That's the thing, I think people are skipping from fandom to fandom so much any more that half the time they don't really know any of the background stuff. When I've become interested in a fandom it's because I've seen/read all of the canon (or am doing so as the canon is in the process of airing) and because I've read at least a large percentage of the archived stories/older stories at the coms. I think I was hanging out at LI'73, reading and commenting for about two-three months before I ever posted anything there. I really don't want this to come off as a "hey kids get off my lawn thing" but I've recently seen people posting stories/leaving comments at both LoM and Pros where they've said "I haven't watched all of the show yet" or "I've only seen four episodes." I think it was about a year ago where someone posted at LI'73 to ask which one was Sam and which one was Gene as she was about to post a story and wanted to check. Egads!
I recognize writers names in my fandoms that haven't been active in them in years/who have long since moved on to other fandoms but I don't think that would be common any more. My experience with the newb who thought I should be encouraged to write my second story isn't an isolated one.
Ah, I followed the name you mentioned further down and she does indeed appear to be a bit of a fandom butterfly. Her recs cover multiple fandoms.
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Date: 2010-09-15 02:58 am (UTC)I recognize writers names in my fandoms that haven't been active in them in years/who have long since moved on to other fandoms but I don't think that would be common any more. My experience with the newb who thought I should be encouraged to write my second story isn't an isolated one.
Ah, I followed the name you mentioned further down and she does indeed appear to be a bit of a fandom butterfly. Her recs cover multiple fandoms.