This totally makes sense, especially for you. I know I suffered from it but for me it feels like it was a subset of Teen Angst and how everything I wrote had to have Deeper Meaning. Which only resulted in it all sucking, of course, because I was an angsty teen with nothing really to angst about. I'm not sure if I'm that serious about it anymore.

Or if I am... I don't write fic. But I'm not sure if that is because I don't think there's anything that needs to be said about Lawrence/Ali or because I'm afraid to sully it with my words.

Come to think of it, the only fandom I've ever felt comfortable participating in was POTO, and I have been active both in times of SSS and not. So I think my condition is entirely different. But your scenario makes sense, like I said. Only maybe not for me.