Q22: Name a character that you’d like to have for a friend.

Nyssa from Doctor Who.

She'd be interesting and sensible and not too much like hard work.

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Q21: Say something genuinely nice about a character who isn’t one of your faves. (Characters you’re neutral about are fair game, as are characters you dislike or even loathe.)

Hmmm... my least favourite Doctor Who companions are probably Susan and Victoria (both went down in my estimation when watching for the randomiser). As with all Doctor Who ( Read more... )

I had almost forgotten the meme! Almost, but not quite.

Q20: What fandom broke your heart?

Tricky one this one. Plenty of shows/stories have made me cry by thwarting my hopes for happy endings of various descriptions, but I'm not sure any has broken my heart. Buffy/Angel was/is probably the worst in terms steadfastly refusing to deliver the happy ( Read more... )

Q19: Has social media caused you to stop liking any fandoms, if so, which and why?

No. I mean, I get there are some pretty toxic corners of Who fandom but so far I haven't really gone looking for them and they've not come looking for me so all is good.

More than that, social media, without a doubt, has enriched my fandom experience. There have ( Read more... )

Q18: How many fandoms have you written for? How many have you been in, and how many are you still in?

I was tempted to say How should I know? but then I recalled that AO3 was a thing. It tells me I have written in 47 fandoms, but there is a lot of double-accounting going on there - I reckon at least 10 of them are sub-fandoms of Doctor Who. This ( Read more... )

Q17: What is your favourite source text for fandom stuff (e.g., TV shows, movies, books, anime, Western animation, etc.)?

Probably TV shows. There's something about the weekly serialised format - which is the form of most of my fandoms - that provides a shape for things to go in the gaps, either full blown case/mission/whatever stories or character ( Read more... )

Q16: Do you remember your first OTP? Who was in it?

Hard to be certain, looking back that far, but I suspect it was Leia and Luke from Star Wars. Not that the pairing survived the appearance of The Empire Strikes Back (let alone Return of the Jedi) one of the many ways that film was disconcerting to a nine year old. I did not approve of Leia/Han ( Read more... )

Q15. What was the first thing you ever contributed to a fandom?

I think it must have been a Robin of Sherwood fanfic that I sent in to a fanzine called Channel D which published it. These days it's up on AO3. It has 8 kudos, which is about parr for the course for my Robin of Sherwood fanfics, but it also has more hits so its kudos-to-hit ratio is ( Read more... )

Q14: A pairing - platonic, romantic or sexual - that you initially didn’t consider, but someone changed your mind.

I'm struggling a bit here. As noted, I don't in general have strong feelings about pairings so I don't really recall "moments of revelation" for slightly non-standard ones (e.g., Claudia/Ryan from Primeval) that I'm fond of. I think ( Read more... )

Q13. Do you prefer art, fic, or vids? Why? Bonus: If someone was to give you a fandom gift, what format would it be?

Mostly vids don't do much for me so definitely art or fic. On the whole I seek out fic more so probably that though there's some stunning art out there and since I'm not so good at producing art for myself I often appreciate it as a ( Read more... )