I have a fandilemma, that is, a dilemma of the fannish variety. By its very nature, a fandilemma is petty and I do not blame anyone for ignoring this entry. See, here is the situation: In fandom XYZ, there is a big love triangle A/B/C. A/B is by far more popular, and while I have nothing against it, I prefer the minority pairing A/C (even though my ( Read more... )

☛ The steady
Eyeshield 21 and Hetalia (we have an understanding)

☛ 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

☛ The one who seduced you and fucked you over and broke your heart in a million pieces and laughed about ( Read more... )

Name your 10 absolutely favorite couples (het/slash/canon/fanon) and ask people to see what trends they notice about your couples. Try to pick different fandoms:1. Sweden/Finland {Hetalia ( Read more... )

Ignore the subject line, it's meaningless. Not a lot is happening in my life right now, so here is a nice little meme.

Comment to this entry and I'll pick three of your fandoms. You must then update your journal and answer the following questions ( Read more... )

I haven't posted for a while. I am still in a bit of a scary, uncertain, anxiety-filled transition period. Or rather, I should say I am in yet another scary, uncertain, anxiety-filled transition period. Because I seem to have had a lot of them. And I am getting old. So old ( Read more... )

I have been thinking about shipping lately and I kind of want to compose a bit of meta about it. Would anybody read it? Or is meta inherently pretentious? I know a lot of it sure comes off that way. But I still want to try. Shipping is one of the most odd and interesting facets of fandom in my opinion because there is so much emotional investment. ( Read more... )

( Fandom Sins Meme! )

To fill a dull Thursday afternoon, a meme stolen from kiyuu.

Pick your 6 favorite fandoms and answer the questions (don't look at the questions before):

1. Eyeshield 21
2. Bleach
3. Katekyo Hitman Reborn!
4. Negima!
5. Pokemon (the whole multiverse)
6. Soul Eater

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I love shojo manga to bits, I really do. But the more series I read, the more I notice a certain odd trend. In series where the heroine has several possible love interests, I almost never favor the guy that she ultimately falls in love with. At first I thought it was due to the fact that the guy the heroine usually winds up with is either a cold, ( Read more... )

Pick up to 10 ships.
Describe them in less than 16 words.
Have your flist guess the ship

1. The things he says to her would get anyone else fired... thank goodness for sexual chemistry. House/Cuddy from House- twinbells

2. He may say the silliest things, but she knows she will eventually say yes to him. Koutarou/Julie from Eyeshield 21- uuuun3. In a strange ( Read more... )