I think Merlin's fandom doubled overnight when astolat moved to it; there's no gen fans with that kind of sway (though you'd probably bring a significant population to any fandom you moved to and started ficcing for regularly!)
Hee, I had actually noticed that astolat's move into Merlin fandom seemed to correspond with the fact that suddenly I was hearing about Merlin everywhere! I think you over-estimate my influence, although I must admit that one reason why I wanted to write more Wiseguy was in the hopes of maybe dragging a few people into it with me. (If only it was possible to find all of the EPISODES. I'm not used to wanting a show and not being able to get it! Usually it's more a matter of choosing between download or DVD ... or, at the very least, just hunting through torrent sites and ep comms until something turns up. I'm not used to the show simply not being available anywhere, in any form!)
So, yeah, they're that kind of partnership. Which, really, is far too much fun!
It does sound fun! I think I'm pretty far from needing another show to watch right now, though, at least that sort of show -- I have enough Scrubs to last me for months, and we stopped watching Due South when I went to Ithaca in December and haven't resumed, which means I have a whole 'nother Ray of that one to go through! And I, um, might be downloading Leverage right now. (WHAT? I have no willpower!)
I think that time and distance will help a lot with SGA ... kind of like it did for me with SG1, which I left with no intention of ever watching again, but time healed that wound for the most part (even though I'm not deeply ficcish about the show ... and it's tended to suffer from bleedover of my SGA angst lately). I think most of the things that are upsetting me in the fandom right now wouldn't even really be affecting me if the wounds weren't still so fresh. Hmm ... the thought just occurred to me that it might even be worth taking a look at some of my old fandoms in the meantime, to fill that fan-spot while I wait for SGA fandom to settle down a bit. I wonder what Invisible Man fandom is up to these days, if anything? I still have an unfinished h/c fic lying around for that one ...
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Hee, I had actually noticed that astolat's move into Merlin fandom seemed to correspond with the fact that suddenly I was hearing about Merlin everywhere! I think you over-estimate my influence, although I must admit that one reason why I wanted to write more Wiseguy was in the hopes of maybe dragging a few people into it with me. (If only it was possible to find all of the EPISODES. I'm not used to wanting a show and not being able to get it! Usually it's more a matter of choosing between download or DVD ... or, at the very least, just hunting through torrent sites and ep comms until something turns up. I'm not used to the show simply not being available anywhere, in any form!)
So, yeah, they're that kind of partnership. Which, really, is far too much fun!
It does sound fun! I think I'm pretty far from needing another show to watch right now, though, at least that sort of show -- I have enough Scrubs to last me for months, and we stopped watching Due South when I went to Ithaca in December and haven't resumed, which means I have a whole 'nother Ray of that one to go through! And I, um, might be downloading Leverage right now. (WHAT? I have no willpower!)
I think that time and distance will help a lot with SGA ... kind of like it did for me with SG1, which I left with no intention of ever watching again, but time healed that wound for the most part (even though I'm not deeply ficcish about the show ... and it's tended to suffer from bleedover of my SGA angst lately). I think most of the things that are upsetting me in the fandom right now wouldn't even really be affecting me if the wounds weren't still so fresh. Hmm ... the thought just occurred to me that it might even be worth taking a look at some of my old fandoms in the meantime, to fill that fan-spot while I wait for SGA fandom to settle down a bit. I wonder what Invisible Man fandom is up to these days, if anything? I still have an unfinished h/c fic lying around for that one ...