Oldie-but-goodie: Fandoms as Relationships meme
[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 in the sheets.]
Bleach, sadly. After the Mayuri vs. Szayel fight, I've lost all interest except for a few select characters. (QUINCIES REPRESENT.)
[The mysterious, dark, gothy one with whom you used to sit up talking until 3 a.m. at weird coffeehouses and with whom you were quite smitten until you realized he really was fucking crazy.]
Harry Potter, for an embarrassing confession. As much I loved the books in high school, actually seeing the fandom online made me go AW FUCK NO.
[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 fuck again although you're relieved (s)he doesn't actually live in town.]
Mushi-shi. The canon is so self-contained and quiet that fangirling it is a bit hard, but it totally was the inspiration for my own fic "Year of the Boar".
[The steady.]
At this point, Tsubasa/Holic specifically and CLAMP in general. So much to poke at there that I don't think it will ever fade away.
[The alluring stranger whom you've flirted with at parties but have never gotten really serious with.]
Doctor Who. I watched the first and second seasons of the revival series, but given the size of the Who canon,
[The one you hang out with and have vague fantasies about maybe having a thing with but ultimately you're just good buddies 'cause the friendship is there but the chemistry ain't.]
Loveless has ended up this way. I just don't know why.
[The one your friends keep introducing you to and who seems like a hell of a cool guy except it's never really gone anywhere.]
D-Gray Man. I know it well enough to check up the new chapters from time to time, but I've never caught up on the archive.
[The one who's slept with all your friends, and you keep looking at him and thinking, "Him? How the hell did he land all these cool babes?"]
Naruto, although I understand that when it first came out it was a lot fresher and it was the "first slightly embarrassing fandom" for a lot of people.
[The one your friend has fallen for like a ton of bricks and whom she keeps babbling to you about on the phone for hours, and you'd be happy for her except you just know it's going to end badly.]
Twilight
[The one who gave you the best damned summer of your life and who you measure all other potential partners against.]
Samurai Champloo. There are at least 5 people on my f-list who I first met in that fandom and have stuck by since then. It was my first time into anime fandom.
[The one that you will cheat on your steady with.]
X/1999, because sadly the X and Tsubasa fandoms have a bit of animosity.
[The one that you’d look up on Friends Revisited]
Horatio Hornblower, because there are times when one just NEEDS nerdy, ambiguously gay British middies.
[The one that you’d change the locks on]
Lord of the Rings, not for being aggravated at the fandom, but because I said some stupid stuff and couldn't forgive myself.
[First love]
Sherlock Holmes. Uh, wow. THAT brings back bad 8th-grade-and-dialup memories.
[The one you first slept with]
Gundam Wing, as that was the fandom that introduced me to yaoi and also to sex in fic more generally.
[The one who seduced you, fucked you over and broke your heart in a million pieces then laughed about it.]
Sherlock Holmes as well. I had a very, very fragile ego and a lot of other problems at 14 that the other fans I talked to didn't know anything about. Totally not their fault and at least I learned a lot from the experience.
Bleach, sadly. After the Mayuri vs. Szayel fight, I've lost all interest except for a few select characters. (QUINCIES REPRESENT.)
[The mysterious, dark, gothy one with whom you used to sit up talking until 3 a.m. at weird coffeehouses and with whom you were quite smitten until you realized he really was fucking crazy.]
Harry Potter, for an embarrassing confession. As much I loved the books in high school, actually seeing the fandom online made me go AW FUCK NO.
[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 fuck again although you're relieved (s)he doesn't actually live in town.]
Mushi-shi. The canon is so self-contained and quiet that fangirling it is a bit hard, but it totally was the inspiration for my own fic "Year of the Boar".
[The steady.]
At this point, Tsubasa/Holic specifically and CLAMP in general. So much to poke at there that I don't think it will ever fade away.
[The alluring stranger whom you've flirted with at parties but have never gotten really serious with.]
Doctor Who. I watched the first and second seasons of the revival series, but given the size of the Who canon,
[The one you hang out with and have vague fantasies about maybe having a thing with but ultimately you're just good buddies 'cause the friendship is there but the chemistry ain't.]
Loveless has ended up this way. I just don't know why.
[The one your friends keep introducing you to and who seems like a hell of a cool guy except it's never really gone anywhere.]
D-Gray Man. I know it well enough to check up the new chapters from time to time, but I've never caught up on the archive.
[The one who's slept with all your friends, and you keep looking at him and thinking, "Him? How the hell did he land all these cool babes?"]
Naruto, although I understand that when it first came out it was a lot fresher and it was the "first slightly embarrassing fandom" for a lot of people.
[The one your friend has fallen for like a ton of bricks and whom she keeps babbling to you about on the phone for hours, and you'd be happy for her except you just know it's going to end badly.]
Twilight
[The one who gave you the best damned summer of your life and who you measure all other potential partners against.]
Samurai Champloo. There are at least 5 people on my f-list who I first met in that fandom and have stuck by since then. It was my first time into anime fandom.
[The one that you will cheat on your steady with.]
X/1999, because sadly the X and Tsubasa fandoms have a bit of animosity.
[The one that you’d look up on Friends Revisited]
Horatio Hornblower, because there are times when one just NEEDS nerdy, ambiguously gay British middies.
[The one that you’d change the locks on]
Lord of the Rings, not for being aggravated at the fandom, but because I said some stupid stuff and couldn't forgive myself.
[First love]
Sherlock Holmes. Uh, wow. THAT brings back bad 8th-grade-and-dialup memories.
[The one you first slept with]
Gundam Wing, as that was the fandom that introduced me to yaoi and also to sex in fic more generally.
[The one who seduced you, fucked you over and broke your heart in a million pieces then laughed about it.]
Sherlock Holmes as well. I had a very, very fragile ego and a lot of other problems at 14 that the other fans I talked to didn't know anything about. Totally not their fault and at least I learned a lot from the experience.