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luthicn:

the tolkien fandom is dying and so am i

The Tolkien fandom shall not die!

Bloggers of tumblr, of fandom, my brothers! I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the Tolkien fandom fails, when we no longer make fanart or fanfiction, and break all bonds of mutuals; but it is not this day! An hour of doubt, and no new media, when the Age of Tolkien comes crashing down; but it is not this day! This day we post! By all that you hold dear on this good internet, I bid you stand, Tolkien Fandom of Tumblr!

Nicely put my friend.

Folks this fandom has been going since the 1930’s, sure they didn’t have the social network advantages we do, but it was still there.

Point is, people will drift in and out, and new content will lessen now there’s no new media to draw inspiration from, but there’s no way we’re dying!

Personally, I’m not gonna sit here and despair if new fan art and fanfic are posted less, I’m just gonna take that as a sign to do my damnedest to post more myself. Even if it only ever gets one like or comment, just to know that someone out there us still with me in this wonderful fandom and still wants to see my stuff is more than enough for me.

You think the posts are less now? Do something about it then, we beg of you! Draw fan art, write that fic you’ve had in your head for months, even if you think it’s ooc or you can only draw stick people. Write us meta or head canons, reblog the hell out of stuff from 2012 or earlier!

Instead of decreeing the fandom is languishing, take up creative arms and fight!