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The Oldbie Intervention
Dec. 18th, 2009 11:16 amSo this is because of ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
thanfiction, but it's not personal. We have no idea who thanfiction really is, we have not read his fic, we know nothing about the community he generated, but we saw the wankery and it made us homesick for ye olde fandom. So we're going to stage an intervention, veela inc. style.
We are nostalgic for fandom, plain and simple.luciusmalfoy and I have to admit, we are not JK Rowling's greatest fans. There are people who worship her work with more verve than we do. We like the idea of a world where there are hidden communities of magical people. We like the paranoid and suspicious settings of a society about to break into war, and the seeming quiet and questions that come when all the conflict is resolved. We like the basic emptiness of many of these characters, to be quite frank. They are vaguely sketched and leave lots of room for fannish decoration. We like to do that decoration, in as many ways as we can think up. So there's no reason for fandom to die out just because the books are all finished. All this these things are still open to us; the playground may be mostly deserted, but it's still a pretty good playground. We want to refurbish the place a bit.
In order to do this, we need some help. We need to get caught up on where fandom's at right now. We need to know how people have constructed these characters. We'd like to know what all the very best fics are. How about the best art? The best vids? The best of everything! Educate us and we'll create a fandom resource too. Where does fandom reside these days? Is it at dreamwidth rather than LJ? Twitter? Let us know what we've missed and what we should know.
We want to rebuild the community as we remember it at the height of our time in fandom. This does indeed mean the return of some of our old favourites: open chats (#malfoymanor) where you can drop in and talk with people, group activities for everyone to enjoy, recs, discussion, fun! We miss you guys! Why not develop a little old style community in the middle of all this new fandom stuff? Just for the fun of it.luciusmalfoy loves the drama, it's true, so we can make some up to keep her entertained, but no need for wankery. Just good times!
So can you help us out with this project? If you keep recs, or want to rec, we want to hear from you. Collect art? We want to showcase your collection. Want to start writing again? Creating art?
luciusmalfoy and I are starting to plan some work together, and I have to admit to starting to work out something new I'm going to write myself. Are you with us? Who says you can't go home again?
thanfiction, but it's not personal. We have no idea who thanfiction really is, we have not read his fic, we know nothing about the community he generated, but we saw the wankery and it made us homesick for ye olde fandom. So we're going to stage an intervention, veela inc. style.We are nostalgic for fandom, plain and simple.
luciusmalfoy and I have to admit, we are not JK Rowling's greatest fans. There are people who worship her work with more verve than we do. We like the idea of a world where there are hidden communities of magical people. We like the paranoid and suspicious settings of a society about to break into war, and the seeming quiet and questions that come when all the conflict is resolved. We like the basic emptiness of many of these characters, to be quite frank. They are vaguely sketched and leave lots of room for fannish decoration. We like to do that decoration, in as many ways as we can think up. So there's no reason for fandom to die out just because the books are all finished. All this these things are still open to us; the playground may be mostly deserted, but it's still a pretty good playground. We want to refurbish the place a bit.In order to do this, we need some help. We need to get caught up on where fandom's at right now. We need to know how people have constructed these characters. We'd like to know what all the very best fics are. How about the best art? The best vids? The best of everything! Educate us and we'll create a fandom resource too. Where does fandom reside these days? Is it at dreamwidth rather than LJ? Twitter? Let us know what we've missed and what we should know.
We want to rebuild the community as we remember it at the height of our time in fandom. This does indeed mean the return of some of our old favourites: open chats (#malfoymanor) where you can drop in and talk with people, group activities for everyone to enjoy, recs, discussion, fun! We miss you guys! Why not develop a little old style community in the middle of all this new fandom stuff? Just for the fun of it.
luciusmalfoy loves the drama, it's true, so we can make some up to keep her entertained, but no need for wankery. Just good times!So can you help us out with this project? If you keep recs, or want to rec, we want to hear from you. Collect art? We want to showcase your collection. Want to start writing again? Creating art?
luciusmalfoy and I are starting to plan some work together, and I have to admit to starting to work out something new I'm going to write myself. Are you with us? Who says you can't go home again?
