[ SECRET POST #2111 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2111 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Fandoms popping up overnight

[brightblueink]

Hmm, I'm not sure about that. I remember talking in message boards about LOTR before the first movie was even out, and I was able to find a Tolkien-focused fan group on Yahoo! that was really active pretty soon after the movie came out.

I do feel like I'm seeing more fandoms start BEFORE a thing is out, though. Like Miraculous Ladybug already getting a fandom after a trailer for it was uploaded, or people getting into Elementary once the show was announced and tracking down a leaked version of the pilot before it even aired.

Re: Fandoms popping up overnight

[(Anonymous)]

This.

Also the fact that LOTR dates back from a time where internet didn't exist, but instead there were penpals etc. who you can't find trace of now, so who is to tell a book didn't have a tiny fandom somewhere right after it got sold back then.

Re: Fandoms popping up overnight

[(Anonymous)]

Well, it kind of depends what you mean by "fandom".

If you mean "writing fic", then most things didn't have a fandom. If you just mean being involved in discussions and recommendations and hyping things up and generally being fannish about stuff, then yes, in the sense that most science fiction and fantasy books, at least, were tied up with science fiction and fantasy fandom.

I think the only fandoms that really wrote a lot of fic back in the day was Sherlock Holmes. And then Lord of the Rings somewhat, and then Star Trek.

Re: Fandoms popping up overnight

[(Anonymous)]

Idk whether LOTR is the best example of a new fandom, seeing as the already established book fanbase/fandom was poised and waiting (some even for years) for the movie release(s), so it's no wonder the internet fandom sprung up quickly.

In terms of fandoms starting more quickly these days, I just think that's because people are better at/know the drill of LJ/DW/Tumblr fandom now. Which means that the moment someone even remotely likes something it's *boom* BNF posting to their large authorship about their favourite shiny new thing! *boom* kinkmeme! *boom* ONE BILLION ANIMATED GIF SETS WITH STUPID COLOUR SCHEMES! However, just because people get started on this stuff earlier, doesn't actually mean that fandom is going to stick around or even take off at all.

But I do agree that all the readysetgo fandom schema that's going on at the moment doesn't bode well for the longevity of current active fandoms, since they'll always be something new to move on to. Not having something better - and well publicized, and of the same genre - on the horizon is why I assume fandoms like Highlander and The Sentinel stuck around for so long.

/sorry for the essay

Re: Fandoms popping up overnight

[ryttu3k]

Agreed on the LOTR example, I was on a forum a few years before the movie came out, and we talked about the books, predominantly (as well as doing a lot of movie speculation, of course!).

Things like Tumblr allow for something to get spread a hell of a lot faster than it did ten years ago, when you'd have to make a forum or a chatroom then hope people found it. Now, just search for something you're interested in, found it, there.

Agreed on longevity, too. Entmoot (the forum I was at) is STILL GOING.