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I really miss Metafandom
Nov. 24th, 2011 08:59 pmLike really, really. I miss the links to specific fandom meta, in fandoms I'd never heard of. I miss the links to gonzo acafan analysis, using theories I'd never heard of. I miss several hundred comment posts, full of people who didn't even know each other, but managed to have a great conversation anyway. I miss the discussion chains, hopping from journal to journal over the course of weeks. NOSTALGIA.
1. Yes, Metafandom still exists on Delicious, but (is it just me?) I feel like it's time is over. It's the post Metafandom era. And getting close to the post LJ era. (Not so much in the sense of LJ becoming a ghost town, but rather, it's been for a long time a relic, and with the rise of Tumblr and Anon fandom, its relevance is fading).
2. Don't get me wrong, I love Tumblr, but there's only so long I can follow a reblog convo without wanting to gouge my eyes out (just from searching for the meat of the conversation), or the whole thing descending into a gif party. Tumblr is far from ideal for long and involved conversations.
3. And anonmemes. Love them. Even the endlessly wanky ones. But sometimes I just want to read a twenty page analysis of, idk, Sherlock and Watson's (I don't watch the show) respective eye colours or what have you, and the typical anon meme discourse isn't conducive to this sort of borderline wankery. (Other kinds of wankery? Well!).
Those huge Metafandom-generated discussion of days gone by were one of my primary ways of being fannish. So yeah. Boo to its slowdown, and to its move away from LJ/DW (as a newsletter).
How are you guys finding good meta these days? And not just on LJ/DW. (As a comics and horror fan, I kind of get around).
1. Yes, Metafandom still exists on Delicious, but (is it just me?) I feel like it's time is over. It's the post Metafandom era. And getting close to the post LJ era. (Not so much in the sense of LJ becoming a ghost town, but rather, it's been for a long time a relic, and with the rise of Tumblr and Anon fandom, its relevance is fading).
2. Don't get me wrong, I love Tumblr, but there's only so long I can follow a reblog convo without wanting to gouge my eyes out (just from searching for the meat of the conversation), or the whole thing descending into a gif party. Tumblr is far from ideal for long and involved conversations.
3. And anonmemes. Love them. Even the endlessly wanky ones. But sometimes I just want to read a twenty page analysis of, idk, Sherlock and Watson's (I don't watch the show) respective eye colours or what have you, and the typical anon meme discourse isn't conducive to this sort of borderline wankery. (Other kinds of wankery? Well!).
Those huge Metafandom-generated discussion of days gone by were one of my primary ways of being fannish. So yeah. Boo to its slowdown, and to its move away from LJ/DW (as a newsletter).
How are you guys finding good meta these days? And not just on LJ/DW. (As a comics and horror fan, I kind of get around).