Same here. What's so great about HP is that there was just so MUCH to work with! So many characters, theories, storylines and even objects. Every spell provided the potential for a fic or discussion. I'll always love it. People talk about how awful it was, but it really depended on where you hung out.
It wasn't the main reason, but one of the reasons why I stopped liking The Vampire Diaries were the stupid fights between Delena and Stelena shippers, and of course it didn't help that the TV show kept jumping between both just to cause more drama and gain more viewers
I heard something about this, and it put a lot of people off the show and the fandom. Something similar happened with Glee - the writing was dreadful, the showrunners only cared about causing drama rather than writing something decent, and almost all spaces for discussion were overflowing with character- and actor hate.
I think that social media has made fandom worse, in a way. People are too close to the creators and actors, and it's easier to get overinvested.
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Date: 11/10/15 03:02 pm (UTC)Same here. What's so great about HP is that there was just so MUCH to work with! So many characters, theories, storylines and even objects. Every spell provided the potential for a fic or discussion. I'll always love it. People talk about how awful it was, but it really depended on where you hung out.
It wasn't the main reason, but one of the reasons why I stopped liking The Vampire Diaries were the stupid fights between Delena and Stelena shippers, and of course it didn't help that the TV show kept jumping between both just to cause more drama and gain more viewers
I heard something about this, and it put a lot of people off the show and the fandom. Something similar happened with Glee - the writing was dreadful, the showrunners only cared about causing drama rather than writing something decent, and almost all spaces for discussion were overflowing with character- and actor hate.
I think that social media has made fandom worse, in a way. People are too close to the creators and actors, and it's easier to get overinvested.