What I find slightly odd is the fact that HP RP is still going moderately strong -- almost all of my friends are still in HP games, they're still playing those minor characters and one-off names, they're still rolling around in that sandbox with the backdrop of magic and war. There are big games, big big games, and they're all still writing -- it's not dead by any means.
But for me, it's wholly dead. I've tried multiple times to get back into HP RPGs, but I just don't have any interest in the standard premises anymore, because it's been done -- and I failed to get into it even when it was an extremely juicy, intriguing AU run by some girls I idolise, populated by the elite-of-the-elite writers on my flist whom I've been dying to write with. But I just can't drum up any interest in the HP world anymore. My friends are still writing Marauder-era, and I'm just -- I don't know, that sandbox is stale and overdone. You know what I just discovered? One of the big Marauder-era games my friends are in right now
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Oh, I know what you mean ): I miss my HP days so much sometimes. It was my first fandom and where I first started really writing and I've tried to go back and try to write more, but I can't. I've tried going back and re-reading the books, but I can't do that either, because I don't want to find out that they're not as special to me any more. And I know they won't be what I remember, because from all the fic and the discussions and such about the series, it's like I have a completely different version of what happened. I still read the Shoebox Project, a chapter here and there, or a Maya fic, but there's no more waiting for a new chapter or a new story, and it's just not the same...
I didn't think you did, but it's apparently happened without me noticing. I can't throw myself into things as easily, I can't love things as much - I'm a little bit more detached from everything. I used to be more passionate, now I find myself struggling to care about anything. I miss the way I was.
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What I find slightly odd is the fact that HP RP is still going moderately strong -- almost all of my friends are still in HP games, they're still playing those minor characters and one-off names, they're still rolling around in that sandbox with the backdrop of magic and war. There are big games, big big games, and they're all still writing -- it's not dead by any means.
But for me, it's wholly dead. I've tried multiple times to get back into HP RPGs, but I just don't have any interest in the standard premises anymore, because it's been done -- and I failed to get into it even when it was an extremely juicy, intriguing AU run by some girls I idolise, populated by the elite-of-the-elite writers on my flist whom I've been dying to write with. But I just can't drum up any interest in the HP world anymore. My friends are still writing Marauder-era, and I'm just -- I don't know, that sandbox is stale and overdone. You know what I just discovered? One of the big Marauder-era games my friends are in right now ( ... )
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Ah I dunno. Just makes me frowny and sad. ):
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