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[tencrush]

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.

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[tencrush]

I LOVE Who still, and I LOVE Eleventy, but weirdly, I have absolutely nothing to say about it. I just sort of go 'YAY, that was fun!' and then move on. Which is kind of how I prefer my telly, to be honest.

I'll stick around, I'm a bit off at the moment, but I'll stick around.

[off_coloratura]

Well, nothing wrong with that; that's how I'm inclined to enjoy my TV, too.* I never did go in for analysis much, though I read some of it. When it started to get rabid I'd stop reading it. I did looove your picspams though.

*Vast, involved RPGs notwithstanding. I think that was my evil twin.**

**Evil twins! Did we ever do a proper evil twin?

[qthewetsprocket.livejournal.com]

I LOVE Who still, and I LOVE Eleventy, but weirdly, I have absolutely nothing to say about it. I just sort of go 'YAY, that was fun!' and then move on.

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.

[vertrauen.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you found it as well! It's nice to see a familiar face 'round those parts. :)

[qthewetsprocket.livejournal.com]

I know, right? :) Not seeing too many Who fans over yonder, which is a bit surprising.

[vertrauen.livejournal.com]

Quite! But then, I guess the would be the difference between a literary fandom and a scifi fandom, even if they do overlap slightly. :)