It was totally the fanfic that yanked me into this fandom. Well, not solely, but without the fic I think I'd just be enjoying the show, not gorging myself on painful AUs in which John lost the kids to CPS in 1984 and went to jail and Dean ended up autistic and violent in a horrible juvenile facility that Bobby had to break him out of... (That one's by Nilchance, on my Delicious recs.)
I think the thing is, that once you're used to using fic to interact with a fandom, it's that much easier to do it in the next one, and the next one. Even fandoms that maybe you're not all that attached to, because you think the show is shallow or silly or not that well-written. But if the fic is good, and there's enough of it, well, look out. You get attached to the characters through the fic instead of the show, but that carries over onto the show, and you're doomed.
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Date: 2007-03-27 12:19 am (UTC)I think the thing is, that once you're used to using fic to interact with a fandom, it's that much easier to do it in the next one, and the next one. Even fandoms that maybe you're not all that attached to, because you think the show is shallow or silly or not that well-written. But if the fic is good, and there's enough of it, well, look out. You get attached to the characters through the fic instead of the show, but that carries over onto the show, and you're doomed.