Yes It's Too Quiet!

[projectblu]

I've been obsessed with VG since 1999 and it's impossible to find fellow fans! Too bad more fans can't get involved here. Hell, I can talk about this film 24/7--why can't others?! BTW, you have the best AVIs in the known universe! Hang in there and keep up the good work!

*Curt Wild: We set out to change the world and only ended up changing ourselves

Comments

[rougevelvet]

The fandom used to be hugely active five or so years ago, but I think a lot of people, like myself, running the websites lost the time to be able to promote conversation and new ideas so things have kind of stagnated for sure.

Love seeing people like yourself who come along though :)

[bbm_got_me_good]

I was so late to discover the movie and am so sad most people got over it already :(

[agdhani]

Curt...*sigh*
I still want a clone of him in my life.

[wild_huntress]

Welcome - it is so awesome to see some life in this community again, so thanks for posting! I have recently gotten more obsessed with this movie than ever, despite not having seen it in a while, and have so many fanfic ideas in my head it's just ridiculous - so I am planning on doing my bit to liven up the fandom too, lol.

Seriously, if you (or anyone here) feels like discussing or just squeeing over the movie, let me know and I'll be happy to assist. :)

[projectblu]

Hey Wild Huntress I will SQUEE loud and clear and obsessively 24/7 over this movie with anybody who is willing!!!! Which would be infinitely more fun than SQUEEING 24/7 by myself--which is what I pretty much do....So PLEASE I'm DYING to majorly SQUEE with other VG fans!!!!! And I am desperate for some good fanfic. Most sites are gone and the ones that are still around I've pretty much gone through over the last many years. You write, I'll read!!!! And one other weird thing, when it's late at night I always spell Arthur's last name wrong! My apologies. A friend of mine used to joke and call him Martha Stewart (which totally pissed me off and has obviously STILL not left my brain!). So, I promise I'm not that stupid--just tired and a little brainwashed. But LET'S GET READY TO SQUEE!!!!!!!!!!!

[wild_huntress]

We should so message each other, then - I too have been dying to talk to people about this movie and have fallen way too out of touch with friends IRL and in fandom who'd be familiar with it. And thanks for encouraging me to write fic. I actually finished a piece yesterday, felt shy and was about to just not post it, but now I'm gathering up my courage to do so - so thanks! Lol.

[projectblu]

Wow! We're pretty much in the same boat! The friends I used to have who were into it with me in the late '90s into the early 2000s have long forgotten about it and have turned into football and basketball freaks! I'm still trying to figure out how they could turn into such different people. I doubt there will ever be a time when I forget about this film. I usually watch it several times a year, but this time around I can't stop watching it or thinking about it. I've always been rather obsessed with it but jeez, nothing like I've been the last few months. It's so frustrating. Obviously there are a huge number of fans out there but it is sort of an underground cult following, and finding current fans who are still active in the communities is almost impossible. I can't believe I finally found someone else who feels the same way!! Yes--we most definitely need to talk more about it. It's impossible to talk to others who either have never seen it or have seen it but don't get it. So SQUEE and discuss we MUST! And definitely keep writing

[crow_doll]

I would love to know if anybody knows of any velvet goldmine fanfiction sites, the only one I know of that still works is satellite of love. that's my two cents =)

[projectblu]

Crow Doll--There a few sites that are still hanging around--do a Google search for Velvet Goldmine fan fiction, then it's just a matter of trial and error if what you find is still up and running or not. There are quite a few at Fanfiction.net but I get a little miffed at their ratings system. They tend to not allow much over T and I tend to travel to M and NC-17. But there are still some pretty good stories there. There are a few others that I forget off the top of my head, but keep searching and they tend to pop up now and again. I say we all start poking Wild Huntress and get her to write some stuff! It would be soooo refreshing to add some new blood into a rather stagnant pool of old VG fanfic!

[rougevelvet]

jrmfansite.org had some nice fics in the Fan Fic section of the forum, if the account is still around see also silkn1