Fandom: What are you into (now)?
Jan. 16th, 2010 08:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
foxmonkeyIt's a three-day weekend for me (whee!), the perfect time to pose a question to my friends list and any interested passers-by.
At the time I took my extended break, people were drifting away from popslash. Lots of fen wound up in bandslash, and Supernatural was really gathering steam -- though it may have seemed that way 'cause I had just discovered it :-D. While I was away I watched a lot of shows I hadn't before, so this is a perfect time to see what I may or may no longer have in common with my friends list.
Question: So what's everyone into now? What are your primary fandoms? Secondary? What fandoms do you only read in, what fandoms have inspired you to write?
Since I've wanted to do this for forever but just thinking of it made me tired, I offer my fandom timeline so you can see not just what I'm into, but where I've been. Long, so I don't blame you if you skip it.
Old Skool - yahoo!groups mailing lists
Hercules/Xena: Hercules slash! Hercules/Ares, Hercules/Iphicles, Iphicles/Ares (because you simply couldn't have too much Kevin Smith), and of course, Hercules/Ares/Iphicles. When the gorgeous Gina Torres joined the cast, I began my first het leanings, writing Iphicles/Nebula, though I never posted any. That I can remember. Hmmmm.
Invisible Man: Darien/Hobbes. I loved this show! After Hercules ended and Xena jumped the shark, I dabbled in Invisible Man slash. Wrote and posted a few stories, but never found the fandom groove that I had with the Hercuverse.
The Sentinel and SportsNight: Cannot for the life of me remember how I got into these fandoms. Read a fair bit of Sentinel slash but never wrote any. Read TONS of Sports Night slash, never wrote any. The show had been long cancelled when I discovered the slash, and I only managed a few episodes in syndication because *of course* it was cancelled from USA, I believe, right after I started watching it.
I did see enough episodes to get a feel for the characters and the dialogue, and to appreciate fic that portrayed these elements well. I remember one day in particular when I spent about eight hours reading SportsNight slash while listening to Sour Girl by Stone Temple Pilots...on repeat, all day. I had just purchased the CD and it was my favorite song at the time. I still love it, and even now when I hear it I think of SportsNight slash. Very fond memory.
ER and Andromeda: John Carter/Peter Benson - No idea how I got into ER. Dylan Hunt/Tyr Anasazi - Got into Andromeda because of Kevin Sorbo, late of Hercules. Only one story written and posted. Three things I especially loved about Andromeda (beside Sorbo).
1) The ship's name, Andromeda Ascendant, which I absolutely love the sound of. It makes me all dreamy and swoony.
2) Keith Hamilton Cobb, about 6'3" of beautiful manflesh.
3) The opening theme! The High Guard March by Alex Lifeson, best 58 second piece of music around, and I love (hate!) that it ends just when it gets going. Sadly, they very foolishly switched to a boring, cookie cutter, mainstreamish theme the second year. Idiots. Hmmm, someone on YouTube is saying it was switched because Kevin Sorbo didn't like it. ::boggles:: Philistine!
summer vacation before...
I have absolutely no idea how I came to join the bunny-o-rama mailing list; someone may have mentioned it in one of my mailgroups or I may have been trawling yahoogroups for new fandom places to hang out after the Hercuverse...either way, I joined. I think this may have been where I first heard about SportsNight. Anyway.
To be completely melodramatic about it, it was a slow day on the bunny-o-rama mailing list when Helen the mod posted an entry that would dramatically change my fandom life. :-)
I'd heard about NSYNC and had seen a couple of their videos, but that was about it. After I read Helen's post I thought...people are slashing these guys? Weh? I'd only had brushes with real people fic at that point, and had been slightly squicked by it. Something about this though, seemed intriguing, so I started surfing around. I saw some pics, read some interviews, and fell immediately head over heels with the Chasez. He was my immediate and forever favorite. This is when I made the jump from Yahoo! mailing lists to Live Journal.
Middle School - beginning of the LJ years
NSYNC popslash: JC/Justin, Chris/Lance and JC/Justin/Chris were my favorite pairings/OT3. Read TONS and TONS and TONS, wrote POUNDS. While NSYNC was my heart, my soul, my primary fandom, I dabbled in others. NSYNC lead to Backstreet Boys slash and popdom slash in general. Read, but didn't write other guys (except Lance/AJ once for the Don We All Our Secret Santa story swap. Crossoverwise, I really liked Chris/Nick and Nick/Lance. Mmmmmmm, Lance. Still reading in the fandom, and I have some things that I'm working on to post.
Harry Potter: Ron/Harry, Ron/Draco. Read quite a fair bit, and I've written a few stories that I've posted here and there. Found the fandom too huge and unwieldy to truly engage in actively. Still reading mostly Ron/Draco, and have a few things I'd like to finish and post.
Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis: Got into these at different times, but I'll lump them together for convenience. Daniel/Jack, then Daniel/Cameron. On SGA, Sheppard/Ronon and a little Sheppard/Teyla, which was hinted at but sadly, mostly unexplored on the show. I've read TONS of SG-1 and SGA fic. Only written a few SG-1 stories, most unposted, and one SGA drabblish thing posted to LJ.
Firefly/Serenity: Zoe/Mal. Such a rare pairing that it's practically non-existent, but one that I love with the fury of a thousand burning suns. The gorgeous Gina Torres again, my first fandom grrlcrush! Saw Serenity and LOVED it, then bought the series DVD. Years too late, I mourned for a show I'd never seen. Fox was definitely crazy to let this one go so soon. :-( My first fandom with a primarily het focus.
Samurai Champloo: Jin/Mugen. My first foray into anime slash...which I never really got until I started watching Champloo. Jin! I love Jin. Read quite a bit, wrote a tiny bit, only LJ-posted one drabblish thing, I believe. Or meant to, anyway. Also, the show has a pretty kick-ass opening theme - Battlecry.
Life with Derek and Strange Days at Blake Holsey High: Derek/Emily; Vaughn/Corinne, Lucas/Corrine. Aiiii! More ventures into het. Read tons of fic in both, have only written three or four unfinished stories for LwD.
Doctor Who: Ten/Martha. My first active all-het fandom immersion. My first Doctor was Nine, portrayed by Christopher Eccleston. LOVED him, loved the show, wasn't inspired to read or write fic. When he left and David Tennant joined as the tenth Doctor, I stopped watching (didn't know anything about him at the time, and I was in mourning for my fabulous Nine). When Ten's first year was drawing to a close, I started watching the episodes out of order and discovered that I quite liked this Doctor. Still wasn't inspired to write or read fic, though...then the gorgeous and adorable Freema Agyeman joined as Martha Jones, and it was all downhill from there. Such chemistry they had together! Unfortunately, Russell T. Davies, the biggest idiot on the planet, loved jerking the fans around. Read TONS, wrote a fair bit, and actively engaged in fandom, the first since NSYNC that I embraced. Still have a few things that I intend to finish and post.
Supernatural: Sam-n-Dean!!!!! I am a Dean girl through and through. LOVE the boys, love the show, love the fic. Have never written any myself.
Star Trek: Uhura/Spock, Uhura/Kirk. One of the retro TV stations aired the original series (they've since stopped, waaaah!), and rekindled my love of Spock. Oh, Spock, how I adore thee. Such a gentleman, and brainy to boot. Also, he had the tall, dark and handsome thing working for him...the strong, silent type. All the best cliches. ;-) Love me some old school Spock! Read quite a bit and wrote a bit, but never posted anything.
New Skool - Fox's Re-entry into Fandom
Merlin: Guinevere/Arthur, Guinevere/Merlin. More het! I love this show to bits, love the characters. Once I got back online, I immediately dove headfirst into finding Merlin fic. I've read quite a bit, and I've started a couple of things that I fully intend to post.
Star Trek reboot: Uhura/Spock, Uhura/Kirk. YES! YES! My friends used to laugh when I told them that old skool Spock and Uhura were *so* flirting. VINDICATION, BITCHES. Absolutely loved the movie, bought the DVD. Haven't written any reboot!Trek, but I've read some stuff and liked it, also read and enjoyed some reboot RPF. Also, Zachary Quinto lurve got me into Heroes; not into Heroes fic though, at least not yet. No pairings come to mind.
NCIS: Gibbs/DiNozzo. Watched TONS of NCIS during my hiatus. I enjoyed the father/son thing they have going on and never thought about slashing them...until I read![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
merryish's Pavlov's Curse, that is. And that's the only one she's written!!!! Oh my squee, I've been digging around for Gibbs/DiNozzo slash ever since. :-D At the moment, no plans to write.
So that's my fandom timeline! Holy cow, that took nearly three hours to write. ::boggles:: Now you see why I've been avoiding documenting it...
edited 01/31/10 to add:
Vampire Diaries: Bonnie/Damon. LOVE the show, and only recently began looking for fic. Per usual, because Bonnie isn't the lead girl, there's not a ton of stuff out there featuring her with one of the lead guys. ::cries:: Not sure if this is one I'll write in but I may eventually give it a shot.
At the time I took my extended break, people were drifting away from popslash. Lots of fen wound up in bandslash, and Supernatural was really gathering steam -- though it may have seemed that way 'cause I had just discovered it :-D. While I was away I watched a lot of shows I hadn't before, so this is a perfect time to see what I may or may no longer have in common with my friends list.
Question: So what's everyone into now? What are your primary fandoms? Secondary? What fandoms do you only read in, what fandoms have inspired you to write?
Since I've wanted to do this for forever but just thinking of it made me tired, I offer my fandom timeline so you can see not just what I'm into, but where I've been. Long, so I don't blame you if you skip it.
Hercules/Xena: Hercules slash! Hercules/Ares, Hercules/Iphicles, Iphicles/Ares (because you simply couldn't have too much Kevin Smith), and of course, Hercules/Ares/Iphicles. When the gorgeous Gina Torres joined the cast, I began my first het leanings, writing Iphicles/Nebula, though I never posted any. That I can remember. Hmmmm.
Invisible Man: Darien/Hobbes. I loved this show! After Hercules ended and Xena jumped the shark, I dabbled in Invisible Man slash. Wrote and posted a few stories, but never found the fandom groove that I had with the Hercuverse.
The Sentinel and SportsNight: Cannot for the life of me remember how I got into these fandoms. Read a fair bit of Sentinel slash but never wrote any. Read TONS of Sports Night slash, never wrote any. The show had been long cancelled when I discovered the slash, and I only managed a few episodes in syndication because *of course* it was cancelled from USA, I believe, right after I started watching it.
I did see enough episodes to get a feel for the characters and the dialogue, and to appreciate fic that portrayed these elements well. I remember one day in particular when I spent about eight hours reading SportsNight slash while listening to Sour Girl by Stone Temple Pilots...on repeat, all day. I had just purchased the CD and it was my favorite song at the time. I still love it, and even now when I hear it I think of SportsNight slash. Very fond memory.
ER and Andromeda: John Carter/Peter Benson - No idea how I got into ER. Dylan Hunt/Tyr Anasazi - Got into Andromeda because of Kevin Sorbo, late of Hercules. Only one story written and posted. Three things I especially loved about Andromeda (beside Sorbo).
1) The ship's name, Andromeda Ascendant, which I absolutely love the sound of. It makes me all dreamy and swoony.
2) Keith Hamilton Cobb, about 6'3" of beautiful manflesh.
3) The opening theme! The High Guard March by Alex Lifeson, best 58 second piece of music around, and I love (hate!) that it ends just when it gets going. Sadly, they very foolishly switched to a boring, cookie cutter, mainstreamish theme the second year. Idiots. Hmmm, someone on YouTube is saying it was switched because Kevin Sorbo didn't like it. ::boggles:: Philistine!
I have absolutely no idea how I came to join the bunny-o-rama mailing list; someone may have mentioned it in one of my mailgroups or I may have been trawling yahoogroups for new fandom places to hang out after the Hercuverse...either way, I joined. I think this may have been where I first heard about SportsNight. Anyway.
To be completely melodramatic about it, it was a slow day on the bunny-o-rama mailing list when Helen the mod posted an entry that would dramatically change my fandom life. :-)
I'd heard about NSYNC and had seen a couple of their videos, but that was about it. After I read Helen's post I thought...people are slashing these guys? Weh? I'd only had brushes with real people fic at that point, and had been slightly squicked by it. Something about this though, seemed intriguing, so I started surfing around. I saw some pics, read some interviews, and fell immediately head over heels with the Chasez. He was my immediate and forever favorite. This is when I made the jump from Yahoo! mailing lists to Live Journal.
NSYNC popslash: JC/Justin, Chris/Lance and JC/Justin/Chris were my favorite pairings/OT3. Read TONS and TONS and TONS, wrote POUNDS. While NSYNC was my heart, my soul, my primary fandom, I dabbled in others. NSYNC lead to Backstreet Boys slash and popdom slash in general. Read, but didn't write other guys (except Lance/AJ once for the Don We All Our Secret Santa story swap. Crossoverwise, I really liked Chris/Nick and Nick/Lance. Mmmmmmm, Lance. Still reading in the fandom, and I have some things that I'm working on to post.
Harry Potter: Ron/Harry, Ron/Draco. Read quite a fair bit, and I've written a few stories that I've posted here and there. Found the fandom too huge and unwieldy to truly engage in actively. Still reading mostly Ron/Draco, and have a few things I'd like to finish and post.
Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis: Got into these at different times, but I'll lump them together for convenience. Daniel/Jack, then Daniel/Cameron. On SGA, Sheppard/Ronon and a little Sheppard/Teyla, which was hinted at but sadly, mostly unexplored on the show. I've read TONS of SG-1 and SGA fic. Only written a few SG-1 stories, most unposted, and one SGA drabblish thing posted to LJ.
Firefly/Serenity: Zoe/Mal. Such a rare pairing that it's practically non-existent, but one that I love with the fury of a thousand burning suns. The gorgeous Gina Torres again, my first fandom grrlcrush! Saw Serenity and LOVED it, then bought the series DVD. Years too late, I mourned for a show I'd never seen. Fox was definitely crazy to let this one go so soon. :-( My first fandom with a primarily het focus.
Samurai Champloo: Jin/Mugen. My first foray into anime slash...which I never really got until I started watching Champloo. Jin! I love Jin. Read quite a bit, wrote a tiny bit, only LJ-posted one drabblish thing, I believe. Or meant to, anyway. Also, the show has a pretty kick-ass opening theme - Battlecry.
Life with Derek and Strange Days at Blake Holsey High: Derek/Emily; Vaughn/Corinne, Lucas/Corrine. Aiiii! More ventures into het. Read tons of fic in both, have only written three or four unfinished stories for LwD.
Doctor Who: Ten/Martha. My first active all-het fandom immersion. My first Doctor was Nine, portrayed by Christopher Eccleston. LOVED him, loved the show, wasn't inspired to read or write fic. When he left and David Tennant joined as the tenth Doctor, I stopped watching (didn't know anything about him at the time, and I was in mourning for my fabulous Nine). When Ten's first year was drawing to a close, I started watching the episodes out of order and discovered that I quite liked this Doctor. Still wasn't inspired to write or read fic, though...then the gorgeous and adorable Freema Agyeman joined as Martha Jones, and it was all downhill from there. Such chemistry they had together! Unfortunately, Russell T. Davies, the biggest idiot on the planet, loved jerking the fans around. Read TONS, wrote a fair bit, and actively engaged in fandom, the first since NSYNC that I embraced. Still have a few things that I intend to finish and post.
Supernatural: Sam-n-Dean!!!!! I am a Dean girl through and through. LOVE the boys, love the show, love the fic. Have never written any myself.
Star Trek: Uhura/Spock, Uhura/Kirk. One of the retro TV stations aired the original series (they've since stopped, waaaah!), and rekindled my love of Spock. Oh, Spock, how I adore thee. Such a gentleman, and brainy to boot. Also, he had the tall, dark and handsome thing working for him...the strong, silent type. All the best cliches. ;-) Love me some old school Spock! Read quite a bit and wrote a bit, but never posted anything.
Merlin: Guinevere/Arthur, Guinevere/Merlin. More het! I love this show to bits, love the characters. Once I got back online, I immediately dove headfirst into finding Merlin fic. I've read quite a bit, and I've started a couple of things that I fully intend to post.
Star Trek reboot: Uhura/Spock, Uhura/Kirk. YES! YES! My friends used to laugh when I told them that old skool Spock and Uhura were *so* flirting. VINDICATION, BITCHES. Absolutely loved the movie, bought the DVD. Haven't written any reboot!Trek, but I've read some stuff and liked it, also read and enjoyed some reboot RPF. Also, Zachary Quinto lurve got me into Heroes; not into Heroes fic though, at least not yet. No pairings come to mind.
NCIS: Gibbs/DiNozzo. Watched TONS of NCIS during my hiatus. I enjoyed the father/son thing they have going on and never thought about slashing them...until I read
merryish's Pavlov's Curse, that is. And that's the only one she's written!!!! Oh my squee, I've been digging around for Gibbs/DiNozzo slash ever since. :-D At the moment, no plans to write.So that's my fandom timeline! Holy cow, that took nearly three hours to write. ::boggles:: Now you see why I've been avoiding documenting it...
edited 01/31/10 to add:
Vampire Diaries: Bonnie/Damon. LOVE the show, and only recently began looking for fic. Per usual, because Bonnie isn't the lead girl, there's not a ton of stuff out there featuring her with one of the lead guys. ::cries:: Not sure if this is one I'll write in but I may eventually give it a shot.
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Date: 2010-01-17 04:19 pm (UTC)i didn't write for years and years after the hiatus. my heart was too scared to love! i finally couldn't take it anymore and went back to my old school roots and wrote a little bit of yaoi in anime/manga fandoms to get back on the horse and then wrote for j-pop and k-pop groups. now i write football slash (the world kind not the american kind) and i am quite happy!
some mugen/jin for you.... kind of.
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Date: 2010-01-17 05:33 pm (UTC)LOL! I know! I'd been writing for AGES, and to suddenly find myself unable to do anything...yikes.
now i write football slash (the world kind not the american kind) and i am quite happy!
Yes! I saw something like that in someone else's LJ, college football slash, which I'd *never* even contemplated. So I'm guessing you write soccer slash? I shall have to check it out. :-D
some mugen/jin for you.... kind of.
Mmmmmmmmm, Jin, my anime samurai boyfried! Thanks for the link, woman. :-)