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Fandom Meme, 13 & 14
Jul. 25th, 2021 08:46 am13. Do you prefer art, fic, or vids? Why? Bonus: If someone was to give you a fandom gift, what format would it be?
I like both fic and art, but I almost never watch vids. My brain just works less well with video for some reason.
14. A pairing – platonic, romantic or sexual – that you initially didn’t consider, but someone changed your mind.
This isn’t a case of someone in particular changing my mind, but there is a corner of Captain America fandom which is obsessed with Rumlow, and that made me low-key ship Steve/Rumlow in a dirtybadwrong kind of way. Think about it: Steve has just woken up after 66 years in suspended animation on the ice. He’s adrift in a new world, with few ties or emotional connections. Rumlow, as his colleague on the STRIKE team, is probably one of the closest things he has to a friend… and Rumlow, as a secret Hydra operative, has every reason to want to get closer. Close enough, if possible, to compromise Steve’s judgment, even to lure him into Hydra…
Of course Rumlow does not succeed in this operation, but imagine Steve’s shocked horror at finding himself betrayed by his new best friend/lover. (His new Bucky, he caught himself thinking once, traitorously.) Because if there’s one thing Steve needs, it’s a new source of suffering in his life, am I right?
I like both fic and art, but I almost never watch vids. My brain just works less well with video for some reason.
14. A pairing – platonic, romantic or sexual – that you initially didn’t consider, but someone changed your mind.
This isn’t a case of someone in particular changing my mind, but there is a corner of Captain America fandom which is obsessed with Rumlow, and that made me low-key ship Steve/Rumlow in a dirtybadwrong kind of way. Think about it: Steve has just woken up after 66 years in suspended animation on the ice. He’s adrift in a new world, with few ties or emotional connections. Rumlow, as his colleague on the STRIKE team, is probably one of the closest things he has to a friend… and Rumlow, as a secret Hydra operative, has every reason to want to get closer. Close enough, if possible, to compromise Steve’s judgment, even to lure him into Hydra…
Of course Rumlow does not succeed in this operation, but imagine Steve’s shocked horror at finding himself betrayed by his new best friend/lover. (His new Bucky, he caught himself thinking once, traitorously.) Because if there’s one thing Steve needs, it’s a new source of suffering in his life, am I right?
