Feeling thwarted

[krait]

I feel rather hollow lately when it comes to fandom -- not having a Big Exciting Active Fandom has left me floundering about in a combination of disappointment (when I get excited and want to be active in something, there's no fandom) and frustration (all the things my flist is getting active and excited about don't interest me, or I don't have access to them). I have all this pent-up fannish energy, but nowhere to direct it.

Anyone want to direct me to where the Sooper Sekkrit Fangathering for my bookish obsessions might be hiding? Or join with me in an effort to kick Loveless- or Eroica-fandom back into action?

Or take a stab at inducting me into a shiny new fandom?

Comments

[kurokaze-89.livejournal.com]

Oh dear, I used to read Loveless way back in secondary school, so I can safely say the fandom is pretty much... dead? D: I have yet to read Eroica because it looks long and daunting!

[tadashi-chan.livejournal.com]

... You sure you didn't mean to say Erotica? Because I sat here wondering "what???" for a few minutes...

[kurokaze-89.livejournal.com]

Pretty sure she's referring to From Eroica With Love :p

[fer-de-lance.livejournal.com]

Haha, yes, thank you!

(I'm pretty sure that "erotica" fandom is never lacking for activity...) *smirk*

[missmorrichan.livejournal.com]

I feel your pain, I truly do. I love to read, but it feels like no one reads the same books as me, so my fangirling goes unheeded (and the only things I can genuinely fangirl over are books). Sobbb.

What are some other bookish obsessions you're gunning to fangirl over?

[fer-de-lance.livejournal.com]

Erm, ah, well, Steven Brust's series set in Dragaera are amazing and I heartily recommend them if you've never read them! And I would commit a felony if it got me a fandom for either series.

I'm also wishing there were bookfandoms for everything from Anne Bishop's Black Jewels series to CJ Cherryh's Foreigner (or Chanur) series -- Oh, what I would give for a Foreigner fandom! -- to Pratchett's Discworld to Briggs' Hurog series to Flewelling's Nightrunners to Kushner's Swordspoint to Novik's Temeraire to a host of others. (Anyone with some awesome Forgotten Realms elf-centric fic would win my heart instantly! Or even Valdemar fic, as long as it isn't a high school AU!) Or Sherlock Holmes! (Either Doyle's, or one of the spinoff books I've been reading lately, like the Irene Adler mysteries or the Mary Russell series.) Oooh, and what about Lord Peter Wimsey? There can never be enough Wimseyfic.

[fer-de-lance.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I didn't mention the Miles Vorkosigan series, because it does have a fandom that's at least present and half-active, but I would love some more activity, or a way to get myself started in it, as well.

[fer-de-lance.livejournal.com]

Now: what are your bookish obsessions? :D

[iibnf.livejournal.com]

Have you been pimped the new Sherlock yet?

[fer-de-lance.livejournal.com]

The BBC series?

Yes, and I've watched two of the three I can get my hands on. Enjoyed it, but, well, that MUST GO FIND OR MAKE FIC urge just isn't there. Maybe Watson's just too unattractive, maybe my attachment to the original Holmes (who's most definitely not a sociopath) is too strong, maybe there's just not enough of it?

[valis2.livejournal.com]

I would be horribly remiss if I did not mention the yummy happiness of Riptide. Yes, it's a cheesy eighties show, and we are a small fandom, but we have a great set of writers, and the characters are so much fun to write.

Here are a a couple introductory guides:

Tinx's guide (http://community.livejournal.com/smallfandomfest/81772.html)
Sera's guide (http://community.livejournal.com/smallfandomfest/112240.html)

Our main gathering place on LJ is at pier56.

We are small, but we are also prolific. Our boys are gorgeous and adorable, and there are lots of possibilities for writing because there is so much uncharted territory.

There are even space AUs and crossovers. Lots and lots of fun.

And don't worry if it's not your cup of tea. :) I totally get that; it is a cheesy eighties show, after all. *grins*

[fer-de-lance.livejournal.com]

The main problem with TV fandoms is that, aside from my tendency to not connect with them, I do not have access to TV. Unless a series can be rented from my local library, I'm out of luck, due to being too clueless and/or lazy to find things online. (Wouldn't even know where to look, aside from YouTube; I am not media savvy.)

I will glance at the library next time I'm in, though. :D I like uncharted territory -- it means more room for fanfic! (Also, space!AUs for the win.)

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Sadly, none of this is available online at all. But if you're really interested, let me know, and I'll try to hook you up somehow. :)