Meta: Cancelled!?! Gasp! Or how to keep the love alive once the series goes off-the-air

[catwalksalone]

MJ Panel mod: RoaringMice

Discussion space - the floor is yours...

Potential points to consider (not exhaustive, just to get you going):

Your show is cancelled. Do you cling or move on?

If you stay, what can you do to keep people's interest in the show alive? Run challenges? Hold viewing parties? RPG?

How do you bring new people into a fandom that's got nothing new to offer in terms of canon? How do you keep them there?

Do your own feelings towards the show change over time given increasing distance from the heady days of when you got a new episode every week to when the new shinies start to look increasingly attractive? What can you do about that? Do you want to do anything about it?

Comments

Re: As God Is My Witness, I'll Never Be Jossed Again

[jamethiel]

Ooh, now this is interesting. Closed canon gives you the ability to write the fixit fic: I have read fixit fics that were written in non-closed canon (*cough* Buffy *cough) and... simply because the writers of canon chose to go in such a different direction, mostly it seems less satisfying than the show. I don't know why.

I think I prefer closed canon in many ways: there are always holes where I go "But what about?". With open canon, it's like trying to find a firm footing on quicksand: the ground keeps moving under you.

Mind you: I am a fan of Oz, and if there is any show that just NEEDS fixit fics, it is that one. I am still not sure whether to acknowledge the existance of season 6 yet. *adjusts her tinhat*