Nevanna's Forest of Stories

Part of me wonders why I'm having X-Men: Evolution fic-bunnies all of a sudden. On one level, the answer is obvious (that answer being, "because I recently watched a whole bunch of episodes and really want to watch more, a lot"). Also, I have realized that, in general, it is a lot harder for me to outgrow some fandoms than others. My levels of investment in any given story wax and wane, of course, and I'm capable of looking critically at things that I used to love unreservedly (and often enjoy doing so), and other interests will often fall temporarily by the wayside when a New Shiny comes along. I can think of a couple of fandom obsessions that flared bright and burned out, such as Heroes, which lost me after the first season or so, and Death Note, which I have never reread or rewatched. I tend not to include either on my list of "fandoms I'm willing to write" when taking requests - not because I'm embarrassed to have liked them, but because once I was done, I was done. Other fandoms, however, seem to be relevant to my interests no matter what age I am or how much I've (hopefully) changed since I first encountered them.

I don't think any of this makes me pathetic or immature or unable to let go and move on; different people interact with stories in different ways. That said, although I'm not going to say that I never thought that I'd be engaging with XME again in any way, I was somewhat surprised that I had any feelings about this show left, or anything else to say.

Finally, although I no longer use or much care for the term "anti-Xavier," and give the side-eye to some of the perspectives and writing choices that were once attached to it (including my own)... I am not-so-secretly happy to have been watching XME with a group of people who readily point out when Charles is being a creepy creepster. Make of that what you will.