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.

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[feurioo]

I created three fanworks (40.000+ words) and several fanarts, memes, gifs, metas, and even an entire Tumblr with gifs chronicling the relationship (if that counts) for a pairing that never happened.

As far as I'm aware, there's only one other fanfic for this pairing but I never completely read it because it hinged on a character behaving in a way that I found too OOC for my liking. I was writing a 30.000+ word WIP when one of the actors departed the show, so I never finished it. Back in the day, barely anybody cared about my stuff and I doubt it's gotten better almost four years later. Still, I'd love to finish it at one point even if nobody ever reads it.

[g_uava]

'an entire Tumblr with gifs chronicling the relationship (if that counts) for a pairing that never happened' - Wow what's the Tumblr and the pairing/fandom? I've tried doing a similar project to create visual Cliffnotes for my OTPs but always ran out of steam and that's for pairings with lots of interaction in canon.

My sympathies about shelving a WIP because of IRL events :( Haven't happened to me so far but was a constant worry when I was writing RPF.

[feurioo]

This is the tumblr. It was a German fandom, so language barrier incoming. It's possibly a lot less content than the pairings you're talking about because, even though both characters have over a decade of history, they barely had any storylines together over several years. (It's a daily soap. The two started as my crack pairing back in 2012 when she accidentally killed his wife.)

Honestly, I've shelved so many WIPs, that it's a small miracle when I actually manage to finish something that isn't a one-shot. This pairing was really a rare source of inspiration and basically helped me to get through 2020 depression-free.

[g_uava]

Love the Tumblr! The gifsets look so tidy and well-organised. I really wish I can understand German to better appreciate them.