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[bubosquared]

Fandom is driving me insane. I feel like unsubbing from almost all of my lists. Because there's so much drivel and I usually delete 90% of what comes into my inbox. The only lists I still read are SA-Talk and anything on RS-X or musicianslash that's interesting.

HP4GU has disappointed me. The name alone -- 'grown-ups'. And the anti-fanfic party.

Most of the fanfic lists are 2/3rd one-liners lately. I'm on digest on HPslash and I only skim the subjects to see if there's more Protective Bonds or Irresistable Poison, and because I'm still not sure if I'mna post The Game or not. I would unsub from RareSlash, but ... I can't; despite everything, it's still my baby. It feels like I'm contemplating ripping off my arm or something. Even though I haven't actually moved or even felt said arm in nearly a year.

LiveJournal is such an easier way to be involved in fandom. I get to chose people I like to hear from, there's no annoying one-line responses cluttering up my inbox, and I know for a fact there's no one on my friends list who will condemn me for my RPS-ness or my love of puppies.

I don't know. I think what I really want is a forum for my original stories with the same sort of 'feel' as good slash list. I was hoping OriginalSlash would be that, but it isn't and I'm not sure how to fix it.

Maybe I'll try that. Tomorrow, I'll unsub from all but a select few fandom lists, and look for good general writing lists, and try to re-launch OriginalSlash.

New pastures! Here I come.

Comments

Welcome to my world...

[arkane156.livejournal.com]

I'd elaborate, but I'm sleep-deprived to the point of incoherence at the moment.

Re: Welcome to my world...

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Yep. Was hoping it'd take me more than four years to become desillusioned, you know?

Fandom sucks... :o(

[partly-bouncy.livejournal.com]

And they revel in your pain if you disagree with them...

I've always dreamed of starting an elitist society with tight rules and stuff so that only the chosen get in... not just the little cliques that pop but bigger... *shrugs* People you know that if they don't agree with you will civilly disagree, people who will research stuff before talking and source it, people with a sense of humor...

Re: Fandom sucks... :o(

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Can I join? ^_^

sadly, never created

[partly-bouncy.livejournal.com]

colest I ever came to doing that really was this and never even put on net (http://writersu.s5.com/this.zip) but if it meant a way of staying away from idiots... and people who want to post lies about me and harrass me... all for it.

[sivan.livejournal.com]

I seem to have missed the existence of OS so far ... just joined it.

I do know what you mean, but you probably know that I do, so I won't elaborate.

In case you do find any good "general writing" forums, please do let me/us know? I'd be very interested, really ... but it might not easy to find a 'general' place that's also Slash-friendly.

What about an original slash community on lj? Stories could be posted with the 'cut' feature, and people seem to like posting on lj ...

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Hm. Not a bad idea, especially since most of my fandom activities are LJ-centered these days. Will look into this. ^_^

[sivan.livejournal.com]

You do that and let me know the results. ^^ (And in case you need any help with anything, just tell. Original [slash] fic forum = good! Want!)