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[graculus]

Hmmm. I was thinking 'oh, I really should post something that isn't about work' and wanted to write about where I'm up to in terms of writing various things but my brain just ground to a halt due to incipient boredom. Does anyone really care about all that stuff, anyway? Don't you just want the fic, damnit, with no care about the process? I know I do, half the time I'm reading writer's journals and they're updating me on what they're doing... ;)

So, instead of actually me posting something and prevaricating that way, here's a meme (gakked from dementordelta in most recent times):

Ask me one fandom-related question in the comments. This can be fandom-specific, general, or about fandom/lj stuff/fic writing/etc. in general. Question can be as wacky as you want. Ask me about characters, fanfic in general, fandom issues/meta, anything about any of my stories specifically. Whatever you want.

Or I could just post weasel pics. Because I always get the feeling people are more interested in the kids and what they've been up to than anything I could say... ;)

Oh, and Rome season 2? Is fab. Why don't I have a Vorenus/Pullo icon? *ponders*

Comments

[nakeisha.livejournal.com]

How did you discover fandom?

[graculus.livejournal.com]

It's all the fault of the internet. I'd been a fan of various things since as long as I can remember - I have strong mental images of 'The Arabian Affair' from when I was about 8, which started off my being smitten with IK - but it was always quite a solitary thing, since it never occurred to me that people en masse would be into the same things I was into.

And then, before I personally was online, I was really enjoying this new show called Stargate SG-1 whose first season had just aired in the UK and wanted to know whether any more episodes had been made. So I went online, at work after hours since I wasn't online at home, and found (in quick succession) lots of websites about the show and then fanfic, and then slash (but that's another story altogether!).

That was in about September/October 1998, by January 1999 I was online and joining mailing lists and by March 1999 I was posting my first (gen) fic. Fortunately my first encounters with fellow fans were mostly not of the 'omg, what a nutjob!' type (though there have been a few of those along the way too...) but with people some of whom I'm still regularly in touch with. Nutjobs, but nice nutjobs with similar tastes. ;)

[nakeisha.livejournal.com]

Your discovering fandom story and mine are very similar.

[xochiquetzl]

I don't know. Why don't you have a Vorenus/Pullo icon? Why don't I have a Vorenus/Pullo icon?

[graculus.livejournal.com]

It's puzzling, isn't it?

[xochiquetzl]

Extremely. Maybe I should make it a mission to rectify that today, in my case.

I also have a sad lack of Denny/Alan iconage.

[graculus.livejournal.com]

That's just wronger and wronger! ;)

[xochiquetzl]

It was a situation that had to change, yes.

[dementordelta.livejournal.com]

How did you get into Harry Potter--either the fandom or the books?

[graculus.livejournal.com]

Well, it's all the fault of Snape and his spats. ;)

I hadn't actually read any of the books before I saw the first movie, more out of curiosity over the hype than anything else. And while I've always liked Alan Rickman, I have never liked Alan Rickman... so it was a real surprise to me that when he stalked onscreen, all flowing robes and buttoned up trousers and spats, my libido sat up and took notice.

I then had a crash course in all the books that were out by that point and threw myself into the fic with abandon. I don't think I've ever really been in the fandom per se, since I tend to lurk on the periphery if I don't write for that particular source. Snape fic, of course, primarily Snape/Lupin at that point. And then I got into Snape/Harry and it was all downhill from there. ;)

[dementordelta.livejournal.com]

Mmm...those spats are quite yummy aren't they? There needs to be more fic where Harry notices....*strokes chin thoughtfully*

it was all downhill from there

Me too!

[blktauna.livejournal.com]

Vorenus/Pullo = SFM

However I wish Pullo chained and sent to me for my own illicit purposes.