The trouble with the Hornblower fandom--and this was/is true of every other fandom I've ever 'followed' with the exception of H/D--is that it was too small. There simply wasn't enough reading matter to keep me going for longer than a few months. I joined the MLs, but they were dead in the water by then. I had to move on. The only reason I'm still in the hobbit fandom is because I'm writing in it. There's not enough being written to stick on a postage stamp (given that I only read F/S).
It never occurred to me that I might write H/A. I'm not sure that I would have had anything to say in any case. And small fandoms make me nervous, because they seem cliquish even if they're not. One of the saving graces of the HP fandom is that, as crazy as it is, it's so huge that you can have your own corner of it and not feel the ripples that are going on elsewhere.
I'm no less interested in Hornblower now--I adore the series, and Archie, and the H/A fics as much as I ever did (hate the books mind you)--so although I'm not friended to anyone else who writes it, it's wonderful to be reminded of how much I still love it and to feel oddly nostalgic about missed opportunities. I don't suppose there would be more than half a dozen fandoms that have been 'keepers', but Hornblower is definitely one of them.
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Date: 2005-06-21 09:12 pm (UTC)The trouble with the Hornblower fandom--and this was/is true of every other fandom I've ever 'followed' with the exception of H/D--is that it was too small. There simply wasn't enough reading matter to keep me going for longer than a few months. I joined the MLs, but they were dead in the water by then. I had to move on. The only reason I'm still in the hobbit fandom is because I'm writing in it. There's not enough being written to stick on a postage stamp (given that I only read F/S).
It never occurred to me that I might write H/A. I'm not sure that I would have had anything to say in any case. And small fandoms make me nervous, because they seem cliquish even if they're not. One of the saving graces of the HP fandom is that, as crazy as it is, it's so huge that you can have your own corner of it and not feel the ripples that are going on elsewhere.
I'm no less interested in Hornblower now--I adore the series, and Archie, and the H/A fics as much as I ever did (hate the books mind you)--so although I'm not friended to anyone else who writes it, it's wonderful to be reminded of how much I still love it and to feel oddly nostalgic about missed opportunities. I don't suppose there would be more than half a dozen fandoms that have been 'keepers', but Hornblower is definitely one of them.
Brains taste gooood. :P~~