everything is the old guard and nothing hurts

I am BASKING in the fannish zeitgeist of the Old Guard fandom this summer, it's exactly what I needed in these utterly fucked up times. But one of the most beautiful elements of it is how it seems to be drawing in people from so very many different fandoms right now, including reconnecting old friends from fandoms of yore. Like, my fic got a comment from someone I'd been so close with back in Lotrips whose name I haven't heard in fifteen years, and it just makes me so goddamn happy to know she's still around.

I love everyone in this bar, is what I'm saying.