Where's the community?

[nymaas.livejournal.com]

It's sad seeing none's into that fandom anymore.

Life you see the new Hetaween posts and there are like... 0 comments. Looks like Hima-papa's losing all his fans during the last 2 years. It's true he doesn't upload regularly anymore but it's more like... everyone's gone suddenly.

I'm afraid he doesn't attend to peoples interests anymore (well he always did as he pleased) but now he brings all that historical persons into the comics and none bats an eye anymore.

I'm quite upset about it. There are no discussions in here anymore... as well as the Hetalia Blog Community ... bamboothicket2

Hope to see you guys there...!

Comments

[castor-acer.livejournal.com]

"Tumblr is a fun place to lurk with lots to do, where as LJ doesn't offer much benefit to lurking until update time."

And I'm actually fine with that. I mean, I'm not going to spend hours on Tumblr tracking down fan art in the slow times (it's too much of a time suck!), but I understand that less Hima activity = less activity here. Totally get it. I was just wondering when there IS Hima activity, is there one magical place the community is going to read translations and react and discuss that I don't know about? Is that place still here? Or has the community simply fractured now in that regard?

[aokakesu.livejournal.com]

Last year we had much fun doing exactly that at this journal (http://hetaliafandomly.livejournal.com/) but I guess this year nobody is in the mood? I don't know of any other place.

[misty-rain.livejournal.com]

I'd be back in heartbeat if there was a set time Hima was going to update.
Otherwise I feel like I get there 3+ hours after the update and I feel a little late to the party when people are discussing other things.

[aokakesu.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know that feeling.
This year Hima is still posting the approximate hours when he plans to update (most commonly bettween 3:00 and 9:00 p.m. JST)

[misty-rain.livejournal.com]

I'm very happy Hima is giving more approximate times than exact, it's just changed the dynamic of the comm a bit. And I think things are just naturally shifting toward other outlets.

[xxmapsyrxx.livejournal.com]

Same here. I don't use Tumblr a lot and it is precisely because there is no lengthy and in-depth discussion going on there. I can get news, but I cannot get the reflection and thinking part of the news. There is very little analysis going on with Tumblr. Or at least with what I know of Tumblr.

The Hetalia Fandom keeps going not because of the 5 seconds of enthusiasm, but through constant generation of thought-provoking and deep questions we ask ourselves and each other. I am still here 5 years later because I want to hear what everyone else is thinking and saying. But very few people are talking on LJ anymore. They are over at Tumblr and not helping to preserve the longevity of the community, in my personal opinion. I am sorry if this sounds harsh, but I hope this discussion can help everyone to adjust to this new shift in social media that is not particularly conducive community cohesion and engagement.

[castor-acer.livejournal.com]

I completely agree with you re: community engagement & Tumblr. I don't think there will be a reverse shift from Tumblr, but I agree with you.