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I've let my paid account expire. No, it wasn't an accident or anything, I didn't want it anymore. I've ceased enjoying LJ fandom, Torchwood fandom in particular. Warring factions and wank that used to perhaps have the potential to amuse me now just depress me and make me turn the computer off.
I don't want to harsh any buzz or piss off people who are excited about TW New Whatever (sorry, I've forgotten, enlighten me?) so I no longer comment on the posts of people who are excited about it. I don't want to wallow in the misery of those who want Old Torchwood back, because wallowing is pointless and it won't resurrect the embossed car or the underground lair or the dinosaur, so I no longer comment on the posts of people who are wallowing. Mentioning that you miss Ianto makes you an insane bot, so I no longer comment on the posts of those people who, like me, still miss Ianto. I no longer mock those who send coffee because I don't care. I don't really care about any of it anymore. As a first fandom experience goes, it wasn't a great one. Add to that the bits where it got personal and nah, this journal can go belly up for all I care. I've met some lovely people, there's that. And that's quite nice. I suppose meeting lovely people, some that I would consider personal friends, though I don't know what they'd consider me to be, makes the entire experience worthwhile. And it's probably the reason I haven't deleted this journal.
Also, I can't bring myself to delete it because there's pretty pictures of Ianto in it. Quite a few of them. Plus, you know, two months from now I'll probably spam everyone left on my flist with lines and lines of academic Mad Men meta or something.
More likely, it'll be a picspam of Joan's fabulous breasts and arse and all the rest of her.
But yeah, just so you know. Not dead or anything. Just resting.
Edited to add a gif I stole from
cirrocumulus which makes me happy in the face. Don't ask me why.

Also: Peggy/Don, yes, are you with me? I am going there. And I don't even like Don, but still, it could work for me. See! There's the meta coming out already.
I don't want to harsh any buzz or piss off people who are excited about TW New Whatever (sorry, I've forgotten, enlighten me?) so I no longer comment on the posts of people who are excited about it. I don't want to wallow in the misery of those who want Old Torchwood back, because wallowing is pointless and it won't resurrect the embossed car or the underground lair or the dinosaur, so I no longer comment on the posts of people who are wallowing. Mentioning that you miss Ianto makes you an insane bot, so I no longer comment on the posts of those people who, like me, still miss Ianto. I no longer mock those who send coffee because I don't care. I don't really care about any of it anymore. As a first fandom experience goes, it wasn't a great one. Add to that the bits where it got personal and nah, this journal can go belly up for all I care. I've met some lovely people, there's that. And that's quite nice. I suppose meeting lovely people, some that I would consider personal friends, though I don't know what they'd consider me to be, makes the entire experience worthwhile. And it's probably the reason I haven't deleted this journal.
Also, I can't bring myself to delete it because there's pretty pictures of Ianto in it. Quite a few of them. Plus, you know, two months from now I'll probably spam everyone left on my flist with lines and lines of academic Mad Men meta or something.
More likely, it'll be a picspam of Joan's fabulous breasts and arse and all the rest of her.
But yeah, just so you know. Not dead or anything. Just resting.
Edited to add a gif I stole from
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Also: Peggy/Don, yes, are you with me? I am going there. And I don't even like Don, but still, it could work for me. See! There's the meta coming out already.
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I'll stick around, I'm a bit off at the moment, but I'll stick around.
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*Vast, involved RPGs notwithstanding. I think that was my evil twin.**
**Evil twins! Did we ever do a proper evil twin?
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Big "me too" there. It's weird having someone actually competent running the show, isn't it? Better for my blood pressure, certainly, but I feel like I'm getting complacent or something.
Glad to hear you're sticking around, though. And I totally hear you about the LJ ennui...thank god I found the Sherlock fandom, otherwise I probably wouldn't be able to see my own friends page for the cobwebs.
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But, I will echo
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I miss the good old days when everybody was happy to bitch at each other about that stupid crappy show with all the embossed top sekrit shit. Oh well.
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Here. Have some Moff. It'll make you feel better. :)
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There's been so much dross and negative stuff in this fandom over the past 3.5 years that it would be unfortunate to lose some of really good things (that are on this journal).
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I don't think they're going to go to Don/Peggy. I think Peggy is taking Anna's place as the only one who "really knows" Don and they will remain platonic friends. Whether Don is headed for a stint in rehab (or whatever the 60's equivalent was) is another question. That last episode was awesome.
I'm kind of the same on TW.
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I think Don's secretary is becoming my new favourite character. Someone called while you were on the TOILET!
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Don's secretary is hilarious! Don's comment that Joan knows what he needs and that secretary is it - LOL, keep him out of trouble.
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As for Torchwood, I just don't care anymore. It's a shame that the fandom that first got me into fandom now completely disinterests me but it is what it is and at least I can still talk to my f-list friends about other stuff. Considering that almost no one on my f-list posts Torchwood stuff anymore (thank goodness I'm omni-fandom) that seemed to happen to a lot of people. At least I'll always have Due South. That show has been off the air for over a decade and the fandom is still somewhat active.
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Because I don't get into tons of different things, I hold onto fandoms like a Pope hangs onto his job (hence, I am still watching X-Files comms and I got into that fandom in 1997) but I understand why people completely lose interest.
There were a lot of Joan cosplayers at Dragon*Con!
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But I've been wondering how you were doing, and I'm glad you've checked in :)
I've enjoyed debating/discussions with you over the past almost 2 years.
Take care, and I miss seeing random posts from you.
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So yeah I hope you can find it in you to give us the odd cynical comment or prediction, I've missed them.
I also think it's tough out there for those of us not interested in new Excalibur thingy but I also think it's become a kind of silent majority.
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it makes me kinda sad, but oh well
i hope you stick around for other stuff! i always love your posts
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Its great that you're into Mad Man, I wouldn't mind reading any comments or opinions that you have on it in the future.
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