The End of the Fandom Meme, Aren't We All Relieved

List and link to 5 fanfics you are currently reading

I don't really read fics long enough to require tea breaks, but here are some I have read and enjoyed recently, according to my A03 bookmarks:

shut up, kiss me, hold me tight (Legends of Tomorrow; Sara/Ava)

and miles to go (Legends of Tomorrow; Sara/Ava)

stay here wasting my time (Legends of Tomorrow; Zari/Helen of Troy)

As you can see I have been on something of a Legends of Tomorrow kick, and because there are disappointingly few LoT fics that do it for me (oh, migratory femslash fandom, I'm glad you're having fun and all, I just wish you cared more about things like canon or characterisation, or that I cared about them less) I also enjoyed this Hawkguy fic:

A Good Dog's Guide to Brooklyn (fraction!Hawkeye; Lucky AKA Pizza Dog)

Is fraction!Hawkeye what people thought they were getting in Jeremy Renner's Hawkeye? because otherwise I don't get it.

Actually, though, there is a longer fic I've been dipping in and out of:

Forgotten Adventures in a Disenchanted Land (Once Upon a Time; Mulan/Aurora)

It has been many years and many fandoms and I am still bitter about the way the Mulan and Aurora stuff panned out, and this fic should be everything I want, except it's only posted on Fucking Tumblr, and I find writing an epic length fic and only posting it on Fucking Tumblr baffling in the extreme.

List and link to 5 fanfiction authors who are amazing

Names pulled at random from my A03 subscriptions, k.

dollsome
lareinenoire
mautadite
fahye
paperclipbitch

Is there anyone in your fandom who really inspires you?

...no?

But I suspect I might be chronically uninspireable.

What ship do you feel needs more attention?

ALL OF THE ONES THAT I LIKE.

What is your all-time favorite fanfic?

So...top 5?

heaven is where you build it (hell isn't that bothered) (Person of Interest; Root/Shaw)

THE MOTHERFORKING GOOD OMENS AU

Reports May Have Been Exaggerated (Spy; Susan/Rick & Susan/Rayna)

OMG. OMG. OMG. I'S FIC FOR MY HANGOVER MOVIE. IT'S HANGOVER FIC.

& a past life in the trunk (Daredevil; Karen is Daredevil AU)

I love these sorts of AUs. I call them Backwards in High Heels AUs.

Ladies Who Organise (Discworld; genderswapped Vetinari)

I also love a good genderswap. And this is a GOOD genderswap.

Pair Dadeni (Merlin; Morgana/Vivian)

BE STILL MY ID.

If someone was to read one of your fanfics, which fic would you recommend to them and why?

Like, I ended up not being a fan of the Eleventy era, and this fic was Quite Popular while I was busy not being a fan, so I got a bit sick of it for a while, but if I have contributed to any sort of net increase in people's happiness in fandom I suspect it was by writing The Care and Feeding of Tiny Humans (and slightly larger Time Lords).

Archive Of Our Own, Dreamwidth, LiveJournal, Fanfiction.net or Tumblr - where do you prefer to post and why?

Say what you like about browsing AO3, and I can say quite a bit, but uploading fic to it is a dream.

I used to backup to DW, but don't anymore, which will bite me in the bum if AO3 ever goes away.

ff.net - I still have flashbacks to trying to format scene breaks in a way that ff.net couldn't balls up.

LJ - why?

tumblr - WHY???

Do you leave reviews when you read fanfiction? Why/Why not?

I do, and then I get out of the habit, and then I feel guilty and start commenting again.

We are currently in a commenting upswing.

Do you care if people comment/reblog your writing? Why/why not?

Of course I care, but like, I also have no time for those people who compose tumblr screeds about how authors are owed comments, or how kudos are taking away from comments.

FYI, there never was a golden age of fandom where it rained comments, and kudos are a grand invention.

How did you get into reading and/or writing fanfiction?

Logically, I know there was a time in my life when I didn't know about fic and fandom, but mildly terrifyingly I couldn't tell you when that was.

Rant or Gush about one thing you love or hate in the world of fanfiction! Go!

KUDOS ARE GREAT.

NOBODY OWES YOU A COMMENT.

ARE YOU COMMENTING ON OTHER PEOPLE'S FIC? ARE YOU? THEN SHUT UP.