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[roxy]

I'm coming up on my 8th LJ year. Eight years! I can hardly believe that I've been here for that long, especially when I was sure once upon a time that I'd post a couple of BtVS ficlets and give it a rest. I'm still enjoying being here, even if things have changed. The climate, people, likes and dislikes--a few years ago I was stunned and horrified by the discovery of bestiality (still kind of traumatized by that whole thing) yet this year I'm following with great interest a story about a Jared werewolf and a poor lost Jensen who finds himself...seduced, in a way, by a wolf? And enjoying it. Hunh! That handbasket is getting bigger and bigger! And then there was that pony boy story last year I really liked, very much, omg. Not to mention the tons of underage SpN I write...let's not even pretend, my friends.

It's not that LJ corrupted poor innocent me, (in fact, sometimes, the whole thing is very educational, why I've--but I digress!) it's just that it gave me a place where a bunch of folks just like me hung out. A place where I don't have to feel quite as much a perv as I used to, though make no mistake, there are plenty of times I feel like a perv. RPS, I'm trying to look at you but frankly, it's hard to meet your eyes *koff* Real People Slash--someplace else I swore I'd never go and here my first SpN BB is RPS. Lawks. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Like I said, I'm still enjoying it here, but I confess to giving some thought to letting it go because of the changes and the growing feeling that the tar is about up to my dinosaur knees--but you know, I just can't let it loose. And someday, when those of my friends who've wandered away come back to LJ like I know they will, I want them to be able to find me, porch lights still burning and a plate of chocolate chip cookies waiting by the fireplace. ;)

Comments

[capnzebbie.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you're here! I know how you feel about all the changes, and especially about the RPS. It used to be sort of--I don't know, the special bus to hell stuff, but now it's all over the place! And my main fandom now is an RPS pairing.

It's amazing how far fandom has come since the days of Star Trek and printed out fanzines. :)

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

I feel kind of like a whatyacallit, a landmark or something. A big ole unchangeable object on the roadside of fandom. *GGG*

Your fandom's an RPS pair? Tell me more! ;)

[capnzebbie.livejournal.com]

I'm mostly reading fanfic for Kris Allen and Adam Lambert from American Idol. I became kind of obsessed with Adam during AI season 8, and then towards the end of the season I discovered that people were writing Kradam fiction. Some of the writers are really great--there are even some Clex and J2 writers in the fandom (astolat and seperis are a couple of them).

I can recommend some stories if you wanted to give it a try! I've even given a couple of the stories to people who know nothing about fanfiction and they liked them quite a lot :)