One last note

[eibbil_libbie]

I'm now officially without an active fandom. I left Harry behind a few years before the active canon ended, Twilight's active canon concluded with the end of the foreign premieres today.

I was never a part of the Hunger Games fandom, though I'm still looking forward to the movies. If there was an active fandom for The Host, or the Dark Hunters, or Armstrong's Darkest Powers series, I've never found them.

I don't see many things being pimped around much because their aren't many comms on DW and I don't see many on my flist there talking about fandoms. LJ used to be the place to find that stuff, but I've notice a lot of LJ peel-off in the last two years or so.

This makes me kind of sad. Especially since Goodreads is a terrifically crap place to talk about books.

/tired eibbil bummertimes

Comments

[amandioka]

I know, right?

The D/hr corner of the HP fandom is still alive, I think, so I've been hanging around there ever since the books ended. Then, recently I tried to see how the H/Hr ship was doing and it's pretty much extinct. I don't even know if there are good h/hr fic writers out there anymore.

I've never been active in the Twilight fandom or The hunger games. But if there was a The Host fandom, I'd gladly join. Have you seen the trailer?

[eibbil_libbie]

I HAVE SEEN THE TRAILER AND I HAVE DIED FIFTEENTHOUSANDTIMES!!

Oh my God. I am so ready for this. And I'm SO VERY MUCH hoping that they release a second trailer that's Wanda/Ian specific.

Jared is so damned perfect, the eyes are what I envisioned, the Seeker looks awesome, and in the sadness of losing Twilight, I'm thrilled to have this to look forward to!!!

[amandioka]

At first, I was disappointed that Ian didn't play a big part in the trailer, but then I read a comment in the Host comm that made a lot of sense: When we picked up the book we only knew about Mel/Jared/Wanda... Wanda/Ian came as a surprise (at least for me) with slow development.. so it makes sense that the trailer doesn't spoil people who haven't read the book to something that will happen in the end. :)

I'm so so so excited for this movie!! Can't wait!

And talking about books adaptation to movies: Cassandra Claire's The Mortal Instruments released its teaser trailer too. I haven't finished reading the first book yet (didn't grab me so much) but the movie looks good. Maybe I'll try to read the book again, before the movie comes out.

[eibbil_libbie]

I didn't even think about that! God, you're right, that would totally spoil it for anyone that hadn't read it. So I'll have to wait for ever to see my moments....like Ian looking in and realizing she's scared. I'm planning on a re-read in early March, just to make sure I have it firmly in my head.

Ugh. I won't read it, and I won't go see it, either. It's...not my thing, for lack of a better way of putting it.

[amandioka]

I love every scene from the life in the cave, how Wanda starts to be a part of the community and everyone gets used to her. I wonder how they're going to show Wanda and Mel's conversations... because they all happen inside her head...

Yeah.. even if I like it, I doubt it will be enough for me to be a part of its fandom. How long are we going to wait until another HP or Twilight-like phenomenon comes along? I miss being obsessed about a book sequel coming out.

[eibbil_libbie]

I know! There's one trailer scene with a mirror, but since there aren't any mirrors in the caves....hmmm.

Well, I didn't like it much when it was the Draco trilogy, I dunno that new names are going to change my mind a whole lot...

[amandioka]

Except from one scene that I clearly remember reading in the Draco trilogy, the book and the fic aren't alike at all (well, maybe the main male character has Draco's fandom personality). Not like The Master of the Universe and the Fifty Shades trilogy, at least :P

[eibbil_libbie]

(I also have issues with the author...)

[amandioka]

LOL! Oh.. okay then ;)