Fandom became a wasteland for me a few years ago I attribute that to a lot of factors, all of which are someone else's fault. (And I'm at peace with this position.) First, of course, there was the dearth of decent shows on television. (This year, as I think I've said frequently, I'm watching Navy NCIS and nothing else.) That's number one.

At that time I was bored of my old fandoms, burned out on struggling to write OaT, and discouraged because there wasn't anything in that fandom I wanted to read anyhow, and no place to talk about it. (My friends were more than tolerant, but even my ego stops short of nattering on endlessly about something no one else cares about. Certainly after the first year or so.)

It's your fault. You all left the fandoms I was actually interested in and went off to write insults removed* stuff I didn't care about. The scavengers and bottom-feeders** moved in and it became almost impossible to find the good stories being posted amongst all the misbegotten garbage. After a while, it just didn't seem worth the effort.

The point of this entry is to inform you that I hereby demand that everyone I know stop dinking around with fandoms that don't attract me and write something in a fandom that does. And let me know where you post it, so I don't have to go looking for it.

And none of your rapefests or angstwallows. If I want to be depressed, I'll go back to politics. I want a giggle. Or at least a smile. XF, DS, SEN , OaT or even HL,*** I'm tolerant, you can write in any of them.

I mean, I'm writing in four of them myself, at this very moment. (Well, I have things started. Whether or not they'll see the light of day remains a mystery.) But I don't read my own stuff, so I require that someone else write something for me to read.

Do you guys re-read your own stories? For pleasure, I mean, not with an idea to editing or anything. I frequently wonder how many fandom authors read their own stuff and enjoy it.

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* This was a better post before I removed the rude bits insulting fandoms that don’t interest me, but I'll probably lose fewer friends with this one.

** I probably should have removed that one, too.

*** Five fandoms, no waiting! Not necessarily slash. Any of them, really, could be gen. As long as they're light.