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[butterflydreaming]

My day-to-day is pretty much devoid of validation or praise, and I don't know how to fix that. There isn't even payout on the things that should generate mild affirmation.

It stands out as a major highlight that last week, my niece brainstormed a movie plot over take-out, and we wrapped it up wishing it were a real movie. The creative zone alone was something I keep trying to make happen in my life (with low success).

I've been over two years with my job and I know my bosses aren't the kind to give praise. But I can't seem to make it happen in my personal life, either.

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[capri0mni]

I don't know. ...I seem to be an outlier, in that it's easier for me to write original fiction / original characters than it is for me to write fanfic. But I really like reading other people's fannish snippets.

And I couldn't tell you my "trick" if I tried.

Well, no. That's not quite true. I do like writing fairy-tale like stories. I guess you could say that's my fandom. I compare it in my head to making a crazy quilt: taking bits from a bunch of stories, and stitching them together (The foundling child from this story, the jealous king from that story, the scheming court wizard from over there, and how about a talking bird from that-a-wau?)

Sometimes, when I'm really stuck, I'll try telling a really well-known story but switch the hero around: "Rapunzel," from the witch's point of view, or "The Frog King" from the king's valet's point of view. ...That kind of thing.

Or I just don't even try to write a complete thing. Sometimes, I'll just write a scene and leave it at that.

[butterflydreaming]

Fandom has been my place to do that with other people, instead of being alone in my head with my characters.

[capri0mni]

I haven't really been involved in fandom spaces since Usenet was the place to go for that (specifically: rec.arts.drwho). So... somewhere around 17 years?

How does it feel like fandom has changed?

[butterflydreaming]

The gold standard for me is early LJ. It had a community with an active core group of a dozen or so, loads of lurkers but that core group made the community fun. And at the time, a fic posted to ff.net would always get a comment or more. I hate to tell at clouds, but the social media norm of the Like button has decreased engagement.
In between then and now I was in Tumblr, which was at first engaged, and then shifted with the general cultural change. This is across multiple fandoms and different media.

[capri0mni]

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~Nod~

I was also wondering if the rise of streaming services (where each franchise is in its own separate universe.


And also, how the big media companies now see themselves in competition with the fans -- see: G.O.T., the final Star Wars trilogy, etc..

[capri0mni]

but the social media norm of the Like button has decreased engagement.

~Nod~

I was also wondering if the rise of streaming services (where each franchise is in its own separate universe.


And also, how the big media companies now see themselves in competition with the fans -- see: G.O.T., the final Star Wars trilogy, etc..

[igenlode]

I wasn't around [on LiveJournal] in that era, so I've only witnessed it in old group archives -- but yes, that sort of LJ collaboration, e.g. the MS Elegante, was exactly what came to mind when you originally mentioned it... (Hence my suggestion of RP forums.)