At this point, I don't think Harry Potter will become an epidemic... but
that is my opinion only.

*Nothing* is going to be an epidemic in the state the list is in at this 
point.  I can't see the current membership going completely wild with C&C, 
regardless of what fandoms the list is opened to.  I could have told you 
that without you poll.  In fact... I did.

Maybe, over time, Harry Potter story traffic will reach the doomsday
status that Krista was predicting.

I never predicted any doomsday status from an influx of HP fanfiction.  You 
confused and combined my three separate points.  Here. Let me clarify for 
you.

Point Number 1:  The list as it stands isn't going to get to the point where 
there's massive amounts of C&C flying around again, regardless of what other 
fandoms you introduce, so what's the point in opening it to non-anime 
fandoms, when the current fics being posted aren't getting C&C?  THERE's my 
doomsday prediction for you.  Death by inactivity, not HP.

Point Number 2:  If we go out actively seeking new blood and recruit and 
advertise that the list is now open to HP fics, *then,* and only if it 
*works,* do I see the list getting deluged with HP fics.  And then yes, 
there will be plenty of stuff to C&C. I'm not being snarky stating this -- I 
never was.  But the question still remains -- will anyone *bother* to C&C? 
Yes, we've got this wonderful spate of activity going right now, but as Mike 
Loader pointed out, it's probably not going to last long.

Point Number 3:  There's already a quarter of a million HP fics on 
fanfiction.net alone, and the majority of them are crap.  With a quarter of 
a million HP fics to wade through, the odds of finding decent reading 
material in the current HP fanfic pool are slim at best.  (This, 
incidentally, is a completely separate point from Points 1 and 2.)

Clear about what I was saying now?

-Krista 


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