let's talk about some fannish feels mm'kay?

[pajaroenvuelo]

Pick a number and I'll answer in the comments.

1 - Your current OTP(s)
2 - A pairing you initially didn’t consider but someone changed your mind.
3 - A pairing you're surprised you like so much because it's unusual for you.
4 - A pairing you wish you liked but just can’t.
5 - Have you added anything stupid/cracky/hilarious to your fandom, if so, what.
6 - What’s the longest you’ve ever been in a fandom.
7 - Do you remember your first OTP, if so who was in it.
8 - Do you prefer fictional characters or "real people"?
9 - What made you stop being in the last fandom you left?
10 - Name a fandom you didn’t care/think about until you saw it all over tumblr.
11 - How do you feel about the other people in your current fandom.
12 - Your favorite fanartist/author gives you one request, what do you ask for.
13 - Your favorite fanart or fanartist.
14 - Your favorite fanfiction or fanauthor.
15 - Choose a song at random, which OTP does it remind you of.
16 - Invent a random AU for any fandom (we always need more ideas).
17 - A ship you’ve abandoned and why.
18 - A pairing that you wish more people wrote.
19 - Show us an example of your personal headcanon.
20 - Do you remember what your first fanwork was?
21 - Self-rec: What's your favorite fanwork you've created?
22 - Are you one of those fans who can’t watch anything without shipping?
23 - 5 favorite characters from 5 different fandoms.
24 - 3 OTPs from 3 different fandoms.
25 - A fandom you’re in but have no ships from.
26 - Just ramble about something fan-related, go go go!

(stolen from dwell_ondreams)

Comments

[pajaroenvuelo]

re: Avengers - super-intelligent genius characters with moral ambiguity

haha, that's just screams Sherlock to me. I agree.

Loki was pretty much my favorite character from Thor. Thor himself was too bro-y and his arrogance left a lot to be desired but Loki. Loki was the black sheep and I've always held a special place in my heart for those kinds of characters.

Long love the nerds!

re: Inception - Yeah, in that once scene where Arthur asks for "specificity" that fandom has always seen as Arthur and Eames flirting for some reason? I've always seen as Eames being genuinely irritated with Arthur but having enough sense not to start a shitfit (which doesn't seem his style, anyway) and attempting to laugh it off instead. Every time I watch, I laugh because he looks so annoyed. Oh Eames. You should totally write that fanon vs canon meta. I would read the hell out of that.

re: Naruto - I have not actually read any Naruto since he stopped training with Killerbee and went off to "fight" with everyone else. I will probably do so eventually because I suck at keeping up with the weekly updates and prefer catching up in batches. When I do, I'll let you know.

re: Deadpool -

(and is the reason that, since I have not read many Marvel comics yet in general, I can never really bring myself to like Captain America)

Do you mean, you don't like Cap because he's not as complex? Or...? (I apologize, I am a bit medicated atm and kind of confused as to what you meant? lol)

but, in the future, if Wade begins to feel accepted for doing good doing good could become a habit and he could eventually begin to do it simply for the sake of good. It could take a while, but maybe...?

Oh absolutely. You actually see more of that kind of action in the Uncanny X-Force series (there's more plot/character development there than there is in the main DP series). Case in point, this bit from Uncanny X-Force #5 that I posted a couple months ago on tumblr. That whole bit at the end throws me every time. And how he doesn't even try to disprove Logan's claims and defend himself? He still thinks of himself as a no-good merc with a mouth but he's already changing. Deadpool's never going to be a "good guy" like Captain America and Spider-man are. He's too fond of the mayhem and he's not that selfless but he does manage to shine, like you said, every now and then and that makes it worth it.

And that's just one instance. There are a few others, my particular fav being from the Cable & Deadpool issue that takes place during Marvel's Civil War arc. It blew me the hell away. It's amazing. When you read it, you will find yourself with so many feelings they'll start pouring out of every orifice. Augh, it's so good but I won't spoil it for you. :3

You should do the meme, it will be fun! And some people are pretty entrenched in LJ and don't seem to want to leave. Cannot be helped, sadly. I just keep crossposting and trying to find new DW specific friends. It's a process. lol

[fourteen_pavanes]

Oh Sherlock, haha. Probably why I find Sherlockian characters so intriguing (hence, my first real obsession with a fictional character way back happened to be L from Death Note).

I agree about Thor coming off as too much of an honest beefcake. I need more than two hands to count the instances where he "booms" his dialogue in fanfic.

And agree 100% about Eames. I was actually thinking of re-watching Inception sometime soon just to watch the interactions between the characters. I'm pretty terrible at writing meta, but this is such an interesting topic. The only fandom I know enough about atm to write this is the Avengers. Do you have any Inception fic recs, by the way?

Haha, yes, please keep me updated on how many dozens of characters Kishimoto has added since the Killerbee arc. I have this theory that Naruto and Sasuke are going to kill each other in the end and Naruto will get an honorable Hokage mention, or something like that.

Cap... I don't know. I know he's complex, but since I'm more familiar with movie!Cap than I am with comic!Cap, I feel like we don't see a lot of growth (character-wise!) with movie!Cap because he's already at such a "good" level.

GAH I really need to read Civil War. I've read so much about it without actually having read the comics themselves. I need to get through Classic DP before I do anything, and my schedule is a bit busy at the moment. It will be slow, but I'll get there, heh. But on a side note, my favorite scene from Classic DP to this date is that interaction between Cable and DP where Deadpool loses his mask and he tries to hide his face from Cable with a, "Don't look at me!"

The meme sounds fun! I already posted it here last night, but no one's commented yet. I cross-post like mad, though. It's definitely a process. :D