There will inevitably be a slowdown of posting in the threads about the characters and the episodes; that's already happening and has been for some time. The show is over (at least until a hypothetical reunion special) so we're not going to get much new material to discuss, although if we're lucky Craig and Lauren will be feeling talkative at the Con and give us a few things to ponder and discuss (Mac's last name, details about Berry's creator, anything at all about Frankie, etc.).
There's always the reruns, too; sometimes we'll notice little details that we didn't see before, or want to say "I enjoyed it then and I enjoyed it again". Look at
Star Trek; the original and all it's spinoffs have been over for years, even decades, and people still talk about them. Foster's need not be any different. We have a smaller fanbase, but we're no less loyal because of it.
There are of course many other topics we can talk about here as well.
Never Forgotten is first and foremost a Foster's community but that doesn't mean that we don't talk about and share other interests, and the proof of that is in the "Other Entertainment" and "Way Off Topic" sections. All sorts of topics to read about and discuss in there, from current movies and TV shows to the foods we loathe to the stuff that gets on our nerves.
And then there's the Spam section, that huge bloated semi-chaotic mass at the bottom of the board, loaded with game threads, role-play threads, and conversation threads. Contrary to popular belief, it's not
quite as bad as people think; parts of it are worse, and help keep my pharmacist in business, but much of it is just plain fun, period. The game threads are fun; some of the responses in "Make a wish... and have it corrupted", for example, have occasionally had me laughing so hard I've had to stop for breath. Same with the "Entertaining Pictures" thread, among others. Then there's "Post To Post!", which has become the site's main conversation area, sort of a
de facto chat room, where a lot of us go for no reason other than to talk and hang out. Parts of it are incredibly silly but parts of it are kind of heartwarming, too, such as the time when Bloonan mysteriously turned himself into a toddler and we all rallied together to take care of him. (There were a lot of diaper jokes.) We also commiserate in there about the things happening in our lives and offer what support and encouragement we can to one another. It's the area where you get the greatest sense of community. And we
are a community, brought together by a wonderful show that we'll miss, and we're a community that stays together beyond the show because we've become friends, people who've come to care about and trust each other. It's a nice experience, and everyone reading this is by all means encouraged to drop in and say hi, and maybe stick around and get to know some of your fellow members a little better. And to see the pictures Mac-a-lacka posted of his vacation last night on page
page 1167. Dang good pics, dude.
I can't speak for anyone else but slowdown or not, I'm not going anywhere anytime soon. This is my community, a place where I have a sense of belonging, and I have no intention of giving that up, and I hope you all feel the same. We've got something special here at
Never Forgotten, even without the show. Let's keep it that way.
Just don't go in the RP threads.
