Fandom 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.

Comments

[caersmane.livejournal.com]

\o/ Hit me with it :)

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Your icon is making me giggle. *g*

Um. I've had to do proper stalking and raid your tags for these ;)

1. Band of Brothers (since I've never seen a clip, let alone an episode)
2. SG1
3. Doctor Who

[caersmane.livejournal.com]

I'm not especially vocal about my fandoms? :D Also Captain America as a zombie NEVER gets old. Marvel Zombies FTMFW.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

*g* You don't list them in your 'Interests'! Fortunately, I am cunning like a cunning thing.

*snort* Who knew there were so many Marvel Zombie icons in the world...

[xwingace]

Band of Brothers is properly Awesome. And sad, on occasion, but a gorgeous and touching series. If I start watching episode 1, I can't stop until I've seen the whole thing all over again. I'm not in the fandom, though.

XWA

[caersmane.livejournal.com]

BoB is brilliant, and I'm rewatching it with my kids :D

[greyias.livejournal.com]

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

*puts on x-ray specs*

Nope, this comment is still blank...

;D

[greyias.livejournal.com]

My mysteriously blank comment meant to say: you may stalk me!

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

*grin* NP

From my stalking, I choose...

1. Supernatural
2. Rawhide (rollin', rollin', rollin')
and either
3a. Doctor Who
or
3b. SGA, depending if you're up to that ;)

[greyias.livejournal.com]

SGA, depending if you're up to that ;)

Haha... apparently I am, if the novel I just wrote up is anything to go by. Although it is a bit, hrm, blunt. I better let it sit a while before I post it.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

That's sometimes a good plan. Although I tend to also think it's what friends-lock is for - those are people I trust to tell me if I'm saying what I actually think or not ;)

[naye]

Oh! Interesting to hear how you discovered LJ - and that you keep making your own comms! Hee. I guess SGA would be a nice change there, what with the ridiculously enormous fandom. And - fandom of your heart. So sweet!

I'm curious about Criminal Minds, but a little hesitant to get into something dark. Is it dark? How about canon - is it closed canon, and if so, is it the kind of closure that will leave me tearing my hair out?

Now come stalk me! ♥

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Sweetie, there's no need to stalk you - I think you can already guess what I'm going to say ;)

1. SGA
2. One Piece
3. NCIS

Criminal Minds is an odd bird. I absolutely adore it, but yes, it gets very dark. In my head, CBS shows exist on a spectrum, with Criminal Minds at one end and NCIS at the other. The CSIs are more or less in the middle. So "The Mentalist" is slightly more towards NCIS, and "Numb3rs" even more so. "Without A Trace" is between CSI and Criminal Minds, if all that makes any kind of sense.

CM has just finished its 4th season, with a 5th commissioned. One thing I would say is that it tends not to indulge in the kind of FAIL you find in other shows (it is a procedural, but the cop of the week is often non-white/non-male, and half the team are female. There's an excellent essay about this here (http://synecdochic.livejournal.com/302710.html#cutid1))

One thing CM doesn't really do is closure. The characters tend to be rounded human beings, and there are rarely easy answers to anything. For a 10 episode taster, try:
~ Extreme Aggressor (the pilot)
~ LDSK
~ The Fisher King parts 1&2
~ Lessons Learned
~ The Big Game/Revelations
~ Jones
~ Seven Seconds
~ Penelope

They cover the major character arcs and moments, although personally I'd say just start with S1 and see how you get on! It's a brain-gripping series, rather than a heart-gripping one, but I absolutely love it [/over-enthusiasm]

[naye]

Whoo! Thank you for meme'ing me. ♥ I am always happy for an excuse to go on about the things I love in life!

And thank you so much for the lowdown on Criminal Minds! I feel a lot more informed now! And, uh, yeah. Between CSI and Without A Trace is pretty dark - I might give it a pass for right now, although it definitely looks like a really good show! I've just been watching too many procedurals lately - I don't know how much more "people doing bad things to each other" that I can take right now.

Still! It's on my list now!

[xwingace]

Okay, I'll bite. Name me three of my fandoms, if you want.

As for the three of yours, I like House, enough to follow it, but not enough to seek out or write fic about it. I've read the occasional crossover though. Haven't seen much of either of the other two, though.

XWA

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

There are some incredible writers on for House on my flist, but I don't venture beyond them at all. And since I stopped watching the show in S2, it's all a bit lost on me!

3 fandoms:

1. Doctor Who
2. Firefly
3. Highlander

[pwcorgigirl.livejournal.com]

Stalk me, baby! I think my interests list is woefully not reflective of my fandom interests, but we run in enough the same circles that you should be able to pick three without any prowling. :)

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

...you know, I didn't consider when I posted this that I'd have a load of friends inviting me to stalk them O.O like I don't do that already...

Hokay:

1. House (you were the second ever person I met on LJ (topaz_eyes was the first), so I'm definitely intrigued :D)
2. Torchwood
3. Supernatural

[pwcorgigirl.livejournal.com]

I sort of wandered in by invitation from the wilds of ff.net. :)

The answers to the meme are here. (http://pwcorgigirl.livejournal.com/302288.html)

[topaz-eyes.livejournal.com]

Hit me with your best shot! :-)

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

*g*

1. House (especially how you came to set up housefic_meta, since I can trace my LJ involvement specifically to that comm. Yup. It's all your fault ;))
2. Harry Potter
3. Torchwood

[topaz-eyes.livejournal.com]

TBH, I wasn't involved in setting up housefic_meta. That was namasteyoga and extrabitter. :-) It was around the same time I got into House fandom. That's the kind of comm I naturally gravitate towards. Back then I was more of a pest than anything. :-D But, it got you into writing Housefic, so I shall claim success for that.

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

*g* It's funny, the things you remember. perspi and I got into LJ at around the same time, and she was the first person to call me 'Jades', which has stuck. And you were the person who explained LJ-cuts to me, and crystalshard was my first beta :)

Three years is a lifetime in internet-time!

[entangled-now.livejournal.com]

I would very much like to be stalked :D

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Wow, you have a lot to choose from!

Er....

1. Heroes
2. Numb3rs
3. Torchwood

I could go on, but the rules say I can't ;)

[entangled-now.livejournal.com]

I do have a shameful amount of fandoms, like a wardrobe full of many crazy outfits!

But you have picked some pretty cool ones :D

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

OOh you have a CM comm on dreamwidth too? *comes to investigate*

episode-style fic
I itsh to write it - I do not have enough words... & I *need* to write them investigate my murderer!

there's a distinct lack of the madder end of the spectrum
I'm not actually sure what you mean by that, *feels dim*

many have jumped ship to Merlin
Watching from a (kind of) distance I have noted that a lot of the people writing for Merlin now are the people who went to SGA from Smallville. And as my impressions of viewing the first episode of Merlin were:

it left me thinking of Smallville. [..] the red and the blue colour scheme our guy Merlin was wearing. There was also lots of yellow floating - yes floating! - around, mainly because it was yellow satin! On top of this Colin Morgan (Merlin) Very Vaguely looks like Tom Welling and they'd dressed him in this boxy short jacket - which didn't really register until you saw him in silhouette at some point in an underground cave (the voices had called him there...) and then it was a heck of a lot like looking at Clark!

Shame Young Arthur was too much of a brat to be Lex. Still, I'm sure young Merlin will have him growing up to be an all around nice guy in no time.



Erm yes sorry about that...

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

The Dreamwidth comm is here (http://criminalminds.dreamwidth.org/) :) Not much activity yet, but I think that goes for Dreamwidth in general.

I think a lot of people have the same problem with CM - it does seem to be demanding in terms of length!

I was thinking of the kind of crack you get in SGA, which is the really good stuff, or even that you get in Torchwood. Most CM fic is sane, sensible and sober, which goes with the show, I guess. It doesn't lend itself to comedy that well.

Hee, NP. I never really watched Smallville, but I'm not surprised at how people have migrated. It was a shiny new show with the slash barely an arm's stretch away. It didn't appeal to me, but I had CM to go to, so I'm happy too :)

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

the kind of crack you get in SGA
I don't think Morgan or Hotch would make good unicorns... No wait- you want comedy. hmm, *scratches chin*

I couldn't get on with Merlin as a show - the first episode was far too clunky and cliche ridden for me and though I sometimes dip into Merlin slash it's more for old times' sake because what I am actually seeing, 9 times out of 10, is 'Clark and Lex's Arthurian Adventure'.

CM is much more my cup of tea, these days.

[fish-echo.livejournal.com]

Wheee, stalking! I'm not sure I've actually talked about three different fandoms on my journal, but eh :)

It's interesting to that you found LJ via House fic because I actually have very little interest in House fanfic (despite having seen most of the first several years of the show). For me, it's usually characters that make me interested in fanfic, and while the House characters are certainly all messed up, I'm not intrinsically that interested in finding more about them. (I think that has something to do with the fact that most of them annoy me, or something like that...)

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

*g* What are you into then? Apart from SGA.

House was a show that I think I tired of quickly. I tend to prefer shows that move around (geographically) rather than being tied to one place, and House was, in essence, hospital-bound. House fascinated me, but the shiny of Torchwood was just too distracting ;)

[fish-echo.livejournal.com]

Good question :)

There's a partial list on my profile (http://fish-echo.livejournal.com/profile) or I could just pick some randomly, whichever.

Mmm, that makes some sense (with regards to House). And Torchwood just is much shinier all around (and who can resist Captain Jack)

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

I think it's also that I've always been drawn to the sci-fi end of the spectrum, rather than realism. Reality often sucks. I much prefer fantasy ;)

Hokay:

1. Harry Potter
2. SG1
3. Doctor Who

[elanorofcastile.livejournal.com]

*is late to the party*

Silly real life getting in the way of my internets...hit me up! :P

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

It's always a pain when LIFE interferes, isn't it? ;)

*stalks you*

1. Criminal Minds
2. Firefly
3. Harry Potter