Fandom and Deathly Hallows

[thescarletwoman]

While sitting on the couch today, resting my hand (it is MUCH better, at long last. Not picking up the violin any time soon -- but it's better!) I started thinking about the release of DH only 100 some odd days away, what will happen to fandom.

So -- a little poll. And please, pass it around. I'd love to get a huge response!


[Poll #962166]

Comments

[r-grayjoy.livejournal.com]

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::

[fernwithy.livejournal.com]

I think AU will be more possible when the series ends, because we know what all of those little details mean (or don't mean)--we'll know that if we pull on X string, the consequences are going to reverberate along Y line... we'll know the logic of the thing for sure.