So. My fannish archetype. I do love the shiny and usually pick up new fandoms at the rate of one big one every few years, one or two tiny ones every year. Though I checked serial monogamy, I never entirely abandon any of my fandoms; my selection was based more on the fact that, at any given moment, one and only one fandom absorbs nearly all my energy and attention. (Currently? SGA.) These exclusive relationships can last from years to weeks, and they're always... rather intensive. Especially the first time around. Mostly, I think, because my personality tends toward meticulous obsessiveness.
This quality is also why the size of the fandom affects how much time and effort I spend there. I have a number of small fandoms I love dearly but, without new things to read, watch, and do or people to interact with, I set them aside. To, well, occasionally return to and snuggle for a week or so. Maybe a month. Or two.
I think my constant renewing of affection for all my fandoms creates the impression that I have the attention span of gnat. But, truly, I feel I remain devoted to my fandoms for a long, long time. (Looking like forever, really.) Shifts between large fandoms go very slowly, and I do experience droughts when I'm simply not interested in fandom at all. Usually because real life isn't kind enough to leave me enough energy to pursue my affair with fandom.
Definitely don't have one true fandom. During an average year—that is, barring my discovery of a HUGE new interest—I stick with one larger fandom and two to three smaller ones. On rotation. Serial monogamy for months and months at a time.
Um. I feel complicated. ^^;;
As for my other answers, I find I come up short on the creative end of fandom. Though I have lots and lots of fanfic ideas—have, indeed, even written a bit—I don't have the talent to craft the stories I hear in my head. I suppose I also have some artistic ability, but... well, I'm not sure why I don't draw something. Clearly, I'm secretly embarrassed. Absolutely no aptitude for digital anything.
Yep. I'm best known (to the extent that I can say I'm known at all) for those lengthy posts about, you know, time passage in SGA's three-parter "The Siege." So on and so forth.
My first fandom was SW. In 1994. Which I had to struggle with because... Let's say I didn't even know SW existed until 1994. XD
At any rate, a fascinating poll. I don't meta about fandom in general, but I do often think over my own behavior, so this was a good exercise in introspection.
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This quality is also why the size of the fandom affects how much time and effort I spend there. I have a number of small fandoms I love dearly but, without new things to read, watch, and do or people to interact with, I set them aside. To, well, occasionally return to and snuggle for a week or so. Maybe a month. Or two.
I think my constant renewing of affection for all my fandoms creates the impression that I have the attention span of gnat. But, truly, I feel I remain devoted to my fandoms for a long, long time. (Looking like forever, really.) Shifts between large fandoms go very slowly, and I do experience droughts when I'm simply not interested in fandom at all. Usually because real life isn't kind enough to leave me enough energy to pursue my affair with fandom.
Definitely don't have one true fandom. During an average year—that is, barring my discovery of a HUGE new interest—I stick with one larger fandom and two to three smaller ones. On rotation. Serial monogamy for months and months at a time.
Um. I feel complicated. ^^;;
As for my other answers, I find I come up short on the creative end of fandom. Though I have lots and lots of fanfic ideas—have, indeed, even written a bit—I don't have the talent to craft the stories I hear in my head. I suppose I also have some artistic ability, but... well, I'm not sure why I don't draw something. Clearly, I'm secretly embarrassed. Absolutely no aptitude for digital anything.
Yep. I'm best known (to the extent that I can say I'm known at all) for those lengthy posts about, you know, time passage in SGA's three-parter "The Siege." So on and so forth.
My first fandom was SW. In 1994. Which I had to struggle with because... Let's say I didn't even know SW existed until 1994. XD
At any rate, a fascinating poll. I don't meta about fandom in general, but I do often think over my own behavior, so this was a good exercise in introspection.