"Goodbye, cruel world!" *dies dramatically*

[icarus]

Oh, out of the blue, for no particular reason I've coined a term for the melodramatic fandom exit:

"Fandom Suicide."

You know the ones. The writer/fan/reader posts a long-winded explanation (a.k.a. "suicide note") why they're leaving... forever (back of hand to forehead)... woe is me -- "and here's how you all should feel really guilty about my departure."

Just to make sure the knife is keenly felt, "I shalt take down all my fics and delete my archive."

It's perfect. The motives are exactly the same!

The only difference is an actual suicide isn't likely to come back, months later, looking a little silly. Hanging around the gravestone, "Uh, hi guys."

I really ought to stop listening to Bach's Toccata in G D Minor. It puts me in a macabre mood.

ETA: Sheesh. I've been saying G Minor all week.