ximeria | I AM slightly amused

I'm not going to go on about how much I want to hurt Rusty for killing off Ianto -- It IS annoying and I think quite frankly, it's killed off what interest I had left for the show. Don't get me wrong -- I'll still re-watch S1-3 because I do like it, but I doubt I can find the interest for a S4 (if there is one, because the ending of S3 sure wasn't playing up to that).

That said, this isn't even why I'm doing this post. No, I'm mildly amused at the fandom reaction. I've seen people act like the fandom itself will fall apart. That there'll be nothing left now that Ianto's dead.

Eh guys, it's not like other TV shows haven't had one of their characters killed off and still carried on.

It's the strength of fandom. If the fans are happy enough to write post-whateverpersondied fic or end up doing AUs (or merely ignore the death of the character and work around it), then the fandom will live on quite well.

We might, however, manage to weed out the most whiny of the bastards - sorry, but I am not fond of the ones who act like they're 14-year-old schoolgirls (when I know most of them are 40+ years). Those are often the ones whining the most. If you take offense of this comment, tough luck. I've been in enough fandoms over the years to spot that kind from a mile off and I've been around for long enough that I'm perfectly capable of ignoring canon and just set whatever I'm writing in either a different time period or alternate reality.

So, am I going to continue in the fandom? Guys, I've barely hung around the fandom for ages. I'm not fond of 'cooperate' fandom, if you can call it that. The centre of fandom tends to scare me (or make me sick). Am I still going to write TW? Goodness, yes. I still adore Ianto, I still want him to put Jack in his place - I still will write in Owen and Tosh as well when I do anything set in the ordinary timeline. That's what fanfic's for, fixing or pondering on a possible outcome of fictive situations.

I was amused that no one's thought of doing a virtual season, then remembered that 99% of the people IN the fandom (by this I mean those who are part of the communities) are too young (in fandom years, not necessarily in real age) to even know what a virtual season is. Mind you, I've seen some pretty crappy virtual seasons out there (among other things, Due South, which had so much potential, but the execution stank because the stories weren't particularly well written.) But if it's run a bit tighter a virtual season can actually be really good and often give the fans the closure that they feel they need.

That said, I wouldn't even think of taking part, because let's face it, I do not have the patience for the TW fandom. I know those of you on my flist who actively read and comment on TW related posts aren't knee-deep in fandom. You just enjoy the fic and to a certain extent, the show itself.

I can, for those few who are interested, let you know that I've started plotting out the third installment of Companion's Companion, just for the hell of it. It will probably be a weird one, but fact is, I'm probably going to keep writing TW fic on level with my other fandoms. I've never been particularly bothered by deviating from canon, as long as the characters are IN character.

So, yes, that's my little brain fart on this XD

Cheers peeps - I'm heading out to shop a bit XD