Fandom meme
If you want to, comment and I'll pick three of your fandoms so you can post the answers to your journal and so on and so forth.
I have been assigned One Piece, Saiyuki, Torchwood.
One Piece
01. The first character I fell in love with:
I thought Zoro was absolutely awesome from the moment I first saw him, but the one I fell in actual love with was Usopp. I felt the first stirrings of love when I cried over his back story, but I truly fell in love with him at Arlong Park when he was planning to run away from his fight and lie to the others and then started crying when he thought about how brave the others were and how much of a coward he himself was and decided to fight. I cried and I cheered.
02. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now:
Franky. At first I thought he was too weird and would feel too out of place with the others (plus, he beat up my Usopp!), but damn if that scepticism didn’t turn into adoration pretty quickly.
03. The character everyone else loves that I don't:
Robin. I don’t know why, but I’ve never warmed up to her the way I did the others.
04. The character I love that everyone else hates:
I can’t really think of anyone. I know there’s a bunch of people who hate Franky, but that’s far, faaaar from everyone.
05. The character I used to love but don't any longer:
Luffy. After a year and a half without the other Strawhats, I’ve come to realize that I don’t like him much on his own. I just don’t find him very interesting or amusing anymore.
06. The character I would shag anytime:
Zoro. Definitely Zoro.
07. The character I'd want to be like:
Luffy. Because really, who wouldn’t want to have Luffy’s spirit and determination?
08. The character I'd slap:
Boa Hancock. Stop kicking puppies and trying to turn One Piece into sparkly shoujo manga!
09. A pairing that I love:
D: Don’t ask me to pick just one! I can’t do it!
Usopp/Zoro. They’d just be so… adorkable together. I think I started shipping them after Zoro and Sanji’s Groggy Ring fight, when Usopp was hitting Zoro, and now they just make sense to me. I can’t even explain it. Something about them just makes me feel they would be good together. Plus, handcuffs.
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Oh, and Sanji/Zoro. Especially after Thriller Bark. And Franky/Robin <3 (which doesn’t make much sense since I’m not a Robin fan). And Nami/Zoro, which was actually the first thing I shipped when I started reading One Piece. I ship them for many of the same reasons I ship Sanji/Zoro. Oh, such lovely friction!
10. A pairing that I hate:
Robin/Chopper. Ugh, it squicks me so horribly. I also hate Zoro/Robin for some reason. And Zoro/Tashigi.
11. Favorite character:
It’s a tie between Usopp and Zoro. They’re too different for me to be able to decide who I like best.
12. My five favorite characters:
Usopp, Zoro, Nami, Franky, Sanji.
13. My five least favorite characters:
Kizaru, Boa Hancock… and I’m very much Not Interested in most of the bad guys.
14. Which character I am most like:
Usopp. I prefer to hide behind my stronger friends, but I can do more than I think when I really have to. And while I never tell my stories to people, I often make up stories where I do amazing things and pretend that they’re real.
15. My deep, dark fandom secret:
I’ve written some porn for the fanforall that I really wish I could get brain bleach for. If anyone ever finds out that I’m the one who wrote that, I’ll probably die.
Saiyuki
01. The first character I fell in love with:
It wasn’t just one character, it was the Sanzo ikkou together.
02. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now:
Goku. I’m usually not a big fan of characters like that, but he’s melted my heart.
03. The character everyone else loves that I don't:
Uhm… Hazel, perhaps?
04. The character I love that everyone else hates:
The youkai girl who kissed Goku. I don’t get why people hate her just because she took his first kiss. It’s only natural for girls to want to kiss cute boys like Goku, right?
05. The character I used to love but don't any longer:
Can’t think of anyone.
06. The character I would shag anytime:
Gojyo! I’m sure he would make it fun.
07. The character I'd want to be like:
:D Kanzeon Bosatsu! Mnn, no, I really don’t know.
08. The character I'd slap:
Gyokumen Koushu. Bitch…
09. A pairing that I love:
Gojyo/Sanzo. Their angry sexual tension is amazing.
10. A pairing that I hate:
Sanzo/Goku. Not only am I squicked by the thought of their almost father/son relationship becoming sexual, I also think turning them into lovers would somehow be simplifying a very complex and beautiful relationship.
11. Favorite character:
Sanzo. :3 Mister Grumpy!
12. My five favorite characters:
Sanzo, Gojyo, Hakkai, Goku and… Dokugakuji, I think.
13. My five least favorite characters:
Every single Original Character/Mary Sue that has ever been paired up with the Sanzo ikkou in fanfiction/fanart I can’t really think of a list.
14. Which character I am most like:
I’m too wimpy to be compared to anyone in this manga. Some frightened civilian, I guess. Or Hakkai, if you only go by the ”Oh, look at me, I’m so nice BUT YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT MY HIDDEN DARKNESS!!!!!!!!!” and leave out the kickassness.
15. My deep, dark fandom secret:
I once created a horrible Mary Sue, giving her as many Mary Sue traits as possible. I never turned it into fanfiction (though I did tell my best friend a short version of her story just to see her gag), but I was actually considering doing it and posting it somewhere just to see what kind of reactions it would get. I almost trolled one of my favourite fandoms!
Torchwood
01. The first character I fell in love with:
Ianto. There’s something so very human and vulnerable about him, despite the whole I-got-eaten-by-Torchwood thing. Plus, the coffee. I have to love a guy who makes dirty noises while sniffing good coffee.
02. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now:
Rhys. I mean, he’s the husband of Gwen, whom I hate. Why?
03. The character everyone else loves that I don't:
Jack, but it’s complicated. On the one hand, he’s a bad leader and takes bad care of the people who love him, and even if those are flaws that are important to his character and are supposed to make him human, it makes me dislike him. But on the other hand, I pity him and his situation. Living forever isn’t as fun as one would think it is.
04. The character I love that everyone else hates:
I can’t really think of anyone. Ianto, perhaps, since more and more people are starting to hate him because of the fandom drama surrounding his death. Ianto-hating is what all the cool kids do!
05. The character I used to love but don't any longer:
Hmm… Jack? I never really loved him, but I thought he was pretty funny at first.
06. The character I would shag anytime:
If I had to pick someone, I’d probably have to pick Jack, because he’s probably pretty good at it and I know I’d just be able to walk away afterwards. But I don’t really want to sleep with any of them.
07. The character I'd want to be like:
Honestly, I’m happy if I never have to be anything like anyone on Torchwood. Except Rhys, I guess. Yeah, I’d like to be a normal, happy person.
08. The character I'd slap:
Gwen. Cheating on Rhys when he’s such a wonderful guy, grrr!
09. A pairing that I love:
Jack/Ianto, but this is complicated as well, mostly because the way their relationship is written is so inconsistent. During series two, I was torn between thinking it was so sweet that they’d found some sort of comfort in each other in the all consuming thing that is Torchwood and wishing that Ianto would dump Jack and find someone who really appreciated him and didn’t lust after Gwen other people.
10. A pairing that I hate:
Jack/Gwen. Or any pairing involving Gwen that is not Gwen/Rhys.
11. Favorite character:
Ianto.
12. My five favorite characters:
Ianto, Owen, Tosh, Rhys and John Hart.
13. My five least favorite characters:
Gwen, Adam, Jack, Grey, the 456
14. Which character I am most like:
Rhys, probably. Just a normal person.
15. My deep, dark fandom secret:
I once left anonymous comments on the livejournal of a woman who writes character bashing fics telling her how out of character I thought everyone was, even though I knew how much she hates anonymous comments and that she’s constantly ranting about ”stalkers” who leave anon comments. I claimed that I didn’t have a livejournal. I didn’t do it to troll, I was just so terrified of the thought that this crazy person would know who I am and come to my journal. Brrr.