That's a good point about how people engage in fandom. It would be a really different experience for someone whose fandom participation also included twitter and tumblr, versus someone who might just read and write fic for particular players they care about. I guess I was thinking more of the former than the latter.
My theory is that fewer people will be drawn in by non-juggernaut teams and players in the first place than the amount of people drawn in by juggernauts who then move on to those other teams/pairings. But that's only my perception. Like you, I'm curious to see what happens next. And that's a good point about cause and effect -- it's easy to see, for example, why something like the Kane allegations would fragment the sense of "community" and contribute to the decline of K/T as a juggernaut pairing.
Oh, I agree, and I've felt that way about my favorite pairings too! I just thought it might be one thing subconsciously influencing conflating wanting the juggernauts to decline with wanting more variety of pairings.
Re: Fandom Venting
That's a good point about how people engage in fandom. It would be a really different experience for someone whose fandom participation also included twitter and tumblr, versus someone who might just read and write fic for particular players they care about. I guess I was thinking more of the former than the latter.
My theory is that fewer people will be drawn in by non-juggernaut teams and players in the first place than the amount of people drawn in by juggernauts who then move on to those other teams/pairings. But that's only my perception. Like you, I'm curious to see what happens next. And that's a good point about cause and effect -- it's easy to see, for example, why something like the Kane allegations would fragment the sense of "community" and contribute to the decline of K/T as a juggernaut pairing.
Oh, I agree, and I've felt that way about my favorite pairings too! I just thought it might be one thing subconsciously influencing conflating wanting the juggernauts to decline with wanting more variety of pairings.