The writer-fanboy
I've been a fanfiction reader since September 2010, when I was sixteen, but I jumped on the authors' bandwagon a year later, in 2011, when I published my first story on Fanfiction.net. It was in "The Fast and The Furious" fandom, but I have decided to take it down around early 2012. Probably not the best idea, when I look back on it. Then I tried again writing the same story with same plotlines twice, but both times I ended up taking it down.
Then in 2012 I discovered Hawaii Five-0 for myself, and I also became a H50 fanboy. There are also quite many fandoms I like, but I'm not going to list them here.
Anyway, my two favorite fandoms are:
The Fast and the Furious
My main interest is Brian O'Conner. The former Barstow, California native juvenile delinquent, who became a cop in LAPD, then turned on them and became a fugitive, then joined the FBI and after that became an international fugitive again over the series.
Personally, the only OTP as I see it is Brian O'Conner/Mia Toretto. As for Mia, she's the only girl perfect for Brian - Paul Walker and Jordana Brewster surely do (or should I say did?) have this natural chemistry between them. While Mia was absent in second movie, I found the thing with Brian and the federal agent Monica Fuentes too disturbing and felt like "hey, this should belong to 'kill-it-with-fire' box". Quite possibly, Paul & Eva Mendes chemistry didn't quite compare to Paul/Jordana chemistry in any way. However, despite that, the main pairing in the fandom seems to be Brian O'Conner/Dominic Toretto to me. While I don't really hate Brian/Dom slash, it's just not something I would write. However, I really love Brian/Dom friendship. I mean, in Fast Five Brian mentioned about his father never being there which means he didn't have a stable family, so quite probably he is seeing Dom as an older brother figure. I really love to dig deep into Brian's past.
I just cannot bring myself to read stories in which Brian does not appear. Sadly, though, most of the stories in the fandom are Dom/Letty, even though I have no problem with it, or Brian/Dom.
EDIT: Even though Paul Walker died on November 30, 2013, I still refuse to write off Brian. He was and will be my favorite character. plus if we keep him alive, then the memory of Paul Walker will still live on in our hearts. So I'm going to continue writing Brian fics. But PW's death has still affected me to the extent that iI'm absolutely refusing to write any Brian deathfics.
Hawaii Five-0
I'm equally interested in both Steve McGarrett and Danny Williams. Steven J. McGarrett is a Navy SEAL with the Lieutenant Commander (O-4) rank and the native haole. His mother was presumably killed in a car bomb explosion in 1992, when he was sixteen, and then his father John decided to send him and his younger sister Mary away to mainland. Eventually, Steve graduated from Annapolis, Maryland US Naval Academy and became a SEAL. But in 2010, his father was killed by arms dealer Victor Hesse, whom Steve had been tracking for quite long, and then Steve returned to Hawaii and eventually became the head of governor's task force.
As for Daniel Williams, he is a New Jersey boy. He became a cop and later married Rachel, a British woman who was in U.S. for the first time when she crashed into his squad car. They got married and had a daughter named Grace, but later Rachel was finding it hard to be married to a cop. They got divorced and then Rachel remarried and moved to Hawaii. However, Danny still wanted to be close to his daughter, so he eventually got transferred to Honolulu Police Department. And in 2010, he was the Detective investigating the murder of Steve's father, and that was when Steve made him his partner on the task force.
I really love that Danny is a good father. I mean, he could have stayed behind in his native NJ, but he still wanted to be more than just the "holiday dad", for which he moved to Hawaii. While Danny and Steve are complete opposites, with Danny being the young hot-headed by-the-book cop and Steve being calm, in control and making rules on the way, which also includes once throwing a suspect into a shark tank and hanging another suspect off the roof. And for this, they often argue. But nevertheless, even though Danny tries to hide it, he and Steve are best friends and completely trust each other. They often drive a gray 2010 Chevrolet Camaro. It's Danny's car, but is mostly driven by Steve. And in the Camaro they often have their "carguments", which I'm a fan of.
I also love the natives: Chin Ho Kelly and his cousin Kono Kalakaua.
However, I really hate the Season 2 character Lori Weston. She's a Department of Homeland Security profiler from mainland, and was assigned to the taskforce by the new governor, who took away the taskforce's original immunity. to make sure that the Five-0 follows orders. She was a total Mary Sue, if not worse, and when she was gone in Episode 16, I sighed with relief.
As for the OTP, I think it's Steve McGarrett/Danny Williams (or as the fanboys/fangirls say, McDanno.) And even Alex O'Loughlin, who plays Steve, said that he and Scott Caan (Danny) would be the "bromance of the decade". While I think that sometime it would be time to take the "b" out of "bromance" :D This is quite much the only fandom I like slash in.
I'm a fan of the 2010 Hawaii Five-0. The Aussie O'Loughlin and Scott Caan really appeal to me (heck, they only have a one-day age difference - August 23, 1976 for Scott and August 24, 1976 for Alex). But Australia and LA are both in different timezones, so probably they were born only some hours apart.
However, the 1968 original one with Jack Lord and James MacArthur sadly didn't quite interest me.
Anyway, I'll mention here about the pairings for different fandoms:
The Fast and The Furious movie series (2001-present)
OTP: Bria (Brian O'Conner/Mia Toretto).
Character of main interest: Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker)
Other pairing I like: Dominic Toretto/Leticia "Letty" Ortiz as side pairing to Bria
Pairing I sometimes read but don't write: Brian O'Conner/Dominic Toretto
Pairings I totally dislike: Mia Toretto/Vince. Of course, for that pairing I'll make an exception when there is a Brian/Dom pairing present, but sadly I don't write Brian/Dom and don't intend to, in the nearest future at least.
Brian O'Conner/Monica Fuentes. Total dislike for I'm an avid Bria fan, and I think Brian/Monica is an unsolved crime of century that should be punishable by lethal injection. But:
1) There are no Brian/Monica stories as far as I know.
2) Even if there were any, I still would not go on a crusade and would stick to "don't like, don't read".
Character I extremely hate: Monica Fuentes (Eva Mendes). She's a Customs/FBI agent working with Brian and Rome in 2nd movie. Yeah, Mia was not present in second movie, but I still didn't like Monica and when she was all so flirty with Brian (and also kissed him), I recoiled in disgust.
Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
OTP: McDanno (Steve McGarrett/Danny "Danno" Williams) or McRoll (Steve McGarrett/Catherine Rollins) with Danny Williams/Rachel Edwards
Characters of main interest: Steve McGarrett (Alex O'Loughlin), Danny Williams (Scott Caan)
Other pairings I like: Danny Williams/Kono Kalakaua, Danny Williams/Mary Ann McGarrett
Pairing that doesn't interest me: Danny Williams/Gabrielle Asano. I have nothing against Gabby, but then again, I don't think the relationship between her and Danny (from S2E4) would last. The fact that in S3, she was only present in the finale, adds to the fact. Plus I think Danny/Rachel interests me more.
Pairings I totally dislike: McKono (Steve McGarrett/Kono Kalakaua). Methinks Catherine (or Danny, hahaha :D:D:D) is more Steve's style than Kono.
McWeston (Steve McGarrett/Lori Weston). I really see Lori as an annoying turd, and think she should have not been added to the Five-0 task force in Season 2.
Character I extremely hate: Lori Weston (Lauren German). She's the annoying DHS profiler assigned to the task force by the new governor, Samuel Denning, to ensure that the taskforce follows rules set by him, and also because he thought her profiling skills might be useful for the team. But the majority (I think) of H50 fans hated her and when she was forced to resign in S2E16, I sighed with relief.
For all fandoms, things I hate: Mpreg, b!p, g!p, A/B/O if too stereotypical (such as in Fast & Furious, writers usually have Dom as Alpha and Brian as Omega and in Five-0 Steve as Alpha and Danny as Omega.)
Then in 2012 I discovered Hawaii Five-0 for myself, and I also became a H50 fanboy. There are also quite many fandoms I like, but I'm not going to list them here.
Anyway, my two favorite fandoms are:
The Fast and the Furious
My main interest is Brian O'Conner. The former Barstow, California native juvenile delinquent, who became a cop in LAPD, then turned on them and became a fugitive, then joined the FBI and after that became an international fugitive again over the series.
Personally, the only OTP as I see it is Brian O'Conner/Mia Toretto. As for Mia, she's the only girl perfect for Brian - Paul Walker and Jordana Brewster surely do (or should I say did?) have this natural chemistry between them. While Mia was absent in second movie, I found the thing with Brian and the federal agent Monica Fuentes too disturbing and felt like "hey, this should belong to 'kill-it-with-fire' box". Quite possibly, Paul & Eva Mendes chemistry didn't quite compare to Paul/Jordana chemistry in any way. However, despite that, the main pairing in the fandom seems to be Brian O'Conner/Dominic Toretto to me. While I don't really hate Brian/Dom slash, it's just not something I would write. However, I really love Brian/Dom friendship. I mean, in Fast Five Brian mentioned about his father never being there which means he didn't have a stable family, so quite probably he is seeing Dom as an older brother figure. I really love to dig deep into Brian's past.
I just cannot bring myself to read stories in which Brian does not appear. Sadly, though, most of the stories in the fandom are Dom/Letty, even though I have no problem with it, or Brian/Dom.
EDIT: Even though Paul Walker died on November 30, 2013, I still refuse to write off Brian. He was and will be my favorite character. plus if we keep him alive, then the memory of Paul Walker will still live on in our hearts. So I'm going to continue writing Brian fics. But PW's death has still affected me to the extent that iI'm absolutely refusing to write any Brian deathfics.
Hawaii Five-0
I'm equally interested in both Steve McGarrett and Danny Williams. Steven J. McGarrett is a Navy SEAL with the Lieutenant Commander (O-4) rank and the native haole. His mother was presumably killed in a car bomb explosion in 1992, when he was sixteen, and then his father John decided to send him and his younger sister Mary away to mainland. Eventually, Steve graduated from Annapolis, Maryland US Naval Academy and became a SEAL. But in 2010, his father was killed by arms dealer Victor Hesse, whom Steve had been tracking for quite long, and then Steve returned to Hawaii and eventually became the head of governor's task force.
As for Daniel Williams, he is a New Jersey boy. He became a cop and later married Rachel, a British woman who was in U.S. for the first time when she crashed into his squad car. They got married and had a daughter named Grace, but later Rachel was finding it hard to be married to a cop. They got divorced and then Rachel remarried and moved to Hawaii. However, Danny still wanted to be close to his daughter, so he eventually got transferred to Honolulu Police Department. And in 2010, he was the Detective investigating the murder of Steve's father, and that was when Steve made him his partner on the task force.
I really love that Danny is a good father. I mean, he could have stayed behind in his native NJ, but he still wanted to be more than just the "holiday dad", for which he moved to Hawaii. While Danny and Steve are complete opposites, with Danny being the young hot-headed by-the-book cop and Steve being calm, in control and making rules on the way, which also includes once throwing a suspect into a shark tank and hanging another suspect off the roof. And for this, they often argue. But nevertheless, even though Danny tries to hide it, he and Steve are best friends and completely trust each other. They often drive a gray 2010 Chevrolet Camaro. It's Danny's car, but is mostly driven by Steve. And in the Camaro they often have their "carguments", which I'm a fan of.
I also love the natives: Chin Ho Kelly and his cousin Kono Kalakaua.
However, I really hate the Season 2 character Lori Weston. She's a Department of Homeland Security profiler from mainland, and was assigned to the taskforce by the new governor, who took away the taskforce's original immunity. to make sure that the Five-0 follows orders. She was a total Mary Sue, if not worse, and when she was gone in Episode 16, I sighed with relief.
As for the OTP, I think it's Steve McGarrett/Danny Williams (or as the fanboys/fangirls say, McDanno.) And even Alex O'Loughlin, who plays Steve, said that he and Scott Caan (Danny) would be the "bromance of the decade". While I think that sometime it would be time to take the "b" out of "bromance" :D This is quite much the only fandom I like slash in.
I'm a fan of the 2010 Hawaii Five-0. The Aussie O'Loughlin and Scott Caan really appeal to me (heck, they only have a one-day age difference - August 23, 1976 for Scott and August 24, 1976 for Alex). But Australia and LA are both in different timezones, so probably they were born only some hours apart.
However, the 1968 original one with Jack Lord and James MacArthur sadly didn't quite interest me.
Anyway, I'll mention here about the pairings for different fandoms:
The Fast and The Furious movie series (2001-present)
OTP: Bria (Brian O'Conner/Mia Toretto).
Character of main interest: Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker)
Other pairing I like: Dominic Toretto/Leticia "Letty" Ortiz as side pairing to Bria
Pairing I sometimes read but don't write: Brian O'Conner/Dominic Toretto
Pairings I totally dislike: Mia Toretto/Vince. Of course, for that pairing I'll make an exception when there is a Brian/Dom pairing present, but sadly I don't write Brian/Dom and don't intend to, in the nearest future at least.
Brian O'Conner/Monica Fuentes. Total dislike for I'm an avid Bria fan, and I think Brian/Monica is an unsolved crime of century that should be punishable by lethal injection. But:
1) There are no Brian/Monica stories as far as I know.
2) Even if there were any, I still would not go on a crusade and would stick to "don't like, don't read".
Character I extremely hate: Monica Fuentes (Eva Mendes). She's a Customs/FBI agent working with Brian and Rome in 2nd movie. Yeah, Mia was not present in second movie, but I still didn't like Monica and when she was all so flirty with Brian (and also kissed him), I recoiled in disgust.
Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
OTP: McDanno (Steve McGarrett/Danny "Danno" Williams) or McRoll (Steve McGarrett/Catherine Rollins) with Danny Williams/Rachel Edwards
Characters of main interest: Steve McGarrett (Alex O'Loughlin), Danny Williams (Scott Caan)
Other pairings I like: Danny Williams/Kono Kalakaua, Danny Williams/Mary Ann McGarrett
Pairing that doesn't interest me: Danny Williams/Gabrielle Asano. I have nothing against Gabby, but then again, I don't think the relationship between her and Danny (from S2E4) would last. The fact that in S3, she was only present in the finale, adds to the fact. Plus I think Danny/Rachel interests me more.
Pairings I totally dislike: McKono (Steve McGarrett/Kono Kalakaua). Methinks Catherine (or Danny, hahaha :D:D:D) is more Steve's style than Kono.
McWeston (Steve McGarrett/Lori Weston). I really see Lori as an annoying turd, and think she should have not been added to the Five-0 task force in Season 2.
Character I extremely hate: Lori Weston (Lauren German). She's the annoying DHS profiler assigned to the task force by the new governor, Samuel Denning, to ensure that the taskforce follows rules set by him, and also because he thought her profiling skills might be useful for the team. But the majority (I think) of H50 fans hated her and when she was forced to resign in S2E16, I sighed with relief.
For all fandoms, things I hate: Mpreg, b!p, g!p, A/B/O if too stereotypical (such as in Fast & Furious, writers usually have Dom as Alpha and Brian as Omega and in Five-0 Steve as Alpha and Danny as Omega.)