that attitude. There are still plenty of people - talented people - who are active in SGA. Personally, I love what the new people bring to the fandom.

This is my sixth year as a SGA fan, and I like the fandom as it is now. I just really hate the way certain individuals, who by their own admission no longer are even in the fandom, make new fans feel like crap with statements like that. SGA is not dead, but that attitude is a great way of killing it.

+1

If you don't like it, leave, but stop talking badly about the fandom and let everyone else - including the new people, yay new people! - have fun. I like the fandom fine like it is now, no longer huge but still active and still with a lot of new good fic. (Except the vidders, apparently? I haven't seen new SGA vids in a while.)

(Anonymous) - 2012-02-16 10:14 (UTC) - Expand

(Anonymous) - 2012-02-16 10:40 (UTC) - Expand

(Anonymous) - 2012-02-16 22:33 (UTC) - Expand

Same here.

Not my job to make you want to do something. I'd assume that you write in the fandom because you enjoy it, not to make every single fan happy. Kind of insecure and ridiculous of you to stop writing due to one anon on F!S.

Thanks! Makes me want to keep writing!

- a SGA writer

Didn't you know? Making newcomers feel unappreciated is a great way of keeping a fandom active!

I love how all these new writers assume they're the "most" in "most leaves a lot to be desired" Insecure much?

Don't be dissuaded from participating. Most everyone I've met in SGA fandom are really great, nice people.