Snowflake Challenge - Day 14

In your own space, talk about what you think the future holds for fandom.

This is a fascinating challenge, and I'm not quite sure how to answer it. In general, I feel that fandom has become more accessible and perhaps more commonplace than it was when I found it in 2006. I think more people get involved in it now and perhaps it's become more mainstream. For example, in the UK when an episode of Game of Thrones airs there's a TV show on after it that's basically a fandom TV show; people analyse the episode, they ask and answer questions, they fill in blanks and highlight things some people might have missed, they make predictions about what might happen, and study characters. This would never have happened a few years ago and I think this will only expand with time and we'll see more and more people get involved in fandom in all sorts of new ways.

SPN is a massive fandom, but if you spread that over all the different platforms we now have it is still possible (and perhaps more likely) to have a small community feel in a fandom of this size, and that's my experience here on LJ. There's a lot of talk about quiet it gets here, but I like to interact daily/weekly/monthly etc with the people that I know and recognise, and I like to meet new people and squee over our Show. Platforms will always change, but hopefully we'll still be able to find each other ♥