Seven Questions

[crickets]

Swiped from ozmissage:
Comment to this post letting me know you want to participate, and I will list seven things I want you to talk about. They might make sense or they might be totally random.

Then post that list, with your commentary, to your journal. Other people can get lists from you, and the meme merrily perpetuates itself.

Comments

[slybrunette]

Hit me (baby one more time).

[crickets]

I'll try not to make all of these questions about fic. NO PROMISES.

1. What is your biggest fandom regret?

2. What pairings have you never really written, that you wish you had and by-gosh-you-will-someday?

3. If you could re-do any of your favorite shows from any point in their canon story, what shows would you pick, and at what point would you begin to deviate from the canon?

4. What's your favorite, quickest, delicious-est recipe recommendation? (Something you could just rattle off at the drop of a hat.)

5. You have a history of going for the non-traditional and non-canon pairings. I over-identify with this. Talk a little bit about that. Why? When? How? Do you have any rules? Etc.

6. Is it?

7. What are your favorite songs to listen to when writing fic? Or does it vary by fandom/pairing?

[rabiya_al_basri]

I want some serious not-pretend, not-free-will-less betrayal to go down. Like, two people that we the audience loves fighting on two different sides and each having their own, very good reasons for that. I'd even like to see other characters choosing sides, having the whole group split up as a result. It would be epic and terrible and not everybody would make it out alive. And then perhaps in the end they could reunite to fight a common enemy or something -- but you just know that nothing will ever be the same again. YESSS! This was what I loved about season 1--understanding why Elena asked Damon to make Jer forget, and understanding why Jer was PISSED OFF OMFG NOT FORGIVING YOU LIKE EVER (well, most of the rest of the season) about it; Bonnie not unspelling the anti-vampire weapon; John and his totally bizarre vampire-hating+colluding-with-Katherine-and-Isobel, etc etc. And then early in season 2 this stuff all just...stopped. There was Katherine, then there was Elijah, then there was Klaus, Klaus, more Klaus, and ghosts. Also

[crickets]

Yeah but It's not a "real" betrayal because Elena allowed herself to be deluded enough into thinking that she was actually "helping" Jeremy.

I feel like this show could go so much deeper. There's that one scene in Buffy, I mean, there are hundreds probably, but there's one with Giles and Ben in the season 5 finale, after Buffy has weakened Glory so much that Ben finally re-emerges, beaten and unable to stand. And in that moment Giles is left alone with him and tells Ben that Buffy could never take a human life, even if she knows she'll pay for her mercy in the end, she can't do it because she's a hero. And he says "She's a hero, you see. She's not like us." And then he proceeds to smother Ben to death. And just. MY HEART. It's so morally gray and yet PERFECT and for me that's what this show is missing. I mean, that's at least ONE of the things that this show is missing.

ETA: Did you want 7 questions?

[rabiya_al_basri]

It hadn't been my intent to ask for questions, but now that you mention it, yes, please

[rabiya_al_basri]

I doubt Bonnie could "un-compel" him, but it'd've been exciting to watch them come up with a way to save Jeremy from her. (Give Damon the side-eye-of-aneurysm until he agreed to undo it? Get Klaus to do it? Just tell him and see what happens (presumably it'd be futile, he'd been compelled not just to forget but also to go to Denver, which, come to think of it, that'd be *really* interesting as a metaphor for conditioning)?)

[haldoor]

I probably shouldn't ask for questions, because I feel like we don't know each other well enough, but then, maybe that's a good reason to ask for them! Also, I really shouldn't take on another meme, but I guess I'm in the mood. So, if you have some questions for me, I'll totally answer them. ;-)

[crickets]

1. What was your first slash ship?

2. I'm going to use your banner for this one. Fuck, Marry, Kill: Sawyer, Jack, & Sayid. (With reasons!)

3. Is there any show that you have always wanted to watch that you've never gotten around to watching?

4. Talk to me a little bit about OTPs. Is that something you subscribe to or are you a multishipper? What are your OTPs if you have any?

5. Do you have a favorite picture/s of Alex O'Loughlin? If so, please post it/them.

6. Even though we may not have known each other for very long, I have known your username for quite some time. How long have you been in fandom? What makes you stick around? Have you ever left/thought of leaving? Why did/didn't you?

7. Carrots? Or Carrot Cake?

[haldoor]

Okay... I'm posting the answers in my LJ - if it ever stops being slow! - in just a few minutes! ;-)

[crickets]

Yes, yes, yes.

[rabiya_al_basri]

<3

[shineyma]

They'd both walk away from the fight exhausted, perplexed, and guilt-ridden.

I am dying of laughter. DYING.

I promise that's not the only thing I took from your questions, it's just what stuck the most. :)

We don't know each other well, but as one of the above commenters said, that's actually a great reason to ask for questions! So, hit me, please! (but gently)

[crickets]

1. Recommend a book to me. I want you to really sell it.

2. When did you first start writing fic? What was your first fandom and what made you start writing?

3. Have you ever made any other types of fanworks other than fanfic?

4. Can you cook? What's your best dish?

5. If you could live in any fictional town or city? Which would you choose and why?

6. If you could erase any tv show from your memory, what would it be and why?

7. Give me your top 5 favorite songs of the moment.