Splitting your time between open vs closed canons

[g_uava]

For fandoms of open canons -
Pros: Activity whenever there's a new installment; more inspiration/ideas from the latest developments; potentially having more eyes on your fanworks and more fanworks by others to enjoy.
Cons: Anxiety over your speculations and fics being 'jossed'; anxiety over sharing controversial opinions/fanworks; pressure to formulate opinions on the latest developments on a weekly basis to stay active.

For fandoms of closed canons -
Pros: Being able to see the big picture of what canon is all about; less pressure to churn out reactions/fanworks to stay active; convenience of binge-watching.
Cons: Less activity; fewer engaged fans as people start drifting away to new canons.

How do you divide your time?

Comments

[kalloway]

This is something I've never thought about/it's never mattered to me. If a story/plot/characters/something looks interesting to me, I'll check it out. I may end up fannish about it, I may not, and that's fine either way. But the state of the canon has never been a consideration. (and given my general interests, something may spring from a 'closed' canon a decade later and eh? sure why not)

I admit I'm slower to pick up manga series that run more than about twenty volumes, but even then it's mostly because I'll want to buy them ever after reading them through the library and that's a financial sink. Similar with book series with a mythical unreleased final volume, but that's less to do with fandom, but more a simple annoyance as a reader.