Fandom Meme: Questions 11-15

2022-07-16 09:53 pm
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11. Ships that you currently like a lot. (They don’t have to be OTPs because not everyone has OTPs.) Friendships, pairings, threesomes, etc. are allowed.

*deep breath*  Everybody/Dick Grayson.  Honestly, I only have one person I don't actively ship him with, and that's because I ship them mostly as exes-who-are-still-friends (see below).  Otherwise, he's my favorite fandom LBD.  I multiship like no one's business, and think, like, 99% of the DC universe characters would just be happier if they were all in a big poly relationship of some stripe or another with each other.

Other than DC...  Pretty much Everybody/Kaiba, because he's my go-to in Yu-Gi-Oh, but again, I multiship like a mother, so I ship everybody with everybody else there.

12. A ship you have never liked and probably never will.

Barbara Gordon/Dick Grayson.  I think they've tried too often and too much and by this point in time, DC is just making them both miserable trying to make them "twoo wuvs" for each other.  Let them date other people!!  Let them be happy with other people!  They can still make out be friends!  They don't have to be each other's be all end all!!

13. Do you prefer art, fic, or vids? Why? Bonus: If someone was to give you a fandom gift, what format would it be?

Um...  Fic or art, I guess.  I'm not much into vids, even though I do still love me some old school AMVs and think about what kind of fanvids I could make if I had that skill, but knowing I have to dedicate time to watch things gives me hives.  Like, I can't even start new movies or TV shows unless I'm super in the right mood for it.

14. A pairing – platonic, romantic or sexual – that you initially didn’t consider, but someone changed your mind.

Dick/Slade.

I know, right?

"But, Fleet," I hear you cry, "Haven't you written that pairing for a while now?"

Yes.  But I still don't know when it went from, "sure, I'll try it" to "yeah, I ship it."

15. What was the first thing you ever contributed to a fandom?
 
I'm pretty sure it was LOST role play stuff over MSN messenger and chat boards.  Hoo, I think I just dated myself a little.
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Fandom Meme: Questions 7-10

2022-07-10 01:58 pm
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7. What would make you leave a fandom, or prevent you from getting into it in the first place?

Drama.  Honestly, this is 99% the reason I'm barely IN fandoms, even if I'm actively writing for them.  I don't care for ship wars or BNFs or cliques.  I just want to write my shit and enjoy the medium.

8. Squicks - What are some things that squick you in fandom - not necessarily "icky", though it can be. From anything involving blood, to bad grammar.

I don't know if this is a squick, but a pet peeve is when one does an exchange and your giftor writes something that requires intra-fandom knowledge (like another fic) or writes something that's crackfic when you didn't request it.  Just, bad faith exchange stuff, I guess.

9. What's the hardest thing about writing, and why are titles the Worst™?

LOL.  I only have a moderate difficulty with titles because I have a jukebox for a brain and use song lyrics for 99.9% of my titles.  For me, the hardest thing is having energy to get things done before the last minute, but that's my brain + my work schedule.

10. Do you have a fandom that you follow - either regularly or casually - with little to no knowledge of canon?

I don't really?  I mean, I don't really follow main comics stuff because I'm so tired of crossover/huge events that Totally Change Everything but don't actually.  But I still know a ridiculous amount of canon stuff, so that doesn't really count.  Generally, when I get into a fandom, it's because I either know the canon already, or I get into the canon immediately afterwards.
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Fandom Meme: Questions 5-6

2022-06-30 08:21 pm
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5. What's a fandom that you wish had a bigger following?

The Darkside Detective game series, I guess.  I don't really read much in it, but I do want to gush to people who've played it and talk about it endlessly.  Also, the movie Dark And Stormy Night.  That's got a fandom of exactly me.



6. What’s the longest you’ve ever been in a fandom? What fandom was it? Not necessarily your oldest fandom, but a fandom that you started and still continue to read/write/create content for in some way.

It's an honest tie between Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters and Batman/DC.  I grew up watching both the anime and Batman: The Animated Series, and those were both very formative on my psyche.  As for which I still do stuff with, I do both, but I'm definitely in deep with Batman.
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Fandom Meme: Questions 3-4

2022-06-29 05:06 pm
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3. You've got your OTP, you have to throw a third into the mix (from the same fandom), creating an OT3. Who is the OTP, and in your opinion, why would they make a perfect third for them?

OK, my forever OTP is Bruce/Dick, so my perfect third would be Selina Kyle.  Think about it.  She's dangerous.  Dick likes danger.  Bruce has the hots for trusts them both.  It's perfect and every love angle should be solved by a threesome, thanks for coming to my TEDtalk.

4. What are the origins of your penname/username?

Way back in the wild days of the Internet, I met a person on a now-defunct fansite, and pulled a Tom Ripley:  stole their name, their fandom, and clubbed them off a boat.

I'm kidding.

I got it from a Pirates of the Caribbean thing.  Don't really remember why.
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Fandom Meme: Questions 1-2

2022-06-27 08:11 pm
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1. What's changed about your fandom life in the last 365 days?

Well, I gained a fandom in The Darkside Detective game series.  I also think I dropped out of more exchanges than I completed, which is :/

I made some new friends in fandom, discovered some friends who were new to me weren't really that new to me (in that we've written for each other before), and deepened some friendships.

2. Your newest fandom.

The Darkside Detective.  I love it so much.  It's fun, it's funny, it's got heart and puns and mysteries and ghosts and eldritch horrors and...  What more could a guy ask for?
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Fandom Meme: The Questions

2022-06-27 07:50 pm
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The list of questions for a meme I'm totally going to do, taken from kindkit, who got it from Agnes someone else.

1. What's changed about your fandom life in the last 365 days?
2. Your newest fandom.
3. You've got your OTP, you have to throw a third into the mix (from the same fandom), creating an OT3. Who is the OTP, and in your opinion, why would they make a perfect third for them?
4. What are the origins of your penname/username?
5. What's a fandom that you wish had a bigger following?
6. What’s the longest you’ve ever been in a fandom? What fandom was it? Not necessarily your oldest fandom, but a fandom that you started and still continue to read/write/create content for in some way.
7. What would make you leave a fandom, or prevent you from getting into it in the first place?
8. Squicks - What are some things that squick you in fandom - not necessarily "icky", though it can be. From anything involving blood, to bad grammar.
9. What's the hardest thing about writing, and why are titles the Worst™?
10. Do you have a fandom that you follow - either regularly or casually - with little to no knowledge of canon?
11. Ships that you currently like a lot. (They don’t have to be OTPs because not everyone has OTPs.) Friendships, pairings, threesomes, etc. are allowed.
12. A ship you have never liked and probably never will.
13. Do you prefer art, fic, or vids? Why? Bonus: If someone was to give you a fandom gift, what format would it be?
14. A pairing – platonic, romantic or sexual – that you initially didn’t consider, but someone changed your mind.
15. What was the first thing you ever contributed to a fandom?
16. Do you remember your first OTP? Who was in it?
17. What is your favourite source text for fandom stuff (e.g., TV shows, movies, books, anime, Western animation, etc.)?
18. How many fandoms have you written for? How many have you been in, and how many are you still in?
19. Has social media caused you to stop liking any fandoms, if so, which and why?
20. What fandom broke your heart?
21. Say something genuinely nice about a character who isn’t one of your faves. (Characters you’re neutral about are fair game, as are characters you dislike or even loathe.)
22. Name a character that you’d like to have for a friend.
23. Your rarest fandoms.
24. A fandom you’ve abandoned and why.
25. Do you have any hard and fast headcanons that you will die defending?
26. A trope which you are virtually certain to love in any fandom.
27. A trope which you are virtually certain to hate in any fandom.
28. How did you first get into fanfic, and what was the first fandom you wrote fic for?
29. Have you ever tried to write for a fandom or ship, and found you couldn’t?
30. Name three things you wish you saw more of in your main fandom (or a fandom of choice)
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Writing Meme 3: This Time It's 25

2022-01-29 06:49 pm
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1.  Tell us about your current project(s)  – what’s it about, how’s progress, what do you love most about it?
My current project is a commission, but outside of that, it's a WIP where Dick Grayson is Batman and Bruce Wayne is just a playboy when their paths cross and then eventual feelings are caught.

2.  Tell us about what you’re most looking forward to writing – in your current project, or a future project.
I'm looking forward to working on my original middle grade ghost story... if I can ever find all my notes on it again.

3.  What is that one scene that you’ve always wanted to write but can’t be arsed to write all of the set-up and context it would need? (consider this permission to write it and/or share it anyway)
Honestly, what I really want to do is write the same story with, like, a million different endings/options for scenes.

4.  Share a sentence or paragraph from your writing that you’re really proud of (explain why, if you like)
“Didn’t your mother ever tell you it’s not nice to play with guns?” Batman asked, one corner of his lip turned up.

“I mean it.  I’m a crack shot.”

“When you’re sober.”

Wayne put his other hand on the gun, steadying himself.  “What do you want?”
 
5.  What character that you’re writing do you most identify with?
Dick Grayson, always.  I, too, have a generally optimistic nature around things that could be (and sometimes are) definitely worse than I hope.  That and I love puns.

6.  What character do you have the most fun writing?
Also, Dick Grayson.

7.  What do you think are the characteristics of your personal writing style? Would others agree?
I'd say I have a strange way of looking at things, and that makes for interesting comparisons in my writing, odd turns of phrase.

8.  Is what you like to write the same as what you like to read?
Yes??  I mean, I only write what I'd want to read, so....  But, like, genre-wise?  No, not really.

9.  Are you more of a drabble or a longfic kind of writer? Pantser or plotter? Do you wish you were the other?
I'm much more comfortable with flash fiction or short stories than longfic.  I definitely wish I could write longer things; big bangs are my favorites, but I struggle with all of them so much.  I'm more of a plantser than strictly one or the other.  I'm good with the occasional outline for longer stuff, but otherwise I make it up as I go.  Otherwise, my brain thinks I've already finished it.

10.  How would you describe your writing process?
Lots of thinking about stories, eventually getting down to a computer (or phone, or tablet, or pen and paper, or....) and writing it out, while definitely not reading back until the end, usually only to make sure I didn't already use a particular turn of phrase earlier in the story for the same thing.

11.  What do you envy in other writers?
How do y'all write longfic, hhhhhhhhoooooooowwwwwww???????

12.  Do you want your writing to be famous?
...they kinda are already?  I mean, I'm no Big Name Fan, but I have a pretty damn good readership.  And I'm very grateful for them.

13.  Do you share your writing online? (Drop a link!) Do you have projects you’ve kept just for yourself?
My stuff is all pretty much available on AO3 (link in the sticky post, I believe).  I do have a lot of original work that I don't share, not really in the hopes of publishing, but more because it's not done at all.  I do have commissions I haven't shared, because I think they should be private to my commissioner for a while longer.

14.  At what point in writing do you come up with a title?
That really depends!  Sometimes the title gets me before a fic, and other times I'll be on AO3 posting page trying to think one up while everything else is ready.

15.  Which is harder: titles or summaries (or tags)?
Fucking tags, always.  Titles come fairly easy, and summaries are a little harder, but gd tags, they kill me.

16.  Tried anything new with your writing lately? (style, POV, genre, fandom?)
Last year, I really got into first person plural POV, which is really fun and kinda how my brain works already???  I don't know what this year will do.  Oh, also A/B/O stuff?  I'm not really a fan, but the more I'm around it, the more my brain comes up with ways to make it more palatable for me, I guess.

17.  Do you think readers perceive your work - or you - differently to you? What do you think would surprise your readers about your writing or your motivations?
I'm sure they do.  We all perceive people differently than the person themselves.  I think what would surprise them is that I really love making friends in fandom, but I'm just painfully ADHD in terms of following up.  And that's also the reason most of my longifcs aren't finished.  They're not abandoned, just lost somewhere in the background of my mind.

18.  Do any of your stories have alternative versions? (plotlines that you abandoned, AUs of your own work, different characterisations?) Tell us about them.
OH LORDY YES!!!

Just take Superheroes Come To Feast.  I have so many alternate endings for that fic, most of them unhappy (whoops) as opposed to the bittersweet happy ending I gave them.  All of my fics go through multiple AU versions of the same plot before I settle on the one I finally post.  I'm the king of multiple versions of the same story.

19.  Is there something you always find yourself repeating in your writing? (favourite verb, something you describe ‘too often’, trope you can’t get enough of?)
Oh yeah...  The word "obscene" in sex scenes as a description.  I've got certain tropes I'm very fond of that I tend to include.  My brain's drawing a blank, but man, I know I have them.

20.  Tell us the meta about your writing that you really want to ramble to people about (symbolism you’ve included, character or relationship development that you love, hidden references, callbacks or clues for future scenes?)
I really love fic (original or fanfic) that drops arcane and obscure references throughout.  Whenever I get quasi-religious original fic prompts in exchanges, my brain goes into a happy place of putting in all kinds of references to the weird things I know.  For fanfics, I love using one-off characters from comics or mentioning plotlines that only happened in issue whatever back in 197X or whatnot.  I'm a huge lover of the multiversal "everything is canon" stuff.

21.  What other medium do you think your story would work well as? (film, webcomic, animated series?)
I'd love to make webcomics or a radio serial or something like that.

22.  Do you reread your old works? How do you feel about them?
I absolutely do and I love them.  I rarely find fics I can't stand anymore, because I look at them all as places I've come from.

23.  What’s the story idea you’ve had in your head for the longest?
It's an original high-ish fantasy novel with pirates and magic and stuff, vaguely Tolkien-esque but with more inclusivity and diversity.

24.  Would you say your writing has changed over time?
Most definitely.  My sentences are more complex, my references are deeper, my general grasp over writing stuff has improved.  But also, I've just also stopped worrying about how my stuff reads technically speaking and learned to love how it reads when spoken or read aloud, how my writing sounds as language.

25.  What part of writing is the most fun?
The daydreaming part of it.  Getting the words down is a good second runner, but I love just dreaming about what my stories are going to be or could be.
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Snowflake Challenge 9: Fandom Wrap

2022-01-23 02:54 pm
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What are your top five fandoms for 2021 based on the amount of time you interacted with them?
1.  Batman/DC fandom (always)
2.  Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (also, always)
3.  Original Work (mostly bolstered by exchanges)
4.  Mystery Science Theater 3000
5.  Moriarty by Anthony Horowitz
 
What are your top five fandom spaces in terms of time spent?
1.  Twitter
2.  Discord
3.  Dreamwidth
4.  AO3
5.  The vague ether in which my spirit dwells.
 
What are the top five ways you interacted in these fandoms?
1.  Writing.
2.  Tweeting
3.  Memeing
4.  Roleplaying
5.  Reading
 
What are the top five things you did to contribute to fandom in terms of time?
1.  Write (always)
2.  Comment
3.  Like/Retweet
4.  Read
5.  Rant
 
What things did you create that took the most time?
1.  My two commissions.
2.  Superheroes Come To Feast (which I think I started in 2020 and finished in 2021)
3.  I'm not really sure.
4.  Most things I do have a solid deadline.
5.  DC Kink Meme fics
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Snowflake Challenge 4: If Wishes Were Horses....

2022-01-09 03:22 pm
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What to wish for...

That's always a hard one for me, because most of the time when I want something done in fandom, I'll do it.

But!  I do have a few thoughts!
  • I would love to team up with someone on like a webcomic or something.  I can't draw to save my life, but I have terrible puns that need art and I would love to collaborate with someone on them.
  • I'd really like to do a shared writing project with someone, but I never know what about.  Still, I think it'd be fun.
  • I'd like to have a... less a beta reader, more of a brainstormer (alpha reader?  idk the terms we use, man) for fic.  Like, someone to encourage me to write and actually keep me accountable and on track.
That's all I can think of right now, but I think that's enough, lol.


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Snowflake Challenge 3: AUs/Fusions

2022-01-09 03:14 pm
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You know, I used to never really "get" fusions/crossovers.  I think it's part of my "The food must never touch!!" brain that I've been working really hard to accept and change lately, but for the longest time I never could.  Then I signed up for a Fusion/Crossover Exchange and that did it.

I think the biggest thing is that I never really had heard of "fusions" before.  Sure, I'd loved AUs and playing with characters in different settings, but to me, crossovers were "Characters from X and Characters from Y meet" and that never worked for me.  But when I discovered fusions, that changed things.  Because I've always done fusions in my head for years.

Put Batman characters into the plot of The Thing From Another World?  Absolutely.
The Yu-Gi-Oh characters trapped in space watching bad movies?  Sign me the fuck up.
Sherlock Holmes and Co. with Pokemon partners?  Hell yeah!

Somehow, though, that had never clicked in my brain as A Thing I Could Do in fandom.

Now, like, I'm so down for these, y'all don't even know.
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My First Fandoms

2020-01-04 09:25 am
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For flowersforgraves, who wanted to hear about my first fandom (and in which I talk about more than one).

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