We're gonna change the world tonight.

[rogueslayer452]

++ In case I missed anyone, thank you for all the birthday wishes! ♥

++ Community recommendations: stitchers_tv and killjoys_tv. I know that fandom communities are a dying breed these days, and anything for newer fandoms are virtually nonexistent on LJ. But at least some are being made, these two for Stitchers and Killjoys, both shows that have premiered this year and have been renewed for second seasons, so if you're a fan of either and would like to keep the fandom community discussion alive, definitely worth checking out. Speaking of, Stitchers is going to be having a Halloween special soon, and I can't wait to see what that is going to feature.

++ Defiance has been cancelled. I'm less surprised and more disappointed with this news, mostly because aside from figuring that there would last at least one more season, it was one of my shows that I liked watching so hearing about this was such a huge bummer, emotionally. At least from what I hear the third season finale was satisfactory enough to be counted as a series finale, so that's good. I guess I'm just disappointed because Defiance was one of those creative science fiction shows that had a shitload of world-building, from terraformed Earth to the characters and the different alien races, detailing not just their costumes and appearances but also all the languages and cultures, the interpersonal relationships between them and the humans, the conflicts and working together, and just everything in between, especially the music. It was a wonderful and beautiful show in that regard, and despite it living a healthy three season life and ending on a high note rather than getting mishandled by the writers and execs, it does feel like a loss somehow that we'll never see this world again.

Comments

[xfirefly9x.livejournal.com]

Hope your birthday was awesome? :)

Thanks for the comm recs. Hopefully people do show interest in them at some point. I'd love to see more activity for both those fandoms, but as you pointed out, fandom comms are a dying breed, it seems.

Sad about Defiance too. (And Dominion.) I'm still 9 episodes behind. Guess that's all I have left of it now...

[rogueslayer452.livejournal.com]

Thank you, and it was. :)

You're very welcome. I hope that more people end up noticing and joining too, then again the fandom side of this place has become incredibly quiet over the years because many have migrated elsewhere. Mostly to Tumblr, and while Tumblr is great for graphics it's not that great for general discussion, as in threads and actual communication with individual people in a singular post about things. That is something I wish would return. Just the sense of fandom community as a whole, honestly.

So many great shows being cancelled. It's the story of my life, really. But at least Defiance had a good three season run, which is more than what other shows get, so I'm thankful for what we got rather than it being canned prematurely.

[xfirefly9x.livejournal.com]

(:

Yeah, I have noticed that with fandom. I generally disagree with the whole "LJ is dying" idea. Mine has never really slowed down. But fandom communities? That's definitely slowed. It used to be there was a new comm for every new show before it was even released. Now, you have to make your own comm half the time.

Know the feeling! The good ones always seem to get killed too soon.
Three seasons definitely isn't bad, considering. Still, a shame.

[rogueslayer452.livejournal.com]

I'm also of the mind that LJ isn't dying, it's just been much quieter since fandom hasn't been the predominant presence on the site as it once had been. Fandom used to thrive on this site during its heyday because there wasn't anywhere else where the community was so huge for different uses, but with the growth of other social media platforms people moved on (esp since the main reason people left was due to the trouble this site caused over the years making everyone frustrated, having them finally giving into those other alternatives) so with that in mind it does make the impression that this place has gradually become a "ghost town".

Fandom hasn't disappeared or been forgotten, it's just become a smaller space than how it used to be. And because of that, despite the need for specific communities, I think many feel it's pointless to make any for newer fandoms that nobody will join or partake in, which is why most will discuss fandom on their own journals instead. Hence why friending memes has become the most important way of making newer friends with similar fandom interests these days.

Sorry, I'm babbling now. I just have a lot of feelings about this particular topic.

[xfirefly9x.livejournal.com]

Yeah, makes sense.

Definitely not. It seems to have moved to personal journals rather than comms.

All good. Me too.