#possibly tbd i don't know how mean i sound here it's just a bit wild to me | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

wetcatspellcaster · 5 months

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ok i don't normally make 'crotchety old lady on porch' posts. but i just saw someone on another social media website say they were feeling 'nostalgic' for their bg3 pairing and??? ....how????? it's not even been a year since release????? fan creators are still churning out content????

i know fandoms seem to cycle way quicker these days, but it's always so funny to me when people start to wonder why. the posts about 'the fandom is dying' are starting to circulate for bg3, and - not in a shaming way bc everyone is entitled to find new interests and new hyperfixations and also REST!! I'm not holding anyone hostage!!! - but... maybe it's because you barely gave it a chance to live??? by the time it had started to gather momentum you had already left it behind???

#idk man maybe this is coming from someone who joined the dragon age fandom 10 years too late #and played mass effect for the first time 6 years after it released #or watched btvs 20 years after it happened. etc.#this is genuinely not anger or shaming its just... sadness more than anything. i hold onto the things i love for years at a time.#i get having a nostalgia for like... playing something the first time or when everyone was talking about it on release.#but i think very few creators thrive in a world where everyone wants their content immediately and immediately after the release date #anyway #possibly tbd i don't know how mean i sound here it's just a bit wild to me #(it's specifically the word 'nostalgic' to be clear. i think if you're missing something 8 months after release. um. it hasn't left my guy.

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