I always nod my head when I read that fanworks can get people into a source, but that's totally a lie for me; I rarely read fic/watch vids without knowing the source.
This...happens occasionally to me. SPN, SGA, Firefly (long, boring story there, trust me), AIRPF (yes, yes, I know), Temeraire, and so far...not, this year. What fandom's mainly done is motivate me to stick with a show, or get back into it, or even just alerted me to it's presence sans any fan-made material (except for squee). I find fandom intro'd me to stuff when I was too cautious on my time to lend it to source material I wasn't sure was going to pan out. I've had a lot more free time this year, but I'm expecting next (school) year to pick right back up again, so I'll probably be right back to using fandom to weed out the weak.
(Uhhhh, the show relies heavily on magical realism. And did I mention that the sixth season was truly, astoundingly bad? I swear, the rest of the show is much, much better than these two episodes. Tonewise, the good seasons are actually extremely reminiscent of Due South. Joel's and Fraser's journeys mirror each other's in a lot of ways.)
Spanish lit and English lit major here. Magical realism makes my year, no lie. To be honest, it sounds ridiculous in that awesome, we've-reached-our-limit-so-break-out-the-crack kind of way re: the sixth season. I heard it won all sorts of awards, as well, so my guess is that it really was a good show.
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Date: 2010-05-30 04:37 am (UTC)This...happens occasionally to me. SPN, SGA, Firefly (long, boring story there, trust me), AIRPF (yes, yes, I know), Temeraire, and so far...not, this year. What fandom's mainly done is motivate me to stick with a show, or get back into it, or even just alerted me to it's presence sans any fan-made material (except for squee). I find fandom intro'd me to stuff when I was too cautious on my time to lend it to source material I wasn't sure was going to pan out. I've had a lot more free time this year, but I'm expecting next (school) year to pick right back up again, so I'll probably be right back to using fandom to weed out the weak.
(Uhhhh, the show relies heavily on magical realism. And did I mention that the sixth season was truly, astoundingly bad? I swear, the rest of the show is much, much better than these two episodes. Tonewise, the good seasons are actually extremely reminiscent of Due South. Joel's and Fraser's journeys mirror each other's in a lot of ways.)
Spanish lit and English lit major here. Magical realism makes my year, no lie. To be honest, it sounds ridiculous in that awesome, we've-reached-our-limit-so-break-out-the-crack kind of way re: the sixth season. I heard it won all sorts of awards, as well, so my guess is that it really was a good show.