Snowflake 2022 - Challenge 4

[prisca]

In your own space, make a list of things that you wish existed in fandom or elsewhere, and/or that you'd like someone to create or do for you.

Because it always feels slightly strange to ask for a ficlet, some icons, or artwork for my tiny bits of writing, I have decided to take a different route this year.

Here are my wishes, short and sweet.

I would like to know what TV shows and/or movies you love most at Netflix, Disney, or Amazon Prime; old or new stuff, all genre (as long as it is not hardcore horror, sorry ;) ). Everything is welcome. Maybe there is something I have missed so far?

Anyone around who loves audiobooks? Any recommendation (available on Audible preferred)? I am open to every genre; audiobook, audio drama or podcast because, why not try something new?

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Things I wish would exist in Fandom? Well, it would be great if someone owns a time machine and turns back time about 15 years. Fandom back then was different and more familiar to me. But probably people who are new in fandom would say the same if they would be thrown back into the old times.

The fact is, that fandom has changed over the years, it's much more short-lived because of the variety of new fandoms the media offers nowadays. I can't even say, that this is a bad thing; I do enjoy the wide spectrum we have now. But sometimes it can get a tiny bit overwhelming, and then I think back to the old times and allow me to miss them. At least for a while. Nothing wrong with that, isn't it?

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[astromech1138]

Things I wish would exist in Fandom? Well, it would be great if someone owns a time machine and turns back time about 15 years. Fandom back then was different and more familiar to me. But probably people who are new in fandom would say the same if they would be thrown back into the old times.

The fact is, that fandom has changed over the years, it's much more short-lived because of the variety of new fandoms the media offers nowadays. I can't even say, that this is a bad thing; I do enjoy the wide spectrum we have now. But sometimes it can get a tiny bit overwhelming, and then I think back to the old times and allow me to miss them. At least for a while. Nothing wrong with that, isn't it?

Yes, yes, yes to all of this! Thank you for saying this. I love the Dreamwidth platform, but things just aren't very lively around here. I've been thinking about starting a DW community for my rarepair but I'm afraid it'll just be me. And it seems like even fics have changed -- back then, it wasn't unusual to get long fics with lots of plot and maybe a little smut, whereas now smut takes center stage and fics are often very short with no plot, constricted like our attention spans. It's just not as interesting. Anyway, I complained/waxed nostalgic on this topic on my blog a little bit ago.

[prisca]

Yes, starting a community for a rare fandom might sadly not make much sense because you will often end up being the only one around. You can join multifandom communities, but even there you won't back much feedback for your posts.

[astromech1138]

It's true! I'm grateful I've found a really great community on DW of my larger fandom.