Because all the cool kids are doing it
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osprey_archerA meme! A new and exciting way to procrastinate on my reading! Please, please ask me questions and thereby aid in my procrastinatory endeavors!
1. Your current OTP.
2. A pairing you initially didn't consider but someone changed your mind.
3. A pairing you have never liked and probably never will.
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 characters from real action series or anime series?
9. Has the internet caused you to stop liking any fandoms, if so, which and why?
10. Name a fandom you didn't care/think about until you saw it all over twitter/tumblr/your social network sites.
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 you ship that you don't think anyone else ships.
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. Five favorite characters from five different fandoms.
24. Three OTPs from three different fandoms.
25. A fandom you're in but have no ships from.
And now I am off to read more about masculinity in the early 20th century. Oh rapture, oh bliss...
1. Your current OTP.
2. A pairing you initially didn't consider but someone changed your mind.
3. A pairing you have never liked and probably never will.
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 characters from real action series or anime series?
9. Has the internet caused you to stop liking any fandoms, if so, which and why?
10. Name a fandom you didn't care/think about until you saw it all over twitter/tumblr/your social network sites.
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 you ship that you don't think anyone else ships.
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. Five favorite characters from five different fandoms.
24. Three OTPs from three different fandoms.
25. A fandom you're in but have no ships from.
And now I am off to read more about masculinity in the early 20th century. Oh rapture, oh bliss...
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Date: 2012-09-01 08:13 pm (UTC)Oh, no. I never abandon ships. I just add more and more to my flotilla as I go.
Um, let's see. I've gotten a lot less enthusiastic about Ned/Chuck from Pushing Daisies as time goes by: the show's delightfulness made me overlook some of the problems with their relationship, which bother me more as I think about them.
21. Self-rec: What's your favorite fanwork you've created?
Oh, this is hard. I always feel like the others will get hurt feelings if I pick a favorite...
In fandoms that I know you're familiar with, probably my Hetalia fic Five Nations Who Abandoned Russia, and One Who Hasn’t (Yet) (http://osprey-archer.livejournal.com/131342.htm).
For fics that still make me cackle madly with glee when I reread them, The King's Guard (http://archiveofourown.org/works/144033), a Eugenides/Costis fic from Megan Whelan Turner's awesome Queen's Thief series.
The fic that I'm probably proudest of is probably Mr. Yunioshi's Photographs (http://archiveofourown.org/works/38014), which is an attempt to humanize Mr. Yunioshi from Breakfast at Tiffany's. I love the movie otherwise, but his character is such a horribly racist caricature that it's hard for me to watch, so I wanted a fix-it fic.
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Date: 2012-09-01 08:34 pm (UTC)I can't say I'm familiar with the Queen's Thief series (I'm not familiar with a lot of the fandoms you write for, unfortunately), but Mr. Yunioshi's Photographs, YESSS. (I was secretly hoping you'd choose that one, because it was so wonderful. Now that I have an AO3 account, I should really leave you a real review one of these days. As it is, I can't quite remember, but I might have been the one who left you guest kudos.) Similarly, I loved Breakfast At Tiffany's, but every time Mr. Yunioshi was on screen, I wanted to cringe, hardcore, and that fic really retroactively softened the blow.
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Date: 2012-09-02 04:48 am (UTC)