Fandom and me

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A couple of things have got me thinking about where I am with my fandoms at the moment so I thought I'd do a little post. I don't know how other people define fandom but to me it's something that I am actively involved in. There's plenty of shows that I watch and post about but it doesn't go beyond that. To me a fandom is something where I write and/or read fic, make icons, those sorts of things.

So, here we go. All my fandoms to date and where I am with them.

Buffy:
This will always be a show that I love, and I still have loads of friends on here that I made during my time in the fandom and I love you guys. Occasionally I will make icons for this show but I don't read or write fic about it any more.

Pirates of the Caribbean:
Sadly the third film caved in a lot of the interest I had in this fandom. I still love the first two but I doubt there will be any more fandom involvement from me

LotR:
I still love the films but I've left all the comms relating to it.

Lost:
I really don't ship anyone in this show any more. Kate/Sawyer was my OTP but it really isn't now, and I can't even work up any enthusiasm to ship Sawyer/Jack. I still enjoy the show even though I have no idea what's going on but I won't miss it after it ends next year

Torchwood:
OMG! So excited about the new series

Smallville:
It really makes me sad when I hear myself talking about this show to people. The crappy writing has made me very bitter towards a show I used to love so much. I will be continuing my icons when I get spare time and I'm not ruling out more fic but I don't think it's likely

Iron Man:
On hiatus but I'm sure my squee will be back in full force when Iron Man 2 comes out

Merlin:
I'm not really reading much fic any more but I think it's just a summer blues thing and my focus currently being on SPN. Still very much in love with the show and I will be continuing icons and other fandom activities until S2 starts when I'm sure I will start reading again. lou_angel and I have a fic in the works at the moment so watch this space

Supernatural:
Funny how you can watch a show for years and somehow manage to stay out of the fandom. I worked out the other day that it's all goth_clark's fault. She got me reading Dean/Castiel which got me over at spnstoryfinders looking for stuff to read which is where I discovered J2.
I'm still reading all the fic posted to deancastiel and obviously I'm reading the J2 stuff on spn_j2_bigbang. My writing time now is being filled with my rpf_big_bang fic which is SPN and SV so it's not like I've abandoned writing for Smallville entirely. I'm just choosing to write about the actors rather than the characters

And that's it