Harry Potter Survey (sort of)
Aug. 7th, 2008 12:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
author_by_nightSo with my entry on people moving to new fandoms, and a few people on my flist mentioning the decline of Harry Potter excitement, I've been doing some thinking.
In the past few months, the HBP trailer has been released, HBP pictures have been released, we've been given an 800 Word Sirius and James drabble, and we've been told Beedle the Bard is going to be released.
Two years ago in fandom, JKR yawning caused a buzz. But when these things happened, I didn't really mention them (maybe one or two things), and in fact, perhaps I saw only a small number of people per "happening" commenting.
I'm not saying that this is a bad thing - we all have to move on. But I find it interesting that even within a month of TDH being released, interest seemed to go down very quickly.
So I'm interested in a few things:
1. Do you think your interest and/or involvement has decreased? Why?
2. Do you think your interest and/or involvement in fandom has increased? Why?
3. If JK Rowling released a complete new novel (prequel, sequel, or a companion book the length of her others), do you think you would get interested again?
4. In general, do you think that this is a trend in "closed" fandoms?
Let me know what you think. You don't have to answer these questions directly if you have something else to add. And there is no right or wrong answer to any of them.
In the past few months, the HBP trailer has been released, HBP pictures have been released, we've been given an 800 Word Sirius and James drabble, and we've been told Beedle the Bard is going to be released.
Two years ago in fandom, JKR yawning caused a buzz. But when these things happened, I didn't really mention them (maybe one or two things), and in fact, perhaps I saw only a small number of people per "happening" commenting.
I'm not saying that this is a bad thing - we all have to move on. But I find it interesting that even within a month of TDH being released, interest seemed to go down very quickly.
So I'm interested in a few things:
1. Do you think your interest and/or involvement has decreased? Why?
2. Do you think your interest and/or involvement in fandom has increased? Why?
3. If JK Rowling released a complete new novel (prequel, sequel, or a companion book the length of her others), do you think you would get interested again?
4. In general, do you think that this is a trend in "closed" fandoms?
Let me know what you think. You don't have to answer these questions directly if you have something else to add. And there is no right or wrong answer to any of them.
