I'm always in a bit of a conflict over what I want out of fandom here, as I tend to gravitate toward teeny tiny fandoms where there aren't a lot of fans to begin with and I tend to like niche characters and absurd rarepairs. I honestly enjoy the feeling of being a big fish in a small pond, but I often wish that the pond was just the slightest bit bigger.
I know what you mean. I'm the same -- I can't really get into huge bustling fandoms where I feel like a nobody but I also don't want to be talking to myself in an empty room either. XD Need to hit that sweet spot of having like a cadre of ~a couple dozen fans that don't have to be super active at the same time to generate discussion/fanworks, but also small enough to all park themselves in a single community.
I'd love more meta too, but I also don't have that much to say about most of my video game fandoms so... I can't really help out here.
I too would love to see more extended author commentary on fic. Getting an explanation of the meaning of Ex Ornamentis's title was illuminating! Maybe if ao3commentoftheday's Trivia Tuesday concept takes off it would be more common to get that kind of info!
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Date: 2020-01-17 09:18 pm (UTC)I know what you mean. I'm the same -- I can't really get into huge bustling fandoms where I feel like a nobody but I also don't want to be talking to myself in an empty room either. XD Need to hit that sweet spot of having like a cadre of ~a couple dozen fans that don't have to be super active at the same time to generate discussion/fanworks, but also small enough to all park themselves in a single community.
I'd love more meta too, but I also don't have that much to say about most of my video game fandoms so... I can't really help out here.
I too would love to see more extended author commentary on fic. Getting an explanation of the meaning of Ex Ornamentis's title was illuminating! Maybe if