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Sorry it's been a while again. Law school is just wearing me out.

Anyways, brought a meme to get me chatting & fandoming a bit. :)

Pick a number and I'll answer the question. Crossed-out questions have been asked by someone already.

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 tumblr/LJ/DW
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

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No. 12.

Either Harula (because I will forever need more of it in my life) or Gojyo/Sanzo (b/c the saiyuki fandom isn't terribly active anymore)

I've heard about Saiyuki. Is that a manga? Was it ever adapted into an anime?

I think the only Harula fanfic I remember ever reading was one by loveroftheflame. It was badass. Shame she's not active in the A:TLA fandom anymore.

It has. I saw all of the anime actually. The first anime was good, but has dated animation. The second anime (Saiyuki Reload)is still good and has better animation. The third anime (Saiyuki Reload Gunlock) is where it kinda jumped the shark. Good moments, but they seemed to forget their own characters.

Lover is the one who got me into it. We put a lot of it (& zucest) into the Hidden Strength Soap, but several of us got distracted by school/life/etc and we just kinda faded out of it.

What is it with the third series always jumping the shark? *shrugs* Might give it a go anyway, since I hear the ships are good.

Lover is the one who got me into it. We put a lot of it (& zucest) into the Hidden Strength Soap, but several of us got distracted by school/life/etc and we just kinda faded out of it.

That's understandable. Fandom always takes a backseat to real life.

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16: A modern telling of Mononoke would be awesome (not really AU, but something I need) and Game of Thrones as the presidential race and everyone is from different political parties….and someone can be Nader.

5: Wow, that's harder than I thought when you've been in fandom for years. Well, I was very active in the Hidden Strength Soap AU which was...crazy and introduced insane Haru.

Most of your fic sounds like all of mine; I never finish them.

And yes I did, everyone was posting that for a bit, which is part of what inspired the fic idea.

Opps, bad reading comprehension.

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9: Kataang, though the show would've done it soon enough on its own. And the angry feminists/self-righteous Holmes people/etc are already sort of turning me off watching Elementary, but we'll see.

Legend of Korra kinda was the equivalent of seeing your childhood best friend after you grew apart. A lot of nostalgia and very little new stuff.

What's going on with Elementary and angry feminists? This sounds fascinating.

I enjoyed it, but much of the magic was gone from the original.

Eh, just the usual "YOU ALL HAVE DECIDED YOU HATE IT JUST BECAUSE WATSON IS A WOMAN!!! ITS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE PERFECT JUST B/C SHES A WOMAN!!!! LUCY IS PERFECTION ITSELF!!! BBCS SHERLOCK SUCKS WAY MORE THAN THIS SHOW WE'VE NEVER SEEN B/C WATSON IN ELEMENTARY IS A WOMAN."

I'm just thinking folks should chill out; the show hasn't even premiered yet.

Yeah, I was sad to see it kinda fizzle. It was good, not great.

In many ways, that makes me worried. I'm all for creative casting, but once it becomes a selling point, I worry about quality. A good actor is a good actor, but I don't want to watch because a woman is playing Watson, I want to watch to see a good presentation and Lucy Liu be an ingredient.

Am I making sense>

I think I'll give it a go based on pure love of the Sherlock Holmes in general. Not to play into what the angry feminists are going on about, but I honestly am iffy about a female Holmes (partially I'm a traditionalist, but partially it's apparently the third time CBS has tried it and they always flopped before).
Lucy Liu also made a statement regarding the show I didn't like: that now that they have a woman the show can now have romance. Excuse me. 1. 2 men can have a relationship 2. Holmes is supposed to be basically asexual, with the exception of Irene Adler.

Still gonna do my usual 5 episode test run. I do like the fact that they seem to be playing him as legitimately insane, which'll be fun.
Just gonna avoid the fandom, save when it floats across my dash.

20, 21 and 26. :3 <3

20: Either a terrible batman self-insert, an even worse self-insert for disney's 3 musketeers (one of my favourite movies as a kid...hell, I still like that version best) or a strangely well drawn series of ninja turtles.

21: Meh, I have an issue with completing things. My fanworks collection is basically hundreds of WIP.

26: CASTLE IS ABOUT TO START BACK!!!! And with even more Castle/Beckett than usual!!!!