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windandwater

The icon speaks for itself

Apr 18, 2006 22:53

You know, it's been a good long while since I've been embroiled in fandom... fandomness. I've always been in that sort of lurking part of the fandom, crawling out from the darkness only to review certain fics or answer the odd ficsearch. And even though I've been in the Gundam Wing fandom for 10 years (dear god, has it been 10 years already?), I ( Read more... )

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mikkeneko April 19 2006, 07:23:21 UTC

I will freely admit that I more or less got interested in GW because of Duo Maxwell (or rather, his hair).

I wonder how many hundreds of fangirls followed the banner of that braid into the fandom...

I have never found more and better fic anywhere than I found for Gundam Wing. :( I miss it. I wish I'd gotten in the habit of keeping good records, without assuming that I'd always remember what it was and where it was, that one fic I really liked...

*sigh, tearwipe*

Oh well.

windandwater April 19 2006, 07:28:02 UTC

More people followed the braid into the fandom than you think, but not so many will admit it, because THAT'S SHALLOW. *rolls in the shallow pool of shallowness*

And I do adore GW fics. There's a good thread of quality all across the board, better than in alot of fandoms. I want to stab my eyes when I think of the Sailor Moon, Ranma, and other fics I read early on that I thought were "good" but now realize are all mary sues, self insertion, or godmodding with characters.

And if you want a fic, ask! I can probably remember it and/or find it. XD

mikkeneko April 19 2006, 07:31:06 UTC

Well... I... uh... Okay, how's about that fantasy AU fic where the Gundams were some sort of animal or magical companion spirits, and Sandrock possessed Quatre and destroyed a whole town, and they killed him, and then it turned out that the town had been infectd by evil or something? And Heero always beat up Duo but only because he liked him.

How about the time-travel fic where traumatized and bitter Duo (or rather, 02) travelled back in time to save Heero from dying of self destruct, in order to change the future?

How about the... okay, I remember where to find the Confessor series, and I remember the title "Asylum" even if I don't remember who wrote it, and.... I can't remember any other fics right now. :(

windandwater April 19 2006, 07:45:42 UTC

The first one, I don't remember, but I'm sure someone else does. Oh! Oh wait! I think that's the fic where the Gundams are spirit companions of a sort and they're all searching for... something? The spirits want to be free of the mortal plain or something? And a violin got smashed?! GAH I CAN'T REMEMBER THE TITLE BUT I READ THAT ONE.

The time travel one I remember reading and being tormented and I think it's on jana's site. Aahh... it's "Cadence of Time" by Spooks! Yay for GWYaoi.org and their recs list.

Confessor Series is by Annabelle and archived on GWA. "Asylum" is also by Spooks.

=D

merith April 19 2006, 11:47:57 UTC

that first fic sounds very very interesting! i don't recall reading it, and not that i've read everything out there (stopped reading WIPs), but i've read or have heard of so many fics, i can usually find them. so unless it wasn't finished, it might have been housed on an archive site that's since closed?

annabelle's confessor is completed, but the folloring sequels are not :( ...and she's left the fandom. (hmmm... sounds like someone else i know...)

merith April 19 2006, 11:43:14 UTC

my name is merith, and i'm a recovering duo-braid-fancier...

and you LIE! you're in the fandom because heero likes tentacles and short skirts with panties. ;)

windandwater April 19 2006, 20:07:25 UTC

I DO NOT LIE.

IGNORE THE ICON I AM USING.

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