I'm pretty sure it is in fact exactly that diversity that makes book muses rare. We're so fandom-focused, and by extension cast-focused, that the huge array of books below the first popularity tier is basically crippled in comparison to TV and vidya mediums, because there's just so much more of it that it's harder to accumulate a cast from any one thing. And since people will often be lured into trying canons and apping from them by people who already play from it, there's a cumulative effect. Movies are sort of in between - there are plenty, but usually from recent blockbusters that also have the popularity to sustain casts, at least for a while.
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Re: UNPOPULAR RP OPINIONS
(Anonymous) 2013-04-02 02:56 am (UTC)(link)I'm pretty sure it is in fact exactly that diversity that makes book muses rare. We're so fandom-focused, and by extension cast-focused, that the huge array of books below the first popularity tier is basically crippled in comparison to TV and vidya mediums, because there's just so much more of it that it's harder to accumulate a cast from any one thing. And since people will often be lured into trying canons and apping from them by people who already play from it, there's a cumulative effect. Movies are sort of in between - there are plenty, but usually from recent blockbusters that also have the popularity to sustain casts, at least for a while.