a thought about the dS fanlore page

[thisaintbc]

 I'd love to see something about the due South Fandom Renaissance on fanlore, but a) I haven't seen anyone use the term for a few years so I'm not sure if it's still something people talk about, b) I don't want to have to write it myself, and c) I would honestly feel pretty weird about writing an article about it, considering that all things said I have a pretty narrow perspective on this & that ultimately it's a pretty small part of a much larger dS/C6D fandom history. 

I want our more recent fandom history to be recorded, ultimately, though, & I guess that may mean putting on my big kid pants & getting the ball rolling myself. 

ETA: some highlights from my conversation about this with thisisteal elsewhere: 

• modern due South tumblr fandom was built on a foundation of catladyinwaiting & deputychairman & we feel they should be mentioned on the dS fanlore page in some capacity
•  key components of the dS fandom renaissance seem to be:
  • people who saw dS on TV as kids growing up & getting involved in fandom
  • tumblr's rise as a new fannish platform helping foster a resurgence of interest
  • folks such as Cat & Deputy helping to create a new fannish space around the show
• in particular, for me, due South's narrative about discovering who you are away from home & in a dramatically-different-yet-somehow-similar culture really spoke to me when I was in college, which is why I became interested in the show again, but I don't know how universal that experience would be

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[thisaintbc]

Right--tumblr was really key, I think, to this resurgence of interest in due South long after the show ended. Honestly if Cat & Deputy hadn't fostered the enthusiasm on tumblr the way they did I don't know if a tumblr-centric community would have emerged--or it would have looked very different. There was apparently a similar comm that predated the dsvb (the flying blimp? maybe?) but I think? that it was lj centric still?

I'm repeating myself from an earlier comment here, sorry, but "due South Fandom Renaissance" is a term I first heard/saw being used on livejournal (to describe new fen coming from tumblr, though) in about 2014. I don't see it used very often anymore, but honestly I'm also not on livejournal in any real capacity anymore.

You're in good company then! I'm still a kid, or at least I still think of myself as one, but most of the due South fans I've gotten to know are probably closer to your age than mine.

due South's optimism (I might even describe it as pragmatic optimism?) really is a breath of fresh air!