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

[g_uava]

I happen to be a fan of Arthuriana and shows with episodes that are less than 30 mins long, so thanks for the indirect rec for 'The Adventures of Sir Lancelot'! Did you manage to get in touch with the 3-4 other people writing for the show when they were still active?

[scifirenegade]

Always happy to see anyone interested in the silly Arthurian show. It *does* have the most likeable Lancelot without erasing his character :D

I used to casually talk to two of the authors back when we shared fandoms, not as much now as they moved on. I'm not sure about the other two writers (if they're different people or they were one writer under two usernames).

[g_uava]

'if they're different people or they were one writer under two usernames' -- The latter case reminds me of back when I was almost sick of only seeing my username for all works in my rareship tag that I considered taking on an alternate writing persona and creating a separate username/account for it 🫣

[scifirenegade]

Always happy to see anyone interested in the silly Arthurian show. It *does* have the most likeable Lancelot without erasing his character :D

I used to casually talk to two of the authors back when we shared fandoms, not as much now as they moved on. I'm not sure about the other two writers (if they're different people or they were one writer under two usernames).