My main fandoms, until TFA came out, have mostly been RPF fandoms (I haven't been very active in them in recent years though).
I started writing in those fandoms because they were big non-fannish fandoms of mine and I also liked to write stories. Usually I'd come up with ideas and then figure out which personas of celebs I fancied fit the idea the best.
Due to shifting of interests, and six-degrees-of-Kevin-Bacon type connections to the people I used to write about, I've moved on. Also, I guess, more of my media fandoms having more holes for my to plug in than before kind of helps?
Re: What's the appeal of RPF?
I started writing in those fandoms because they were big non-fannish fandoms of mine and I also liked to write stories. Usually I'd come up with ideas and then figure out which personas of celebs I fancied fit the idea the best.
Due to shifting of interests, and six-degrees-of-Kevin-Bacon type connections to the people I used to write about, I've moved on. Also, I guess, more of my media fandoms having more holes for my to plug in than before kind of helps?