old fandoms never die, they just hibernate

[lobelia321]

Perhaps it is because I've still got unfinished fic in that fandom, or perhaps it is that in moments of crisis (although how I am in a crisis at the moment is not quite clear, or how I am in more of a crisis than I was, say, two weeks ago -- but perhaps this turning to an old fandom is in itself a symptom of an otherwise as-yet unnoticed crisis?) I turn to my entry fandom and the one I loved most of all,

whatever the rhyme or the reason, I woke up thinking of The Never-Posted Fic that Doesn't Even Have a Name. My Karl/Dom epic. (Or was it called opus? No, hang on, t'opus is my Draco/Dudley/Harry opus. Gotta get my fandoms and unfinished sagas straight here.) I thought of the Never-Posted Epic's epilogue, about how Karl and Dom had both got older and stouter and how in the real world, omg, they were actually getting older and stouter, too (this comes from leaving Never-Posted Fics languishing too long: the AU'ness turns into canon!). So then I hopped over to Karl_Daily and Dom_Daily to find out what they look like now, and omg, the nostalgia.

But it is only nostalgia. I can remember the love and excitement I felt but I can't actually feel it anymore. 'tis gone, gone, gone. And who would have thought that Urban would end in such a raft of trashy, fourth-rate costume movies ('The Pathfinder'! Where he is half-viking, half-native American! *gags*) Ah, the disappointment after his arty-farty beginnings in 'Price of Milk'.

But here's what I ogled:

Pics of Dom in a tie (incl. the ones with Jed in the background, sigh)

Elijah and Dom on youtube omg, if they'd had youtube back in the days of 2002 I would have literally imploded. But they didn't, so I survive.

I can't even bring myself to link the ones with Karl pics. The man has not aged phenomenally well. Bizarrely, it's Elijah, a fellow I always abhorred in the days of Fandom, who comes off best in all of this. Hmph.

Not-Finished Sagas/Epics/Opera ('cos that's the plural of opus, and I am a pretentious pedant) Wot I Cannot Get Out of My Head and Want to Finish Before I Die:

• Karl/Dom epic

• Draco/Dudley/Harry opus

• The Desert Prince (possibly un-AU'ed and simply morphed into the origfic it secretly always was; the character called 'Sean Bean' in that fic is in reality called 'Oolong' and came fully formed into a dream I had when I was 16 years of age)

• My wraith island fic! Why is that taking so long??!!! I was on a roll in the summer there at some point, penning fic, finishing fic, posting fic. What happened? Why am I stuck on wraith island? Oh, John Sheppard. Oh, Don Piano.

Comments

[bunnysquee.livejournal.com]

i would dearly love to see you finish desert prince even in origfic form.

[lobelia321.livejournal.com]

Whenever I think of DP, I think of you, dear orlisbunny, and your faith in that fic. :-) If only for you: I will one day finish it! Keep encouraging me!

[lobelia321.livejournal.com]

Oh, and you used the Orlibean icon in deference to DP! You sweetie!!

[bunnysquee.livejournal.com]

yes, i did!

[grondfic.livejournal.com]

Mais où sont les neiges d'antan!

Sadly the guy I wrote my first-ever slash for, is now deceased (and Richard Armitage is about to take on his role in the new Beeb Robin Hood). I somehow lost the will to complete the epic once that happened. *sigh*

[lobelia321.livejournal.com]

How awful!! That could happen to me as some of these unfinished fics are rps!

What is this neiges d'antan? The snows of ... what?

[grondfic.livejournal.com]

yesteryear according to the rather ornate translation I found. It's some French geezer spouting about his lost youth.

[yellow-oranges.livejournal.com]

Lobelia, I respect your opinion so much, yet I must take issue with your statement that Karl has not aged well. What?! I could not disagree more!! I think he is at the peak of his looks and has come far from his chubby-cheeked turns on Xena.

However...
who would have thought that Urban would end in such a raft of trashy, fourth-rate costume movies
Ouch. Yes, that's true. C'mon Karl!! I guess you can't take a job you haven't been offered but I would like to see you in something where you _don't_ wear: armor, a uniform, grime, blood, or automatic weapons.

If I haven't royally pissed you off, I would like to close by saying I would love to read your Karl/Dom epic. And DESERT PRINCE?! Oh, God. Please.

Thanks for the link to the Dom/Elijah interview. It had been a while since I'd seen it and it had me laughing out loud!

[lobelia321.livejournal.com]

*laughs* Well, admittedly this judgement is based on some handful of pics that I saw briefly over at Karl_daily and not a detailed study of the man in recent years. Because I have not been following the man's career, or what calls itself his 'career'. For all I know, outside of those (rather awful-looking) photos on karl_daily, he might be the God of Sex he still sort of is in the Karl/Dom part of my brain. *g* Anyway, he can't have aged worse than Orlando Bloom.

Whoops.

[sheldrake.livejournal.com]

Bizarrely, it's Elijah, a fellow I always abhorred in the days of Fandom, who comes off best in all of this. Hmph.

Ha! :)

Dear old lotrips, eh? I have had a finished lotrips sort of fic sitting on my hard drive for weeks now - I suppose I really ought to post it.

ps. I really must apologise for the incredibly whiny email I sent you the other night - I have now got over myself.

Good luck finishing things!

[lobelia321.livejournal.com]

You can post this old lotrips fic WITHOUT BETA (as per my email to you!). This will be the test.

Do not apologise for the email; I must apologise for not seeing it sooner. I loved reading it! A rant of my own heart.

I finished something today!!! I did, I did, I feel so much better!

[junalele.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes the old fandoms... I have quite a few of them. I guess, you could say I'm something like a fandom hopper and I do like to read a bit of them again once in a while.

Also you just need to say the magic word and I'll gladly help you finishing the Draco/Dudley/Harry Opus - by nagging you and plotbunnying you and whatnot. :D

[lobelia321.livejournal.com]

I didn't know you were a fandom hopper...?! List the fandoms!

Here are mine (but I'm more of a serial monogamist, except I periodically run back to each of my old husbands in nostalgia and lurve):

1) lotrips (entry fandom)
2) lotr fps (dabbled in and lurked in pre-lotrips but I don't count it as my entrance fandom)
3) Hetty Wainthropp (insane two-woman offshoot of lotrips), both rps and fps
4) HP
5) SGA
Oh, and I did write a Pirates of the Caribbean fic somewhere along the line. Gads.

[junalele.livejournal.com]

Serial monogamist? That's what I am, too then. :)

And here's the list. I tried to make it chronological.

1) X-Men (first het then slash because Scott and Logan had more chemistry than Jean with whomever anyways)
2) Highlander (adore and worship Methos)
3) Stargate
4) *pshhh* boybands (first taste of rps and I blame JC Chasez's hair)
5) X-Files
6) Buffy/Angel (well, Spike)
7) lotrips (but you already know that)
8) HP (Draaaaco! Reeemus!)
9) Smallville
10) Without a Trace
11) Footie rps
And there are a few more who I had an affair with. e.x. Lost and yes, Pirates. ;)

I never really wrote anything myself though. Did a few pathetics attempts in both Higlander and X-Men (het and slash) but never got past the first few pages. Until you came along. :D

[lobelia321.livejournal.com]

Also, P.S., I can't believe we're now swooning over Wayne/Cristiano. This is insane. My, how things have changed since the World Cup.

[junalele.livejournal.com]

Can't believe it either but they're so lovely. Started to look for older pics of them at getty. Did you know that Wayne is the one person with whom Cristiano is in pics the most? Awh!