Fandom Snowflake Challenge, Day 12

[aadler]

 
Continuing the meme/challenge begun and tracked here.

Fandom Snowflake Challenge, Day 12
 
In your own space, talk about what you bring to fandom. It can be something tangible, or not. Leave a comment in this [the assignment] post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

What do I bring to fandom? Less all the time. When I first started in, even in the days before LiveJournal, I joined multiple organizations and chat boards, maintained a sizeable rec list (and regularly updated it), posted links to useful sites, and kept up e-mail correspondence with anyone who was willing. I still write stories (fairly decent ones), occasionally leave comments on people’s LJs, join remix events and summer_of_giles, and — my single new endeavor — created and run cof_remix (the Circle of Friends) once a year. All in all, though, my involvement and contributions have been dwindling for quite some time now.

Mostly, I’m a victim of my own constancy. Many of the things I used to participate in have faded out, and I haven’t searched out replacements as they appear. People who were in the Buffyworld with me have moved on to other fandoms, or sometimes fallen out of fandom entirely, and I’ve remained where I am while — again — not making enough new contacts to keep this corner of my world from contracting.

When it comes to it, though, the writing has always been the part that most interested me. All the other things were subsidiary to, and accents for, what had first attracted me. I would probably be doing fanfic even if there were no audience, if it were strictly for my own entertainment and never posted anywhere …

… but, frankly, not as much, or not long enough to still have me at it. Because, even if I’ve been giving less, I’ve always got more from my involvement in fandom than I gave, and that hasn’t changed.

Comments

Re: Hmm...

[aadler]

Curious. I may check that out in some depth.

Re: Hmm...

[ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com]

I'm glad I could give you an idea, then. Each shared world has its own kind of culture. Torn World is a great place for meta and practicing editorial skills. Schrodinger's Heroes is AU and crossover friendly. If you hunt around, you can probably find one you like -- there are lots more than just the handful I frequent and therefore list on my site.