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It occurs to me that my HP friends may be slightly bemused by my recent emphasis on PotC fanfic.

I've been pretty much exclusively a HP fanfic reader for . . . mm, about three and a half years now.

I've only had a LJ for about one year, as before that I did an awful lot of lurking and drifting about as my tastes shifted.

And one of the first things I noticed about LJ was that it pinned me down, anchored me in place, in a way I wasn't used to. When you've got to keep up on reading your flist, you not only have a lot less time for cruising around randomly and exploring archives and such, you have a lot less motive, because there is of course so much good stuff on your flist why would you need to go anywhere else? And this is obviously both a good thing and a bad thing.

And I'm not saying I haven't ventured out of my little corner of LJ in the past year, either, because I have, and I've followed links from my flist and on and on.

But not a fraction of what I used to.

So at the moment I'm going through a 'bored with HP' phase, feeling boxed in and stagnant, but I've gone through those before, and this wonderfully (terrifyingly) huge fandom has always managed to have something new to grab my attention. This won't last. I'm certain of that. No other fandom could be what HP is, a place where you can find absolutely everything you ever thought about plus tons of stuff you'd never dream up in a million years. Harry Potter fandom is home. But I'm off on a side trip, to a delightful little world of pirates and swashbuckling, and I must beg all of your indulgence for my OT posts.

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Whatever floats your boat. Or pirate ship as the case may be.

Thanks! :D It's a little odd for me, because I've been so fandom-monogamous for so long -- on the other hand it may be a natural progression, that the longer you stay in fandom the more likely you are to pick up more and different fandoms. *shrug* I'll go with the flow, as it were!

I can see how that might be an adjustment for you. I got very into Fruits Basket earlier this year, and I still enjoy it, to the point that I had to seriously debate whether or not to buy a Furuba calendar or wait for the one for GoF. (I bought it and decided I can have two calendars this year.)

I'm willing to bet that seeing the new movie will revive your interest in HP (unless it really really sucks), but you'll still pursue your other fandom(s).

Nothing wrong with two calendars!

I'm aware I'm in the minority, but the HP movies tend to annoy me, because I can't stop comparing them to the books. I've seen the first one a few times, but CoS and PoA only once, and I would seriously consider not seeing any more of them at all.

On the other hand, perhaps GoF will inspire fandom and I'll get second-hand benefit from it. :DDD

I think GoF-the-movie will help fan art if not fic. I LOVE the movies (PoA esp), but I can see why others wouldn't like them.