Meme

[jadesfire]

Fandom meme picked up yesterday from donutsweeper

The rules are simple, if you're interested leave a comment and I'll LJ stalk you to find THREE FANDOMS you apparently love. And then you answer these questions about them!

1) What got you into this fandom in the first place?
2) Do you think you'll stay in this fandom or eventually move on?
3) Favorite episodes/books/movies/etc.?
4) Do you participate in this fandom (fanfiction, graphics, discussions)?
5) Do you think that more people should get into this fandom?

donutsweeper gave me Stargate: Atlantis, Criminal Minds and House. I'm going to go in chronological order, which is the reverse of these.



HOUSE

1) What got you into this fandom in the first place?
The fic. I'd already discovered fanfic.net for X-men fic, so when I started watching House, I checked there for things to read. Getting mixed results, I started to Google and ended up on LJ. Then a prompt at housefic_meta caught my eye, and I wrote a story for it. With some help from topaz_eyes, I managed to get my first fic posted and away I went!

2) Do you think you'll stay in this fandom or eventually move on?
This is kind of a weird one. In fannish terms, I've moved a long way on. But my House-friends are still on my flist, and I wouldn't change that for the world. So I'm still aware of the fandom, even if I'm not really a part of it any more.

3) Favorite episodes/books/movies/etc.?
Hunting, Daddy's Boy, Love Hurts

4) Do you participate in this fandom (fanfiction, graphics, discussions)?
See #2 above.

5) Do you think that more people should get into this fandom?
...I'd have to leave that to people better qualified than me!




Criminal Minds

1) What got you into this fandom in the first place?
I always start with the show. My writing always spins off from canon, so not knowing the canon bugs me, and I can't enjoy the fic properly. Criminal Minds is...different to your average procedural, and it just sucked me in.

2) Do you think you'll stay in this fandom or eventually move on?
Heh. I left and came back! With my usual huge initial enthusiasm, I set up bau_inbox, then promptly got sucked into Torchwood (within about 6 weeks, I think). When there was no new Torchwood canon, I wandered back in and found the fandom was still there and going strong. Unless a new fandom eats my brain, I think I'm going to remain a multi-fandom dabbler for a while.

3) Favorite episodes/books/movies/etc.?
LDSK, Seven Seconds, The Angel Maker

4) Do you participate in this fandom (fanfiction, graphics, discussions)?
Well I'm committed to the Big Bang! And aoibhe and I have the general comm on Dreamwidth to mod, so as I said above, I think I'll dabble for a while yet.

5) Do you think that more people should get into this fandom?
I'd like to see not just the volume but the variety of fic that other fandoms have. My impression is that the subject matter of CM puts people off writing episode-style fic, which is sad, and there's a distinct lack of the madder end of the spectrum, which is disappointing.




Stargate: Atlantis

1) What got you into this fandom in the first place?
miss_zedem. It's...pretty much that simple. I'd loved SG1 until S6, and had said I wouldn't have anything to do with Atlantis. But Z made it sound fun, so I started to watch a few episodes and got hooked on the characters.

2) Do you think you'll stay in this fandom or eventually move on?
Season 5 put me off, more than a little, as does the overload of Sheppard/McKay fic, but in many ways, this is the fandom of my heart, in the way that Jack Harkness is the character of my heart, and I don't think I'll ever be able to fully leave it alone.

3) Favorite episodes/books/movies/etc.?
The Return I&II, Tabula Rasa, Echoes, Adrift, The Defiant One

4) Do you participate in this fandom (fanfiction, graphics, discussions)?
This is one where I participate rather than needing to own comms, which is nice ;) I've written more SGA than any of my other fandoms, which is also due to the enthusiastic response that even the smallest story gets.

5) Do you think that more people should get into this fandom?
People are drifting away right now - many have jumped ship to Merlin, but most to new or old and much-love fandoms. I'm sort of waiting to see what happens, personally, but I can see it remaining a friendly fandom for newbies of all types. It's definitely a fandom big enough for everyone.