Fandoms As Love Interests!
I'm behind on the fanfic meme, but hey, let's do this one too!
The one who seduced you, screwed you over, broke your heart in a million pieces, and laughed about it.
Smallville. I was surprised a week or so ago to realize how many ~feelings~ I still have about Smallville. And more accurately, with Smallville it's more like "the one who seduced you then changed into a completely different person but still showed just enough flashes of the one you fell in love with that even though it was completely over when they said 'hey baby, c'mon, give me one last shot, it can be like the old days,' you listen and get your heart stomped on all over again."
Ahem. Like I said. ~feelings~
The old flame you don't see very often any more but whom you still really enjoy getting together with for a few drinks and maybe a pleasant nostalgic romp
Left 4 Dead 2. Nick/Ellis is my happy funtime pairing.
The mysterious dark one whom you used to sit up with talking until 3 AM at weird coffee houses and with whom you were quite smitten until you realized s/he really was fucking crazy.
Watchmen. I've never in my life had such a hard time writing for a canon I loved so passionately.
The one you spent a whole weekend in bed with and who drank up all your liquor and whom you'd still really like to get with again, although you're relieved s/he doesn't actually live in town
Heroes. Someday I'll finish that Five Years Gone Peter/Claude story I've got plotted out somewhere.
The steady
Doctor Who. My forever show, whether or not I'm currently writing fic for it.
The alluring stranger whom you've flirted with at parties but have never gotten really serious with.
B5, Star Trek and Star Wars. I love all those canons but I've rarely felt the urge to write for them or seek out fic, although I'll happily devour anything recced to me (the exception to SW is Thrawn/Pelleaon, but I still haven't actually finished anything for them.) Harry Potter, too.
The one you hang out with and have vague fantasies about maybe having a thing with, but ultimately you're just good buddies
Firefly. Jossverse in general, really.
The one your friends keep introducing you to and who seems like a hell of a cool person except it's never really gone anywhere.
Sherlock? Maybe when I watch that last episode.
The one who's slept with all your friends, and you keep looking at them and thinking, "How the hell did they land all these cool people?"
This is exactly how I felt when SGA took over my flist back in the day.:)
The one who gave you the best damned summer of your life and against whom you measure all other potential partners:
Oh, X-Men fandom. I'm only on LJ in the first place because I followed the comics!fic writers here.
The one you recently met at a party and would like to get to know better:
Oh, Human Target. How our romance was cut tragically short!
The old flame that you wouldn't totally object to hooking up with again for a one night romp if only they'd clean up a bit:
Iron Man movieverse. I honestly don't think I've read or thought about writing fic for Iron Man since the second movie. Maybe when the Avengers movie comes out.
Your hot new flame:
I suppose this would have to be Supernatural? But really, SPN is more, "That fun friend you never really saw that way but who came back from summer break with an awesome new haircut that made you go, "Hey, why not? Could be fun," then a month later you're living in his apartment and you haven't left the house in days and even though you know it's going to end in tears you're having so much fun you don't care."
The one who stole your significant other:
...Can I say Smallville again? I feel like the later seasons did that to the show I loved.
The one who seduced you, screwed you over, broke your heart in a million pieces, and laughed about it.
Smallville. I was surprised a week or so ago to realize how many ~feelings~ I still have about Smallville. And more accurately, with Smallville it's more like "the one who seduced you then changed into a completely different person but still showed just enough flashes of the one you fell in love with that even though it was completely over when they said 'hey baby, c'mon, give me one last shot, it can be like the old days,' you listen and get your heart stomped on all over again."
Ahem. Like I said. ~feelings~
The old flame you don't see very often any more but whom you still really enjoy getting together with for a few drinks and maybe a pleasant nostalgic romp
Left 4 Dead 2. Nick/Ellis is my happy funtime pairing.
The mysterious dark one whom you used to sit up with talking until 3 AM at weird coffee houses and with whom you were quite smitten until you realized s/he really was fucking crazy.
Watchmen. I've never in my life had such a hard time writing for a canon I loved so passionately.
The one you spent a whole weekend in bed with and who drank up all your liquor and whom you'd still really like to get with again, although you're relieved s/he doesn't actually live in town
Heroes. Someday I'll finish that Five Years Gone Peter/Claude story I've got plotted out somewhere.
The steady
Doctor Who. My forever show, whether or not I'm currently writing fic for it.
The alluring stranger whom you've flirted with at parties but have never gotten really serious with.
B5, Star Trek and Star Wars. I love all those canons but I've rarely felt the urge to write for them or seek out fic, although I'll happily devour anything recced to me (the exception to SW is Thrawn/Pelleaon, but I still haven't actually finished anything for them.) Harry Potter, too.
The one you hang out with and have vague fantasies about maybe having a thing with, but ultimately you're just good buddies
Firefly. Jossverse in general, really.
The one your friends keep introducing you to and who seems like a hell of a cool person except it's never really gone anywhere.
Sherlock? Maybe when I watch that last episode.
The one who's slept with all your friends, and you keep looking at them and thinking, "How the hell did they land all these cool people?"
This is exactly how I felt when SGA took over my flist back in the day.:)
The one who gave you the best damned summer of your life and against whom you measure all other potential partners:
Oh, X-Men fandom. I'm only on LJ in the first place because I followed the comics!fic writers here.
The one you recently met at a party and would like to get to know better:
Oh, Human Target. How our romance was cut tragically short!
The old flame that you wouldn't totally object to hooking up with again for a one night romp if only they'd clean up a bit:
Iron Man movieverse. I honestly don't think I've read or thought about writing fic for Iron Man since the second movie. Maybe when the Avengers movie comes out.
Your hot new flame:
I suppose this would have to be Supernatural? But really, SPN is more, "That fun friend you never really saw that way but who came back from summer break with an awesome new haircut that made you go, "Hey, why not? Could be fun," then a month later you're living in his apartment and you haven't left the house in days and even though you know it's going to end in tears you're having so much fun you don't care."
The one who stole your significant other:
...Can I say Smallville again? I feel like the later seasons did that to the show I loved.