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Stay away from Twitter. I think it drives everyone batshit.

Yep. Thats' the one. I'm about to delete the apps from my devises (and maybe even my account). It's the worse. :/

I'm such a wimp when it comes to twitter. I don't read anything over there and don't even really know how to post a tweet. Twitter keeps sending me email about learning the basics. It seems like really exciting fandom things are reposted over here by somebody and the wank stays there.

Tumblr is something I just look at mostly for the pretty now. I don't even follow that many SPN blogs. A lot of SPN fans there have moved on to other things so it's a weird combo of cats and fandoms I've never heard of along with the space blogs.

I'm still half a season behind in watching the show and I don't feel any urgent need to catch up. I think I'm kind of at peace with that. It's still really cool to see familiar faces pop in here. Hope the rest of your life is going good.

I don't have it on my phone, but I pop over there occasionally via my laptop. That seems to work - it's easier not to get immersed then, or see 99% of the wank that seems to fill it. I'm a kind of drive-by-tweeter!

*clings to you and hugs*

I'm actually not feeling at all invigorated byt the thought of Gishing, but as some of the team registered and were keen I've gone and done it and set up the team. Elisa probably won't captain us which means it will probably end up being bossy old me, but hey ho, I have to tell myself it's for a good cause.

I don't know what it is about SPN at the moment - I'm not that into the show itself, but I can't stop writing and arting and reading all the fics. So fandom is actually keeping it alive for me. That plus the conventions this year have been so freaking brilliant.

It IS for a good cause and I really like the nature of many of the challenges. It's also great fun - so enjoy!

I'm all over the place with the show at the moment. The last 4 eps have left me so disconnected that I have to remind myself what it is I fell in love with. A friend of mine just started watching it and was so excited telling me how much she loved it -it was great remembering what it felt like in the beginning. :)

I feel sad that I have no desire to do anything fandom wise. I haven't been on LJ for a while - let alone open my vidding program. I actually feel like it might all be ending for me. And that's making me sad because it's been such a major part of my life for so long - I'll have to re-learn how to live without fandom. And I know that will be hard.

Thanks hun. <3

You managed to step back from it all. Was it hard? As in emotionally hard? You had other fandoms though so maybe that helped? I feel like I've been grieving for the past month (maybe even longer). It sucks.

Well you might be able live without fandom, but please don't abandon us! We are able to talk about other things, you know... :D

It does indeed. ;) It also has a way of healing which...yeah. *hugs*

Oh, man, yes, it has been very hard at times. And a long process. I am in such a zen place with SPN now, but it's taken me years to get there, I think. The show I fell in love with has been gone for almost a decade, now! That's hard to grok. But the fandom, the things people create, sustain those feelings and engagement for me. And I think because it was not my first (or second) rodeo—yes, it helps immensely that I have other fandoms, though only one (Highlander) have I sustained intense interest in for this length of time.

I have so much sympathy for the way you're feeling. My first long-lived and intense fandom was Star Trek, and when we broke up, it was painful and sad. I think, just as in RL, the first breakup is the hardest—never mind when it happens after many years of devotion. I've tried to go back to Trek, but I can't. SPN might be like that for you. But just know that you will be missed, and if you find your way back, that's okay, too!

I think at this point, I don't know how to quit fandom at large, but sometimes quitting a particular fandom (or a trial separation) is best for your peace of mind. It sounds like you have a lot going on in your life right now, and not much time for fandom, anyway. But when you need another fandom, one will come along. :) {{{{{more hugs}}}}}

Thank you for this. <3

At the moment I'm feeling like a want/need a break from fandom more than the actual show (even though the show has been painful in many ways for a while now). Not the people as such, but just the responses to the show. I know I court that by posting reactions (and I've been very lucky to have very civil discussions), but I feel like I'd like to watch the show next season without being involved in fandom so I can, well, just enjoy it for the show (or not, but then let it go if I don't like it). Or something.

Ugh. I dunno. It's messy and I haven't worked it out yet.

But thank you. *hugsss*

Yes, you know, now that you mention it, it was the fandom that soured me on Trek, not the show—well, that's probably obvious, since the show ended before I was born. :D But that experience taught me how to keep my distance and gave me a little bit tougher skin, I think. It's both easier and harder these days to keep your distance from the toxic elements of a fandom. Easier because you can find the people you want to share your fannish experience with, but harder because there's so much input if you're not careful, and it's only one or two clicks to get to toxic territory.

Anyway, sounds like you're doing the right thing for you, right now. On the bright side, LJ being a bit of a dustbowl is probably a good thing. You can always come back here and visit with us dinosaurs if you want to. :)