Wait, what?

[sarren]

Me - Okay, bye, have a great long weekend.
angriest - Yeah, bye.
Me - Hey, do you believe zebra363 was afraid I was going off The Persuaders? Crazy!
Angriest - Oh, hey. *casually leans back in chair*
Me - Mmm?
Angriest - We were discussing potential panels for Swancon and there were a couple that made me think of you.
Me *takes tiny step back* Uh huh.
Angriest - One was how fanfic online is becoming different to *something something*
Me - Oh, bardigrub, emma_in_oz and cupidsbow always run those.
Angriest - We're looking for new people.
Me *la la I can't hear you*
Angriest - The other was on how people have built whole fandoms on shows that have been off the air for many years.
Me *faint stirring of unease*
Angriest - Three shows in particular were named. One was *something*, one was *something* and the other was The Persuaders!
Me - Okay I'll do it!


I was clearly lured into a trap!! My god, those convention running people are SNEAKY.

Everyone knows my entire experience of being on panels to date is sitting there and occasionally saying 'Slash is hot!' in response to well thought out deeply intellectual questions on transgressiveness/identity/feminism in literature etc. Right? Right?

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[cricketk.livejournal.com]

Was one of them Professionals? 'cos that deserves a panel! Except, hmmm, convention topics... er, DS at a pinch? And erm, Farscape?

[sarren.livejournal.com]

Invader Zim, which I know nothing about and Due South, why zebra363 has pointed out is not appropriate, as it has had a fandom following since the show was on.

[angriest.livejournal.com]

But the show is long gone, and the fandom remains.

[(Anonymous)]

heh - everytime you and booboo posted about environmental doom, I thought of Invader Zim (the Doom Song, fyi, goes like this - "Doom, doom, doom, doom, doom, doom, doom ,doom, doom" etc. Kind of reminds me of Pratchett's dwarves' gold song.)

I can't think of any shows that developed a fandom well and truly after they were dead - I think the persistence of vision would be an interesting topic. Which shows do we hand on to, and why? Not that I'm volunteering! just in case angriest is reading this.