(...aaaand, it's feed-Reena's-ego time!)

[reenka]

Ahahah, what the hell. I like to think I'm 'not this sort of girl', but really, isn't everyone? Some of us just are more easily embarrassed than others. I think my sense of shame kind of comes and goes. But mostly goes. Far far away.
    Gacked from sistermagpie:


1. When did you first "friend" me?
2. Why did you first "friend" me?
3. What posts of mine do you like to read the best?
4. What would you like me to write about that I don't?
5. Do you think we would be friends in real life?
6. How often do you read my journal?
7. What do we have in common?
8. Will you post this in your journal so I can answer?
9. If I were an HP character, who would I be?
~~

Just so I don't feel this post is wasted, a follow-up to a recent post:
    Reading natlyn's post on different kinds of fen, it occurs to me that part of the reason I find it difficult to find/get into a new fandom from the plethora that are out there is that are out there is that I'm just not a media fan-- that is, it's not precisely natural to me to watch a TV show in progress and want to read fic for it. I mean, I'm much more likely to get into a movie (or a book) fandom, or a fandom for a show that's long over (and I can't watch now if I hadn't then), because I'd already have a sort of... set canon which wouldn't be constantly... in my face, I guess?

I realize I was talking about the process of putting the canon 'out of one's mind' when dealing with fanfic (and fanon), but of course you can't do that in the (great majority) of fandoms where the canon is constantly changing and current.


And I really wonder if the fics written for these fandoms and the typical fannish relationship with the canon are just-- different. My intuition says they are. It'd be more like participating, then, wouldn't it? Any desire to really subvert the canon would take a different route if you had new canon to contradict you every week. It's just really odd to realize how... unique this situation is, with a canon that feels solid for several years, but isn't. Like, there's time for a rift to set in-- time for things to be twisted and misplaced and remade into fanon that's able to contest its source in the fen's minds.

So now I'm wondering if this sort of... mental separation of the canon from the slash/fic-reading is because a lot of fandom's canon sources kind of... suck otherwise. I myself could never get into most fandoms 'cause I can't bear to see a whole show's worth of material (that's... many many viewing hours) just for the slashy bits. And neither could I even read 1 book just for the sake of slash, because my attention span is just that fickle. So if I am going to get into a show-- I'm unlikely to ship a slash pairing unless the character has no other close canon relationship I like in the slightest. Like in the LoTR movies, say-- it's blissfully easy to ship Merry/Pippin because it's close enough to canon-- but I didn't need to read slash because the canon was satisfying enough, which tends to happen with movies & shows I really like.

Anyway, that post kind of placed my main point here in a larger, or at least more coherent, context-- of media fan --> fic fan (and I'm pretty close to the slash end of things with the gen --> slash spectrum, but only in fandoms where I'm a not into the media/canon). I mean, it's a spectrum, not an either/or-- I didn't really mean to imply that it was an either/or, just that they're opposite sides. Yes.

This is, btw, why I often say that I'm just not a fan of -any- media, if by 'fan' you mean someone who sees a show or reads a book, loves it, and therefore needs to engage in fannish 'activities' like ficcing or vidding or going to cons.
~~

Also: cordelia_v's Snape vs. Spock comparison essay pretty much kills me. I mean, I know I always said that if I had a 'type' within the Potterverse it'd be Snape, and omg, I did always know that there's -something- familiar there, but to equate him to Spock directly just makes me titter madly. Mind you, this is someone who's had a mammoth, 3-4 year crush on Spock throughout High School. Imagining having a crush of that caliber on Snape makes me... wig out. I mean... I won't even say how far it went, because it's just that embarrassing.

The only problem as I see it is that Snape's only logical when it suits him, which makes him an impostor. An impostor, I say!

Comments

[sistermagpie.livejournal.com]

1. When did you first "friend" me?
Right after you friended me.

2. Why did you first "friend" me?
I'm often really stupid about friending so for some reason feel nervous about doing it, though of course I never feel any of the negative things I imagine somebody might think about me if I friend them. Anyway, so that's why I was all excited and then tried to oh-so-casually friend you back after a bit...cause I'd already wanted to.

3. What posts of mine do you like to read the best?
I think I like 'em all! Of course I love the H/D, but I loved your most recent R/S as well and that's not even a pairing I read. I also like anything on fairy tales and growing up and learning to, you know, relate to the world.

4. What would you like me to write about that I don't?
??? Whatever you write about next.

5. Do you think we would be friends in real life?
I think we are too.:-)

6. How often do you read my journal?
When you post.

7. What do we have in common?
Lots. HP, of course, and I think a way of looking at things, fictional and non-fictional, and dance and yay--fairy tales.

8. Will you post this in your journal so I can answer?
Done.

9. If I were an HP character, who would I be?
The love child of Luna and Zacharias Smith.

[shaggirl.livejournal.com]

1. When did you first "friend" me?
I think it was after I'd seen you make some funny/interesting comments in malafede's LJ, and when I snooped over here I found smut, and the rest was history.

2. Why did you first "friend" me?
Er...I'm jumping ahead, aren't I? See question 1.

3. What posts of mine do you like to read the best?
See question 1. Hahaha. Actually I find most of what you write interesting. I do like the fic the best, though.

4. What would you like me to write about that I don't?
How your H/D love is returned fresh and new and better than ever. And with lots of plot bunnies.

5. Do you think we would be friends in real life?
Yes, if only so I could pop that never-been-drunk-cherry of yours.

6. How often do you read my journal?
Whenever you pop up on my friends list. :D

7. What do we have in common?
An OTP and a general disenchantment with much of the world, I think. Or, a love/hate relationship with the world. Or, just the people in it, maybe.

8. Will you post this in your journal so I can answer?
No. But you can answer here if you like. :D

9. If I were an HP character, who would I be?
Luna Lovegood.

defends Spock like the geek she is

[cellia.livejournal.com]

ag meme. *flees*

I think I friended you after being impressed with your analysis of someone's fics on her journal... zahra mebee? And this was in your pre-capitalization day, which I feel shows my dedication.

But I had to add my 2 cents on Snape vs Spock. UM HELLO KINDNESS WHICH SPOCK HAS MUCH OF AND SNAPE HAS LITTLE OF?? HELLO ONE GUY RISING ABOVE CHILDHOOD TRAUMA AND ONE GUY WALLOWING IN IT??? HELLO ONE GUY WITH COMMAND ABILITIES AND ONE WITH... NOT.

ag!

>:O

[malafede.livejournal.com]

1. When did you first "friend" me?
As soon as I worked up the courage to delurk... ahaha, wear your issues on a badge, says I.

2. Why did you first "friend" me?
Ficcage and good-feel H/D talk. Oh, the golden era...

3. What posts of mine do you like to read the best?
THE ONES ABOUT H/D AND NOT S/R - BUT ONLY IF YOU ARE IN A GOOD MOOD IE NOT WALLOWING IN THE ABYSSES OF DESPAIR.

4. What would you like me to write about that I don't?
Virgin fic in Grimmauld Place.

5. Do you think we would be friends in real life?
Yes. :D

6. How often do you read my journal?
As often as it pops up on my flist. Often go back and reread old feel-good exchanges.

7. What do we have in common?
Anarchy.

8. Will you post this in your journal so I can answer?
I hope. I'm lj-blocked at the moment.

9. If I were an HP character, who would I be?
Bastard child of Snape and Luna. Mostly because it gives you the creeps to think about Snape and Luna.

*pokes head out of self-imposed oblivion*

[ladyrelaynie.livejournal.com]

Hi Reena! We don't know each other well at all, but . . . I kinda felt bad about the whole friend-who-never-talks-to-you thing, so I decided to do this fun little meme as I am a MEME WHORE YAY! and plus it constitutes talking. Right?

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Hi Reena! We don't know each other well at all, but . . . I kinda felt bad about the whole friend-who-never-talks-to-you thing, so I decided to do this fun little meme as I am a MEME WHORE YAY! and plus it constitutes talking. Right? <: / Okay, here we go:

<i>When did you first "friend" me?</i>

Sheesh, I don't remember exactly. It was right when I first got this LJ, so let's say June of this year, maybe?

<i>Why did you first "friend" me?</i>

I read a beautiful poetic post on I've forgotten what in someone's friends page. I came for the writing; I stayed for the H/D.

<i>What posts of mine do you like to read the best?</i>

HP related things mostly.

<i>What would you like me to write about that I don't?</i>

Ehm . . . can't say I have anything I'd like you to write about that you don't already.

<i>Do you think we would be friends in real life?</i>

I don't know, I don't really know you well enough to tell.

<i>How often do you read my journal?</i>

Whenever it comes up on my flist.

<i>What do we have in common?</i>

Harry Potter, H/D, R/S, and um . . . we both have LJ's.

<i>Will you post this in your journal so I can answer?</i>

No, for the same reason as taradiane: I only know of one person who even reads my journal, so my ego would be kinda bruised.

<i>If I were an HP character, who would I be?</i>

I vote Luna too, if only because of your icon.