tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-11-23:676390A Fan's PlaygroundSophSoph2023-03-09T13:56:43Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2010-11-23:676390:435919fandoms of yore2023-03-09T13:56:43Z2023-03-09T13:56:43Zpublic11It's fascinating sometimes to look back at my own history of fandoms I was once obsessed with, and notice the wide variety of possible current feelings about them.<br /><br />Mostly there are three axes of note: do I ever bother to seek out fanworks for it or see myself doing so in the future, or am I no longer moved to do so? If a fanwork that looks like it has promise happens to cross my path, will I read it/watch it/look at it, or just scroll on by? Do I think of the fandom with fondness and nostalgia, or do I think to myself "well glad THAT'S out of my life now"? Within these three spectra, many options are possible; and there are even some special fandoms that break the system!<br /><br />A tour of some of the big ones that fit my main schema:<br /><br /> <ul><li><b>Sutcliff fandom; Les Miserables; sparklefandom (hungarian musical theatre):</b> no longer actively seek out, but I still love it dearly, and if I find myself reading a good fic for this fandom again, allllll my feels return instantly and I go feral over it again for at least the length of time it takes me to read the fic</li><br /> <li> <b>The Witcher:</b> Remember it fondly, and every now and then feel moved to go searching for more content because it's what I happen to be in the mood for, but if I'm not in the mood I won't bother to read the things that happen to cross my path </li><br /> <li> <b>Highlander; Man from UNCLE (both original tv series and the movie remake); Star Trek; Star Wars; Yuri on Ice:</b> won't seek out, but if something fun crosses my path, I'll take a look with pleased nostalgia </li><br /> <li> <b>Bandom; Due South; Good Omens; Hamilton; American Idol RPF; Inception; The Sentinel; Stargate Atlantis; White Collar:</b> won't seek out, unlikely to read even if something crosses my path, but I remember it with fondness </li><br /> <li> <b>Teen Wolf:</b> won't seek out, won't read if it crosses my path, am glad it's out of my life, and yet still remember it fondly </li><br /> <li> <b>Hockey RPF; Sports Night; Supernatural RPF:</b> yeah no. </li></ul> <br /><br /><br />Special cases:<br /><br /> <ul><li> <b>Fairy tales:</b> my first and forever fandom, I will never not care about it. I read folk tale collections semi-regularly still, and am always delighted to find good fanfic for any particular tale or for the genre in general. </li><br /> <li> <b>Harry Potter:</b> won't seek out, won't promote without major caveats, probably won't read, but if something unusually interesting crosses my path, I'll take a look with a sort of exhausted knowledge that it's the fandom that made me and it is dug deep into my psyche </li><br /> <li> <b>MCU:</b> totally burnt out on, will no longer read the fic, can no longer even put myself in the headspace of how I could have once cared, and yet still have a lingering fondness for Thor and the Thor movies </li><br /> <li> <b>Fake News:</b> ahahaha oh god. the horror of american politics since then makes the heyday of jon stewart's daily show and stephen colbert's colbert report feel like a different world, one I can no longer access </li><br /> <li> <b>Doctor Who:</b> Once upon a time it broke my heart in a very real way which took me years to get over, but now I have a very reasonable relationship with this show as my ex. I remember the good times fondly, and smile when I see a gif go by on tumblr, and am happy to hear that it has been doing fun and interesting things in recent times, and I scroll on by. </li></ul><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=sophia_sol&ditemid=435919" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2010-11-23:676390:247840The Man From UNCLE2015-08-26T01:44:48Z2015-08-26T01:46:21Zpublic12Went to see the new Man From UNCLE movie with my dad this evening! An excellent use of an evening. The movie was shallow but shiny and a great deal of fun.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://sophia-sol.dreamwidth.org/247840.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=sophia_sol&ditemid=247840" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2010-11-23:676390:83144Because memes are more fun than course readings.2011-02-15T21:55:01Z2011-02-16T21:48:06Zpublic12Okay, I'm weak. There is that meme going around with all the titles of one's WIP files, and I am going to do it. Though really I do not have many compared to a lot of people!<br /><br />Here they are:<br /><br />-All china_shop's fault<br />-The Who Wants to Live Forever Affair<br />-Elizabeth Bennet, Longwing Captain<br />-Koschei the Deathless fic<br />-DVD commentary of Love is a Mystery<br />-Love is a Mystery sequel notes<br />-Atlantis Adventure Canoeing<br />-bingo: Doctor/Master<br /><br />(the fandoms are, in order: WC, MFU, P&P/Temeraire, DW/fairy tales, STXI, STXI, SGA, DW)<br /><br />Some of these I have already talked about, back in <a href="http://sophia-sol.dreamwidth.org/66608.html">this post</a>, but some of them are new. And there seem to be two varieties of the meme, one of which you can ask and I will give you one line from the fic, and one of which you can ask and I will talk about the fic. I am willing to do either or both, if you have any interest!<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=sophia_sol&ditemid=83144" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2010-11-23:676390:76714How did this post end up being entirely about Highlander crossovers? That wasn't what I intended!2011-01-11T23:07:48Z2011-01-11T23:07:48Zpublic1Today I was reading a WIP of mine I'd kind of forgotten about. I actually didn't even remember how far I'd gotten in the story. So I was reading along, happily fascinated by what I'd accomplished thus far, and then I unceremoniously reached the end of the completed stuff. And now I feel all <i>bitter</i>, like I would if I'd read an abandoned WIP by someone else on the internet. I mean, I know equally as much about what would happen next.... C'mon, author! Finish the damn fic already! Except the damn author is me, and I haven't a clue what to write.<br /><br />I think my problem is that I really like my premise, and I've got some plotty stuff, but I don't know what the climax of the fic is. And without knowing that, I have nothing that I'm building towards, it's just "and then stuff happened", and I'm all out of stuff that I know happens.<br /><br />(this would, in case you're curious, be The Who Wants To Live Forever Affair that I talked about back in <a href="http://sophia-sol.livejournal.com/67517.html">this post</a>.)<br /><br />In other news, OMG TORCHWOOD. By which I mean, <a href="http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/01/07/torchwood-plot-miracle-day/">they've released the name and premise of the upcoming series of Torchwood</a>, and it looks FASCINATING and exciting and I am all shivery in anticipation. Also, now I <i>really</i> want to read Highlander fic based on this premise. I know, I know, I have a weakness. Highlander crossovers well with EVERYTHING!<br /><br />Speaking of which. Highlander/Dresden Files crossovers? SHOULD EXIST. Just saying.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=sophia_sol&ditemid=76714" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments