and if there's a reason I'm still a fan when so many others have 'fled'

Someone wrote 17K of Maria/Steve fic who wasn't me. And finished it. And posted it. And is not a completely new writer!

There's also some past-Maria/Nat, and perhaps some background Nat/Clint. It looks like it ignores canon from Ultron onwards, and uses an original character that the author appears to have written about in separate stories. Which is also something I love doing - cross-referencing people and events in fics! Worldbuilding! The idea that the world isn't just about Our Heroes but is about a whole lot more people all with their own stories.

GO AND READ IT IF YOU LOVE ME AND/OR MARIA.

And of course this happens when my work plate is full and my fannish plate is full and I cannot actually take the time to read this. I read the beginning notes and the end notes and left a comment to let them know I have seen it and not ignored it.

17K of fic! HOOOOOOLY SHIT.

I know I do a lot of bitching about how fandom takes and it takes and it takes and I keep loving my OTPs anyway. But sometimes when you wait for it, you do get beautiful returns.

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Also: hockey training is not on tonight, but I have asked my hockey club if anyone would like to go to the RSL for dinner in lieu of training and whether or not anyone turns up, I plan to go anyway, and either sit around reading this fic, or else sit around finishing off my quilt show quilt.

bigger fannish followings

Day 6: What's a fandom that you wish had a bigger following?

*sigh* My problem is that I get into megafandoms with minor characters or minor pairings - at least, 'minor' by the designation of the PTB and everyone else in the fandom.

So, no, I don't want any of my fandoms to have a bigger followings, because all that means is there's more people who like the stuff that I don't like.

Basically, I want people to like the same characters/pairings that I do, not just to have a bigger fandom.