I tend to be late arriving at things in the first place and yes, fandom picks up its new toy and puts it down so fast that usually, by the time I get to a thing, it's on the way out. This does have the advantage of providing quite a bit of fic, but it's not letting me fall in love.

And yes, the investment of time, when there isn't really a readership left, is a big ask.

I suppose you haven't tried 'Black Sails'? It's nothing like 'Blake's Seven' but it is intelligent, mostly dark, with a lot of interesting characters who each have their own motivation and follow through on it. Pirates, most of them. I think the fandom is 'stealth', in that people love it deeply but are very widespread - and, to be fair, it hasn't worked for me in that I don't think I could write those characters properly. Eh. Anyway. "Blake's Seven" fandom lasted a *long* time after the show finished! And it was because of your ads in AIR that I ended up at Redemption and discovered my beloved popslash, so, belated thanks!