fandom meme

[astridv]

This looks fun. Gakked from lar_laughs:
The current fandom wot owns my souls is (hard to miss...) The Avengers. (I've also hung out in X-Files, DS9, Voyager, Buffy, Angel, Bones, SGA, Fullmetal Alchemist, Chuck and Leverage, so any of those goes.)

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

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 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 - 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.

Comments

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16! For Avengers, SGA and Leverage, please?

[astridv]

16 - Invent a random AU for any fandom (we always need more ideas).

Hmmm. Okay, SGA fandom already has thought up every possible AU EVER, I don't think there's anything left to invent. ;) My favorites were either Steampunk or fantasy AUs (Like Rhymer's stuff, or The Sacrificial Mage) or OTOH AUs that start in canon and then one moment changes everything. I'd want another one of those. Like, what if that mess with Michael had gone differently, what if they'd gone after Elizabeth in season four... something like that.

For Leverage I really would like a noir AU, with Nate as a disillusioned private eye.

Avengers... mmm hmmm mm... can't think of anything specific right now.

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Interesting! Yes, it's difficult for SGA, but there can always be more fantasy AUs. Like the one where Pegasus natives can use magic but the Earthers not so they're helpless in comparison and have to rely on the Athosians and random artifacts of the Ancients (who also didn't use magic) for protection, which results in a completely different power balance. (Elizabeth would love to learn magic and takes many "lessons" from Teyla, but it never works. Only one or two Earthers learn how to do small things, like lighting candles. And then suddenly Jennifer Keller finds out that she's good at it and becomes Atlantis's "resident Earth magician", working together with Rodney and Radek and Teyla and Elizabeth to try and combine Ancient technology with magic (Elizabeth survived because events went differently, somehow, but that means no Sam or Woolsey... maybe she goes elsewhere?) No idea what the plot of the actual story would be, though. Maybe a mission fic? Or just various snippets centered around Jennifer and Teyla and culture clashes? Damn it, now I want to write this. Uh, sorry for rambling.

[astridv]

o.O
Wow, that sounds... incredibly cool! Did you just come up with that on the fly? That's just what I said to ratcreature above, about writerly types vs. artisty types.

I'd read that!!!

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Thanks. I don't have a lot of fixed headcanon because I like having different interpretations to play around with, except that everyone is much more competent than on the show. But I never had a problem coming up with AUs (at least not for SGA, so many possibilities!), and I love worldbuilding. Plot and character voices and sitting down to actually write it are much more difficult! I like the image of Teyla teaching Jennifer magic, so maybe I can write a bit about that.