Fandoms Question Meme (1-4)
I picked this up somewhere and thought it might be fun to do an old-style meme (although I think this was probably designed as a tumblr ask thing, but hey: there are still no meme police!) and have a reason to talk about fannish things, which is, after all, why I'm here.
(I did the first four together, because they're quite similar and predictable answers are predictable.)
1. What was the first fandom you got involved in?
Doctor Who! I first watched it in 1988 (last ten minutes of The Happiness Patrol, my mind was both deepened and boggled and love for Seven was instantaneous), I bought Doctor Who Magazine from about 91 or 92, I thought up fanfic in my head, and then in 1995 I went to university and there they had the internet and newsnet and I discovered rec.arts.drwho, and, more importantly, alt.drwho.creative, and though I had a big internet/fandom gap again afterwards, that was it, really. I came back to finish a historical fic with Four, Sarah, and Harry I'd started in 1998 before the Internet famine, but having returned to post it in 2007, I discovered the Teaspoon and LJ, and I was in love, basically.
2. What is your latest fandom?
A difficult question. In the sense this meme probably means, as in a fandom where I'm really involved in lots of things, probably still Doctor Who, but I like writing for anything that takes my fancy. It usually is old TV things that I've been watching, but I can't seem to help that. (I think it takes the pressure off to write for things where you're not writing something ten other people have already done, which just seems pointless).
But it is lonely and I should probably try harder at modern fandoms; it just never seems to work out. I'm too far behind when I watch them, or I can't ship just one thing and everybody else is all lined up in shipping teams on tumblr, writing fluff.
The last new thing I wrote for is When the Boat Comes In, but I don't think I'd say I was in the fandom, even if there was one. I just wanted to write a thing, and so I did.
3. What is the best fandom you’ve ever been involved in?
Doctor Who, but I have also had a lot of fun in Blake's 7 and Sapphire and Steel. Most of my other fandoms are either too small or too big to work like that and so I'm not properly in them.
It also doesn't help that I can't really tumblr properly. I have a tumblr and I have fun there sometimes and have met a handful of very nice people, and it does some things very well, but I really preferred the varying levels of choice and filtering journalling and comms gave me, compared to newsgroups, forums, chatrooms, and now tumblr, which despite some filtering here and there are rather all-or-nothing in terms of public or private, which I've always found off-putting.
4. Do you regret getting involved in any fandoms?
Since, in my case, this mostly means "I wrote a thing for it one time", then, no, I don't. And of the fandoms I've properly been in, that's mainly the three above and I certainly couldn't regret being in them, not even the worst corners of DW fandom that I've spent 20 years hiding from. I've made friends, read and written fic, and learned new things from them all.
1. What was the first fandom you got involved in?
2. What is your latest fandom?
3. What is the best fandom you’ve ever been involved in?
4. Do you regret getting involved in any fandoms?
5. Which fandoms have your written fanfiction for?
6. List your OTP from each fandom you’ve been involved in.
7. List your NoTPs from each fandom you’ve been in.
8. How did you get involved in your latest fandom?
9. What are the best things about your current fandom?
10. Is there a fandom you read fic from but don’t write in?
Ship Questions for your Current Fandom
11. Who is your current OTP?
12. Who is your current OT3?
13. Any NoTPs?
14. Go on, who are your BroTPs?
15. Is there an obscure ship which you love?
16. Are there any popular ships in your fandom which you dislike?
17. Who was your first OTP and are they still your favourite?
18. What ship have you written the most about?
19. Is there a ship which you wished you could get behind, but you just don’t feel them?
20. Any ships which you surprised yourself by liking?
Author Questions
21. What was the first fanfic you ever wrote?
22. Is there anything you regret writing?
23. Name a fic you’ve written that you’re especially fond of & explain why you like it.
24. What fic do you desperately need to rewrite or edit?
25. What’s your most popular fanfic?
26. How do you come up with your fanfic titles?
27. What do you hate more: Coming up with titles or writing summaries?
28. If someone were to draw a piece of fanart for your story, which story would it be and what would the picture be of?
29. Do you have a beta reader? Why/Why not?
30. What inspires you to write?
31. What’s the nicest thing someone has ever said about your writing?
32. Do you listen to music when you write or does music inspire you? If so, which band or genre of music does it for you?
33. Do you write oneshots, multi-chapter fics or huuuuuge epics?
34. What’s the word count on your longest fic?
35. Do you write drabbles? If so, what do you normally write them about?
36. What’s your favorite genre to write?
37. First person or third person - what do you write in and why?
38. Do you use established canon characters or do you create OCs?
39. What is you greatest strength as a writer?
40. What do you struggle the most with in your writing?
Fanfiction Questions
41. List and link to 5 fanfics you are currently reading:
41. List and link to 5 fanfiction authors who are amazing:
42. Is there anyone in your fandom who really inspires you?
43. What ship do you feel needs more attention?
44. What is your all-time favorite fanfic?
45. If someone was to read one of your fanfics, which fic would you recommend to them and why?
46. Archive Of Our Own, Dreamwidth, LiveJournal, Fanfiction.net or Tumblr - where do you prefer to post and why?
47. Do you leave reviews when you read fanfiction? Why/Why not?
48. Do you care if people comment/reblog your writing? Why/why not?
49. How did you get into reading and/or writing fanfiction?
50. Rant or Gush about one thing you love or hate in the world of fanfiction! Go!
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(I did the first four together, because they're quite similar and predictable answers are predictable.)
1. What was the first fandom you got involved in?
Doctor Who! I first watched it in 1988 (last ten minutes of The Happiness Patrol, my mind was both deepened and boggled and love for Seven was instantaneous), I bought Doctor Who Magazine from about 91 or 92, I thought up fanfic in my head, and then in 1995 I went to university and there they had the internet and newsnet and I discovered rec.arts.drwho, and, more importantly, alt.drwho.creative, and though I had a big internet/fandom gap again afterwards, that was it, really. I came back to finish a historical fic with Four, Sarah, and Harry I'd started in 1998 before the Internet famine, but having returned to post it in 2007, I discovered the Teaspoon and LJ, and I was in love, basically.
2. What is your latest fandom?
A difficult question. In the sense this meme probably means, as in a fandom where I'm really involved in lots of things, probably still Doctor Who, but I like writing for anything that takes my fancy. It usually is old TV things that I've been watching, but I can't seem to help that. (I think it takes the pressure off to write for things where you're not writing something ten other people have already done, which just seems pointless).
But it is lonely and I should probably try harder at modern fandoms; it just never seems to work out. I'm too far behind when I watch them, or I can't ship just one thing and everybody else is all lined up in shipping teams on tumblr, writing fluff.
The last new thing I wrote for is When the Boat Comes In, but I don't think I'd say I was in the fandom, even if there was one. I just wanted to write a thing, and so I did.
3. What is the best fandom you’ve ever been involved in?
Doctor Who, but I have also had a lot of fun in Blake's 7 and Sapphire and Steel. Most of my other fandoms are either too small or too big to work like that and so I'm not properly in them.
It also doesn't help that I can't really tumblr properly. I have a tumblr and I have fun there sometimes and have met a handful of very nice people, and it does some things very well, but I really preferred the varying levels of choice and filtering journalling and comms gave me, compared to newsgroups, forums, chatrooms, and now tumblr, which despite some filtering here and there are rather all-or-nothing in terms of public or private, which I've always found off-putting.
4. Do you regret getting involved in any fandoms?
Since, in my case, this mostly means "I wrote a thing for it one time", then, no, I don't. And of the fandoms I've properly been in, that's mainly the three above and I certainly couldn't regret being in them, not even the worst corners of DW fandom that I've spent 20 years hiding from. I've made friends, read and written fic, and learned new things from them all.
1. What was the first fandom you got involved in?
2. What is your latest fandom?
3. What is the best fandom you’ve ever been involved in?
4. Do you regret getting involved in any fandoms?
5. Which fandoms have your written fanfiction for?
6. List your OTP from each fandom you’ve been involved in.
7. List your NoTPs from each fandom you’ve been in.
8. How did you get involved in your latest fandom?
9. What are the best things about your current fandom?
10. Is there a fandom you read fic from but don’t write in?
Ship Questions for your Current Fandom
11. Who is your current OTP?
12. Who is your current OT3?
13. Any NoTPs?
14. Go on, who are your BroTPs?
15. Is there an obscure ship which you love?
16. Are there any popular ships in your fandom which you dislike?
17. Who was your first OTP and are they still your favourite?
18. What ship have you written the most about?
19. Is there a ship which you wished you could get behind, but you just don’t feel them?
20. Any ships which you surprised yourself by liking?
Author Questions
21. What was the first fanfic you ever wrote?
22. Is there anything you regret writing?
23. Name a fic you’ve written that you’re especially fond of & explain why you like it.
24. What fic do you desperately need to rewrite or edit?
25. What’s your most popular fanfic?
26. How do you come up with your fanfic titles?
27. What do you hate more: Coming up with titles or writing summaries?
28. If someone were to draw a piece of fanart for your story, which story would it be and what would the picture be of?
29. Do you have a beta reader? Why/Why not?
30. What inspires you to write?
31. What’s the nicest thing someone has ever said about your writing?
32. Do you listen to music when you write or does music inspire you? If so, which band or genre of music does it for you?
33. Do you write oneshots, multi-chapter fics or huuuuuge epics?
34. What’s the word count on your longest fic?
35. Do you write drabbles? If so, what do you normally write them about?
36. What’s your favorite genre to write?
37. First person or third person - what do you write in and why?
38. Do you use established canon characters or do you create OCs?
39. What is you greatest strength as a writer?
40. What do you struggle the most with in your writing?
Fanfiction Questions
41. List and link to 5 fanfics you are currently reading:
41. List and link to 5 fanfiction authors who are amazing:
42. Is there anyone in your fandom who really inspires you?
43. What ship do you feel needs more attention?
44. What is your all-time favorite fanfic?
45. If someone was to read one of your fanfics, which fic would you recommend to them and why?
46. Archive Of Our Own, Dreamwidth, LiveJournal, Fanfiction.net or Tumblr - where do you prefer to post and why?
47. Do you leave reviews when you read fanfiction? Why/Why not?
48. Do you care if people comment/reblog your writing? Why/why not?
49. How did you get into reading and/or writing fanfiction?
50. Rant or Gush about one thing you love or hate in the world of fanfiction! Go!
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