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Hope I'm not too late to join in.

I think my issue is that when I'm in fandom, writing fic for a series that is still in progress (book series, tv series, manga series) feels weird to write in. I hate getting Jossed, so I like to have a complete set (season) in hand before writing for fic considering I like to write fic that is 'between episodes' or things that feel like they could be part of the season/show. I've actually been complemented on my ability to do that.

When the internet was catching up and things anime were so hard to come by with subtitles, this wasn't a problem. Many of the older fandoms, we all had the complete set/season at the same time and we enjoyed as a fandom. Since getting anime in general was so difficult and there was so little of it coming out with subtitles, the world felt smaller. More compact.

Today, there area a whole host of fansubbers out there for anime so it's coming out faster and with reliable regularity. Or torrenters are managing to get single episodes up very quickly on torrent sites. Speed of light accessibility and availability and instant gratification.

which means it seems like these days that once a series/season is completed, the fans move on to the next new shiny and by the time I'm ready to start writing, the fandom has pretty much died out.

tl;dr I liked it when things moved at a slower pace and fans stayed in fandoms longer before moving on.

which means it seems like these days that once a series/season is completed, the fans move on to the next new shiny and by the time I'm ready to start writing, the fandom has pretty much died out.

Are you me?!

I think people move faster these days, but I'm really not sure why. I do think some people are in fandom to be in a fandom more than anything else, so they're probably among the ones leaving fast. I agree that it sucks though.

I think fandom moves faster because of the internet. It's so, so easy to get your hands on new distractions: new seasons/series/episodes, or old series in bulk, and with the majority of fandom on Tumblr, there's that sense of immediacy and being in your face, in the moment, like "OMG THIS THING IS HAPPENING IT'S AMAZING EVERYONE ALSO THINKS IT'S AMAZING okay it's over now OOOH LOOK AT THIS SHINY NEW THING--"

OP of the thread here.

Yeah. I think that's it. I mean more than just the internet. Bittorrent has managed to iron out the kinks. (will not launch into the standard 'back when I was a kid, I walked to school in the snow...' tirade of what torrents used to be like)

More bilingual fans are stepping up to help with translations. More techsavvy people are compressing files and putting them into formats for differing sizes and preferences. Or cracking DRM. It's amazing the degree of advancement we've achieved just through sharing media technology.

Alas, it also moves things along at a faster clip and then ... as you say "LOOK OVER HERE AT THIS NEW THING NOW".

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