#you can find me on DW as sauronnaise

[sauronnaise]

Posting this on main (after conversing with @maedhrosrussandol I judged it'd be worth it): some of us are on Dreamwidth! Don't be intimidated by the 'olds'. It's nice to be mid/late twenties like me and feel like a youngster. It's quieter though (not that I mind. And if people want more activity, well, they can create a blog, duh).

Silmarillion Writers' Guild and Stories of Arda are still active. Teitho has posted challenges for 2024 as well.

The Silmarillion fandom is collapsing.

Has anyone else noticed a lot of people leaving the silmarillion just general Tolkien fandom? Especially on tumblr. One of my favourite Silm blogs deleted their whole account and just disappeared. I’m seeing a lot of amazing creators put out their farewell statements. I absolutely don’t blame anyone who is choosing to leave and especially if it’s just because they’re not happy anymore or are moving on to other things. But I’m noticing that a lot of people are being very negative and some creators have explicitly stated that this has impacted them leaving and losing love and interest for something that once made them so happy because of all the negativity aimed at them. It’s so sad. Also wtf this is a hobby and some people are so demanding with creators like they’re not creating things unpaid and in their free time. Hating on people for what they love and find comfort in or calling them weird for liking and having different takes on certain FICTIONAL characters is disgusting and you’re absolutely the problem if you do that.

To any creators seeing this I just want you to know how much your work is and contribution is appreciated. Especially since it’s not that big of a fandom on here.