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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2012-09-29 03:17 pm

[ SECRET POST #2097 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2097 ⌋

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[personal profile] pts 2012-09-29 08:57 pm (UTC)(link)
You're far from alone in this fact. Hardly anybody can get motivated to produce significant amounts of fanwork unless there's an audience for it. There's a snowball effect, too, so fandoms that have a lot activity are more fun to participate in, thereby further boosting activity, etc.

When you've been in fandom long enough you start to see how certain people (e.g., BNFs) have large enough followings that if they start being active in a new fandom, their presence alone is enough to kickstart activity in that fandom. This can be good and bad; if you wanted to write SGA fanfic, god help you if you didn't ship McShep, etc., because the BNFs had already arrived and staked that one out as The Ship, and it dominated the fandom conversation.

And I think a lot of people are less self-aware than one would hope about their desire to be doing whatever the Thing is that year.

Anyway, congratulations, I guess?