I wasn't in the slash corner of Tolkien fandom… but I feel similar. DW has barely kept some of the community for me and if it wasn't for that, I think I'd feel alone in fandom more than I already have.
I miss those days and those people and that attitude -- fun and love and a bit naughty and under the radar and there for each other.
Me, too.
Posting - I know this is a general fandom malaise, but we got comments back then. Lots of them. Even on very average fics.
This. So many times this. Kudos-- and I know I'm in a minority and I've been jumped on for saying this before-- do not give the same connection that comments do.
I do wonder about why the Silm moved so much to the center. I hadn't really realized that until you said it because I've been Silm-focused for years so it just felt bigger, not central. But…AO3 has only a third more fics in its LotR category than Silm (15k to 10k). Ff.net has much more the ratio I'd expect.
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I miss those days and those people and that attitude -- fun and love and a bit naughty and under the radar and there for each other.
Me, too.
Posting - I know this is a general fandom malaise, but we got comments back then. Lots of them. Even on very average fics.
This. So many times this. Kudos-- and I know I'm in a minority and I've been jumped on for saying this before-- do not give the same connection that comments do.
I do wonder about why the Silm moved so much to the center. I hadn't really realized that until you said it because I've been Silm-focused for years so it just felt bigger, not central. But…AO3 has only a third more fics in its LotR category than Silm (15k to 10k). Ff.net has much more the ratio I'd expect.