This fandom is huge. I don't think it'll die off. There likely will be a gradual decline, but it won't die completely. I hope.
Here's my prediction for a rough order of events: 1. DH release 2. tidal wave of wank, in which a lot of people threaten to leave the fandom 3. almost everyone gets over it 4. fic and art happen again 5. people become more open to AU and 'canon-tinkering' (I sincerely hope) 6. the fandom diminishes somewhat as people wander off to other fandoms, but a lot of us will continue to read/write/draw/etc. in this one as well 7. I don't want to think beyond that ;P
Normally I would say that new canon = new possibilities for fic, but with this book... probably not so much. But I AM sincerely hoping people will be seriously motivated to write 'alternate endings'!
Anyway, I'm not going anywhere. ::pitches a tent and prepares for the long haul::
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Date: 2007-04-07 10:23 pm (UTC)I hope.Here's my prediction for a rough order of events:
1. DH release
2. tidal wave of wank, in which a lot of people threaten to leave the fandom
3. almost everyone gets over it
4. fic and art happen again
5. people become more open to AU and 'canon-tinkering' (I sincerely hope)
6. the fandom diminishes somewhat as people wander off to other fandoms, but a lot of us will continue to read/write/draw/etc. in this one as well
7. I don't want to think beyond that ;P
Normally I would say that new canon = new possibilities for fic, but with this book... probably not so much. But I AM sincerely hoping people will be seriously motivated to write 'alternate endings'!
Anyway, I'm not going anywhere. ::pitches a tent and prepares for the long haul::