More meme time

[jedi_of_urth]

(Snagged from arabian)

Name one of my fandoms, and I will give you these answers:

* How I entered that fandom
* Fave character
* Least fave character
* OTP(s)
* Pairing that everyone likes but I don’t get
* Fave thing about the fandom
* The most despised thing
* If there is something I would change from said game/show/movie/etc., what would it be?


(this should keep me from ranting about my reaction to the latest Doctor Who episode I didn't watch for s little longer)

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[wheatear.livejournal.com]

Does The Vampire Diaries count as a fandom for you yet?

[jedi_of_urth]

Sure it counts.

* How I entered that fandom
Several people on my f-list seemed to be getting into it about the same time so I kept seeing all these posts from people falling in love with the show and it eventually wore me down. Oddly enough I had originally thought about watching it on my own, but never bothered until that wave of people got into it mid s2.

* Fave character
Elena. Sure the show has a lot of awesome pieces to it, but for me it will always be Elena's show.

* Least fave character
You know, I'm not sure I have one. Mostly I just get upset about some of the characters I want to like more don't get more screentime and development. I suppose if I had to pick one it would be Tyler, I just don't have that many thoughts or feelings him.

* OTP(s)
I sort of ship lots of things, but I'm not sure any of them are OTPs. I suppose Bonnie/Jeremy comes about as close as anything to OTPism...for now.

Long term I think I still ship Elena/Matt, I can't help it if they hit my ship kinks pretty hard.

* Pairing that everyone likes but I don’t get
I *get* most of the popular ships (or what I think are the popular ships), but I do have to say, I don't think show has done a great job with Damon/Elena so far. I think they have chemistry sure, but I struggle with the way it plays out.

* Fave thing about the fandom
That they seem to be less anti-ladies than other fandoms I've been in, but that could just be that I'm only seeing my corner of fandom and they're usually pretty pro-ladies.

* The most despised thing
That even in my corner of fandom there seem to be Stefan-people and Damon-people and I'm not really either. I find them both interesting, but I'm always more interested in the humans on a show like this.

* If there is something I would change from said game/show/movie/etc., what would it be?
JENNA LIVES!!!!
More screentime for Alaric, Liz, Jenna, Bonnie, Matt.
Figure out the timeline of the show.
MORE ELIJAH (but that one I may get anyway)

[arabian.livejournal.com]

Back atcha! Harry Potter. :)

[jedi_of_urth]

* How I entered that fandom
My mom brought home the first book...two books maybe? I know it was before the third one came out because they were already getting pretty popular among young adults. Even as an early teen/tween didn't love the first couple but I did like them, enough to be looking forward to the third book (I remember being excited for that one) and then the story went and got really good.

* Fave character
Hermione, though Harry, Neville, McGonagall, and Luna round out a nice top five.

* Least fave character
Would it be too cliche to say Voldemort? Although I do like that he drives the action of the series. Lucious might be a better choice, I never saw any reason to like him.

* OTP(s)
Harry/Hermione. Neville/Ginny, almost qualifies too.

* Pairing that everyone likes but I don’t get
CANON SHIPS FOR THE MAIN CHARACTERS. Yes there's a lot of divisive opinion there (we'll come back to that), but THESE SHIPS ARE AWFUL.

* Fave thing about the fandom
The stories themselves, and that whatever your niche in fandom there's probably enough of it to keep you entertained for a while. It's good to have a large fandom sometimes.

* The most despised thing
How divisive it is (see, back to it). It's like there are all these camps and the bad apples of each one insist on making war on the other camps which means the rest of us never can seem to just sit and talk because there's too much bad blood.

* If there is something I would change from said game/show/movie/etc., what would it be?
I wish JKR had written the last two books way better. Especially HBP because so much of it was relying on the character interactions rather than a driving plot and the characters were just lifeless and bland. DH mostly needed an editor.

But I wish she had taken a good long look at how the first five books had built up, thematically and character wise and realized the HBP was a huge step off track. As pissed off as the shipping choices make me she *could* have still told a better story even with sticking to her decided ships (and made them halfway believable perhaps).

[corrielle.livejournal.com]

*looks at your list of fandoms*

Oooh! Big Bang Theory! I've recently gotten quite into that show... I'd love to know your thoughts.

[jedi_of_urth]

Interesting choice and actually I barely watched this last season so all my answers are not very fresh:

* How I entered that fandom
After season 1 I decided I ought to give it a try, I'd herd enough good things that I thought it could be my type of humor. It was, enough so at least, so I kept watching. (I just got out of the habit this season, I'll probably wander back at some point)

* Fave character
It really depends, no one is my OMG FAVE CHARACTER FOREVER. But I think Raj comes in on top the...plurality of the time.

* Least fave character
Sheldon, up until sometime in s3 I would have said Howard, but somehow Howard got interesting and Sheldon just kept pissing me off.

* OTP(s)
None. Though I ship Leonard/Penny just to quietly piss off (...that doesn't make sense does it) the Sheldon/Penny shippers. Howard/Raj comes closest I think.

* Pairing that everyone likes but I don’t get
Sheldon/Penny, for a time in s2 I could kind of see why people shipped it, but I never did and since then I think Ive decided I hate the idea.

* Fave thing about the fandom
Not being in BBT fandom I don't really have much idea, but I enjoy the nerd references on the show (even if I don't always agree with the characters' opinions)

* The most despised thing
How much everyone loves Sheldon.

* If there is something I would change from said game/show/movie/etc., what would it be?
They would make up they're mind on how big a role relationships would play in the show.
More Howard/Raj
Less Sheldon

(Yeah, I'm kind of pissy about Sheldon and Sheldon-fans I guess)

[corrielle.livejournal.com]

(Don't worry... I haven't seen the most recent season either because I haven't got it on DVD yet.)

I don't really understand the lure of Sheldon/Penny either. I like the way that they interact as characters, but I really don't see the possibility for a relationship AT ALL. Besides, Leonard/Penny is so cute!

[ladykate63.livejournal.com]

Oh, what the heck. I'll be a tiresome, one-note person and say Robin Hood BBC. ;)

[jedi_of_urth]

Hee, I don't mind talking about it though...

* How I entered that fandom
I'd seen enough people mention the show and even though no one had real glowing things to say about it I thought it deserved a chance; it was Robin Hood after all, it didn't have to be great to be fun I figured. And while I'll never pretend it's high quality entertainment I've never regretted (well maybe right after s2) getting into the show.

* Fave character
Guy certainly got me the most invested in his story. But Marian, Much, and s2-Allan are all pretty close (and I do love Djaq and Isabella)

* Least fave character
To be completely unoriginal: Kate

* OTP(s)
Guy/Marian, Robin/Much, afterlife theater Meg/Carter

* Pairing that everyone likes but I don’t get
Well, fandom is pretty split on the issue of Robin/Marian and I definitely fall on the anti side of that. I'm more anti-Robin/Marian than I am pro-Guy/Marian and I'm pretty damn pro-G/M.

* Fave thing about the fandom
That in spite of the things we disagree on we're pretty peaceful with each other. At least I've never heard of any serious hurtful wars, which is especially good in a pretty small fandom like this, we can't spend our time fighting each other.

Oh, and the long plotty s2 finale fix-it/denial fic, I do enjoy those.

* The most despised thing
...Is it too wrong to say that canon never seemed to take the show half as seriously as fandom can? I mean, I love the crack, but as fans we seemed to have a better grasp of the characters and stories than the show treated us too a lot of the time.

* If there is something I would change from said game/show/movie/etc., what would it be?
MARIAN LIVES!!!!
Either have Robin/Marian admit they're no good for each other or write them better. (G/M is a separate issue, they just happen to border each other)
S3 (if we must keep the end of s2) would have been thought through better. There's so much good stuff there, but so many things that could have been SO MUCH better with a little more thinking through.

[ladykate63.livejournal.com]

Ooh, interesting answers. LOL @ your afterlife theater OTP -- have you written anything about this?

I'm with you on your fave things about fandom. Re canon not taking itself as seriously as fandom does ... hmm, interesting point. I think that's true of a lot of cult shows, or is that just the ones I happen to love? *innocent smile*

With you on things to change.

(Btw, OT but I am denied access to your drabbles? :-/ Now I'm imagining that there's some mind-boggling super-kinky smut in there. :p Or is this just a glitch and I am going to be disappointed? :-D -- re the smut, that is. Not the drabbles themselves.)

[jedi_of_urth]

I think that's true of a lot of cult shows, or is that just the ones I happen to love?

Well...yeah as fans we do have a tendency to think we know better than the PTB what should (have) happen(ed) but that's not all I'm talking about. I mean the whiplash of Guy's character in late s2, of the nonsense of Isabella's dark side turn (not that it happened, but how it happened...), the lack of payoff to Allan's story, the inconsistency of *Robin's* story for gods' sake. Did no one on the creative team have any idea of structuring character arcs?

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I think I had originally planned to have the afterlife theater crowd do a rewatch or something, but at that point Final Testament took over my life and after that my RH writing bunnies have never really come back completely.

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I didn't mean to post the drabbles publicly at all, and I set them back to private as quickly as I could. It'll all be revealed in a couple days. I still have to finish the drabbles...