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[netgirl_y2k]

Today I was told that I was a very attractive female with lovely hair. Okay, I was told this by an eighty year old resident of my grandmother's nursing home, but take your compliments when they come, I say!

I have a suspicion this meme originated on tumblr, but as I have already proved, I cannot use tumblr in any halfway sensible way, so I'll do it here.

Pick a number from the list and I'll answer it in the comments.

1 - Your current OTP
2 - A pairing you initially didn’t consider but someone changed your mind
3 - A pairing you have never liked and probably never will
4 - A pairing you wish you liked but just can’t
5 - Have you added anything stupid/cracky/hilarious to your fandom, if so, what
6 - What’s the longest you’ve ever been in a fandom
7 - Do you remember your first OTP, if so who was in it
8 - Do you prefer characters from real action series or anime series
9 - Has the internet caused you to stop liking any fandoms, if so, which and why
10 - Name a fandom you didn’t care/think about until you saw it all over the internet
11 - How do you feel about the other people in your current fandom
12 - Your favorite fanartist/author gives you one request, what do you ask for
13 - Your favorite fanart or fanartist
14 - Your favorite fanfiction or fanauthor
15 - Choose a song at random, which OTP does it remind you of
16 - Invent a random AU for any fandom (we always need more ideas)
17 - A ship you’ve abandoned and why
18 - A pairing you ship that you don’t think anyone else ships
19 - Show us an example of your personal headcanon
20 - Do you remember what your first fanwork was?
21 - Self-rec: What's your favorite fanwork you've created?
22 - Are you one of those fans who can’t watch anything without shipping
23 - 5 favorite characters from 5 different fandoms
24 - 3 OTPs from 3 different fandoms
25 - A fandom you’re in but have no ships from
26 - Just ramble about something fan-related, go go go

Comments

[cest_what]

How about 13, fanart?

Your favorite fanart or fanartist

[netgirl_y2k]

you know, this was a really hard question, because I'm not a fanart person. I don't seek it out. It's why I can't get together with tumblr as a fannish platform, because I'm not a visual person. Even in my real life, I'm that person in art galleries who's wondering where the cafe is and if they've got a license to sell alcohol, you know?

So, I was ready to take a pass on this question, until I remembered A Partial Map of Your TARDIS (Subject to Change). It's just--the thought involved, and the effort, and the creativity, and the love.

I mean, it's objectively a wonderful a thing, of course. But what it really did, was yank me out of my default mindset that writing things (fic, episode reviews, meta) was the only way to participate in fandom. And, frankly, that's a mindset I really need to make more of an effort to get out of.

Re: Your favorite fanart or fanartist

[cest_what]

It's a pretty great fanwork, for sure :)

I've always thought of fic as the primary purpose of creative fandom, but in my current fandom (Homestuck), fanartists are arguably actually in the majority. It's been really interesting to see how that changes things.