Maximum number of self-created fanworks for an unpopular fandom/ship

[g_uava]

What's the upper limit of fanworks you've created as a self-sustaining fan? That means relying on yourself primarily to sustain your own interest to complete your creative projects since your fandom/ship/favourite is so obscure that feedback and other fanworks to inspire you are hard to come by.

Also, would you have wished to have created more for the same unpopular fandom/ship, even if there remains few others who are just as invested?


The most I've created is around 30,000 words of fics and fewer than 10 non-writing fanworks (icons, gifsets, fanvideos) for a rare pair from an old fandom. It's so rare that there were (and still are) no other English language fanworks for the ship aside from what I've created.

I'm satisfied with what I've created and am glad to move on to another canon that involved tackling a new challenge in my fanworks. But if I were to write for the ship again, I'd more deliberately include a larger variety of fun fanfic tropes in my fics.

Comments

[jellyfishlover]

For a singular fandom (Mysterious Forum and 7 Rumors), 7 published fics and 23 artworks (as well as a whole fan-page) is the max. Although I've made a bunch of unpublished stuff for it as well...! I'll most likely be adding to that number at some point in the future! :D (And continue getting more esoteric and self-indulgent about it, probably XD)

(Are all ships rarepairs in a fandom in which you're pretty much the only person writing for it? Things to consider...)

I mostly make stuff for unpopular or sleepy fandoms in general. Just because that's the sort of tastes I tend to have, I guess! I don't mind it. I feel like active fandoms can be fun, but it also can just be just too much sometimes, haha!

I write for myself, so I don't mind if there's no hits or anything on what I publish. The motivation for me mostly comes from putting daydreams into a more permanent form for my future self to enjoy. If other people enjoy it, then thats just a bonus!

Also, you creating that much and being the only English fanworks for a rare-pair you like is so cool! Go you! \o/

[sathari]

I write for myself, so I don't mind if there's no hits or anything on what I publish. The motivation for me mostly comes from putting daydreams into a more permanent form for my future self to enjoy.

Cosigned! And I'm kinda thrilled to hear that someone else feels that way too. (I can seldom be bothered to drag myself through the hand-formatting process of posting anything to either DW or most current archive sites, so go you for doing that!)

[g_uava]

'Are all ships rarepairs in a fandom in which you're pretty much the only person writing for it?' -- A market with 1 supplier and 1 consumer is a perfect one lols

Thank you! Let's keep fighting the good fight! \o/