Oh gosh, I remember when I first came into fandom, the vast majority of fic seemed to be movieverse, and most of the bookverse stuff was Third Age. Silmfics were quite a niche thing.
I vanished in 2012 and resurfaced in 2017, and that had all changed. I wonder why? (I do get the impression a lot of the younger First Age fans and shippers haven't read the book, although maybe I'm being uncharitable.)
I shared these things and all the support and love and kindness that came back to me were incredibly precious.
I've generally found fandom to be a loving and supportive place. Maybe I've just been lucky with who I've interacted with, but the worst of the shitstorms seemed to be over when I first started doing fandom in around 2007/8 - although there were still lots of people getting their knickers in a twist about slash and Mary-Sues XD
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I vanished in 2012 and resurfaced in 2017, and that had all changed. I wonder why? (I do get the impression a lot of the younger First Age fans and shippers haven't read the book, although maybe I'm being uncharitable.)
I shared these things and all the support and love and kindness that came back to me were incredibly precious.
I've generally found fandom to be a loving and supportive place. Maybe I've just been lucky with who I've interacted with, but the worst of the shitstorms seemed to be over when I first started doing fandom in around 2007/8 - although there were still lots of people getting their knickers in a twist about slash and Mary-Sues XD