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I stay as long as I'm interested by the fic. I usually last longer in big fandoms, which is why I'm surprised that I'm already bored by a lot of TFA fic after only a month. I read for a couple different pairings and have had to scroll past a lot of fic. Either too many AUs or too many fics with the same premise/trope.
I never really stop being interested in my various fandoms but I'm actively involved for maybe a month. I just don't have much to contribute in any way so I don't see the point I guess.
My one & only fill here ended up being on my prompt :/
As long as someone isn't telling me that they wish I had written a different ending or added in a different character or secondary pairing, or anything that's more a complaint that my fic wasn't 100% what they wanted to see, I'm happy with any comment, even concrit.
I think that is a good idea. Get the feel of the characters before handling other people's prompts could help. I never have written for Star Wars and I am relatively new to it, so that also plays on my fears. It is so different joining a fandom that has been around for a couple of years, and one that has been around for decades with so much characterization, history and world building.
*flips a table* PHUX
Makes me laugh every time.
Makes me laugh every time.
You can still change that, anon.
My favorite response is John Oliver's: http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/99834105.html?thread=17193561337#t17193561337
Although I was a little mortified, because I used to hang out in Fake News fandom a lot at the time that he gave that interview (~2008, iirc).
Although I was a little mortified, because I used to hang out in Fake News fandom a lot at the time that he gave that interview (~2008, iirc).
I'm a lifer--as long as I still care about the canon I'll consider myself in the fandom to some degree, even if I'm not a very active participant anymore.
::Sports fandom fistbump::
My primary fandoms are entirely RPF, so I clearly have no problems with it as a concept, though I do believe in doing so responsibly and respectfully. I once realized that when you googled a certain athlete's son, the first things that came up (before his own statistics) were gay porn fics of his father. That kind of stuff creeps me out. Same with when people forget about the line between fanfiction and reality. Basically, I think RPF is awesome, but inherently a different beast than writing about fictional characters.
My primary fandoms are entirely RPF, so I clearly have no problems with it as a concept, though I do believe in doing so responsibly and respectfully. I once realized that when you googled a certain athlete's son, the first things that came up (before his own statistics) were gay porn fics of his father. That kind of stuff creeps me out. Same with when people forget about the line between fanfiction and reality. Basically, I think RPF is awesome, but inherently a different beast than writing about fictional characters.
I have the same problem with being bored by a lot of TFA fic. Not so much here on the kinkmeme, because I think prompts encourage creativity, but in other places. Tumblr, and AO3 mainly. There was a time in the first few weeks after TFA came out where nearly every Finn/Poe fic on AO3 had exactly the same basic plot. I know this is still a new fandom, but it seems like it's less imaginative than my other fandoms. Still maybe that will improve once it has been around for a while longer.
They've been cute and flirty with each other at press events and there's that one picture from Lupita's Instagram where it looks like she's wearing Oscar's shirt (it's one of the 'Estat Guars' shirts his uncle made for everyone but it looks like his name is printed on the sleeve). It could easily just be normal cast friendliness and Oscar at lead seems to flirt with everyone, but they would be such a gorgeous Hollywood power couple that I've latched onto the idea.
I even find a lot of the prompts on the kink meme repetitive. I'm at least grateful that the fills are so varied.
ITA agree about Poe/Finn. There's not much variety in the fic on AO3, though in the past two weeks I find that a lot of the fics showing up have them as a secondary pairing to a Kylo/Rey or Kylo/Hux fic. At this point, I don't even know what I want, and I never thought I'd say this, but I don't want any more mutual pining fics.
ITA agree about Poe/Finn. There's not much variety in the fic on AO3, though in the past two weeks I find that a lot of the fics showing up have them as a secondary pairing to a Kylo/Rey or Kylo/Hux fic. At this point, I don't even know what I want, and I never thought I'd say this, but I don't want any more mutual pining fics.
The SPN actors definitely know and sometimes play it up. Jared and Jensen's wives also get a lot of shit from J2 shippers. But SPN fans have always* been overly cruel to female cast members, so it's not a big surprise.
*Idk if this has changed since I was in fandom in the early days, but man were they vicious to female actresses or anyone the guys were dating.
*Idk if this has changed since I was in fandom in the early days, but man were they vicious to female actresses or anyone the guys were dating.
I've never shipped RPF in the typical sense, but a lot of my past fandoms have been historical RPF (Rome, HBO War, Hamilton, etc.) or pseudo-RPF (The Social Network). I still feel a bit weird about it, but in some cases the people have been dead for hundreds or thousands of years so whatever, and in other cases it's a fictionalized story about real people and real events, but I'm shipping how the actor's portray the real people rather than the real people themselves. It's a fuzzy line, especially when it's RPF about people who aren't celebrities.
Though, I should point out that fandom didn't create RPF. It's been around for thousands of years in one sense or another. For instance, almost all of Plato's work is fanfiction about Socrates and a good chunk of Shakespeare's plays were based off real events or real people.
Though, I should point out that fandom didn't create RPF. It's been around for thousands of years in one sense or another. For instance, almost all of Plato's work is fanfiction about Socrates and a good chunk of Shakespeare's plays were based off real events or real people.
Longer than I should (Death Note for two years, Inception for three years, Les Mis for three years...), until all the shine has worn off and I'm thoroughly bitter and fed up with everything fandom does at that point. I don't know why I just can't let go.
I stop being as active, but I never leave a fandom entirely. Longest is probably Doctor Who, which I've been a fan of since 1978.
Yeah I know. I just haven't found any prompts that struck me
How else were they supposed to act, though? Actors get a huge backlash if they react negatively to fans, even if it's warranted. They did look a bit uncomfortable in that interview and it's more to their credit that they're able to act nice about it.
It's not so much celebrities searching for the fic, but they're still being introduced to it by fans, interviewers, or friends and family who stumble on it. It's happened in almost every RPF fandom I can think of, though it seems more prevalent in bandom and sports RPF.
And just because one actor says it's not harmful doesn't mean others don't feel the same way.
It's not so much celebrities searching for the fic, but they're still being introduced to it by fans, interviewers, or friends and family who stumble on it. It's happened in almost every RPF fandom I can think of, though it seems more prevalent in bandom and sports RPF.
And just because one actor says it's not harmful doesn't mean others don't feel the same way.
TSN fandom had such a bizarre reaction to whether or not it was RPF. No one knew how to tag anything at first and it was this big ordeal over whether movie fic should be tagged as RPF, but if that would confuse people who shipped RPF for the actors. And there were so many author's notes stressing that movie fic was based on the movie characters and not the real people because people were worried the real Mark Zuckerberg would find the fic through the power of the internet and sue them. What a wild ride that was. Good times.
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