Fandom Questions Meme A-Z

[reeby10]

Currently doing my best to avoid doing work, so here's an old meme from author_by_night!

A - Ships that you currently like a lot. (They don’t have to be OTPs because not everyone has OTPs.) Friendships, pairings, threesomes, etc. are allowed.

I’ve been listening to Be the Serpent lately, and one of the hosts got into a Person of Interest spiral that triggered a

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[bm_shipper]

Plus I gernerally steer clear of canon best friend ships.

I think this is one of my favorite tropes. Friends turn into lovers... but yeah... I know a lot of people who don't really like that. It's usually exactly my thing, though...

I tried to read all your answers, but since I don't know (m)any of the fandoms you write about at all I can't really add much :P

[reeby10]

Yeah, I'm not sure why most friends to lovers squicks me out? Honestly it seems like something I should be into too lol

[author_by_night]

why she didn’t do or say anything about Snape;

That's always confused me. Also, why parents didn't? I'm sure kids must have come home talking about how their teacher tried to kill their toad. And by the fifth book, there will be kids whose parents had Snape as a teacher... right? Maybe? Oh dear, maths.

I do think SOME of it is that wizard schooling is very Victorian, so maybe it's a bit more expected. But still.

Also anything about him getting therapy, bc I really really think he needs it.

I read an EXCELLENT fic that explored Dudley getting therapy! It may have been yours, actually.

why Molly didn’t put up a fuss when she found out what was going on in CoS;

CoS was one HUGE hole there. It sounded like the MoM was covering it up pretty good, but wouldn't kids have written home?

I'm currently watching Sherlock, and dreading series four as I've heard it's pretty bad. It's too bad, because I really like the show. It's also too bad the fandom's so toxic!

[reeby10]

The more I think about HP, the more plot holes I see lol On the one hand it's frustrating, but on the other... it gives plenty of room for meta and fic!

And yes, I think I did write a fic about Dudley getting therapy! Or at least talking about getting therapy. I'd love to read/write more about him actually getting the therapy. I think that could be so interesting.

[author_by_night]

I don't think JK Rowling wrote the books having any idea what an obsessive fanbase she'd get. Another friend of mine pointed out that are probably lots of "holes" because she never imagined how much some people would think about them. (And honestly, I'm not sure most fans do. I think we've had to as fic writers, because suddenly it's like "wait, this makes no sense, but it's canon, what do I do?!")

That's right! Dudley's fic never features the therapist, it's just mentioned. Which I liked. I head-canon'd (head-fanon'd?) that his therapist was a witch, actually, because IIRC some things she said were so en point, despite him not really telling her everything.

[reeby10]

Yeah, definitely. I think she was a lot more invested in seeing the story through than making sure everything fit together at all times, especially when at the beginning no one had any idea ppl would be looking so closely. Maybe that's just not her strongsuit too? Plus I feel like HP, more than many other fandoms, has developed a culture of thinking a lot about the canon minutiae. Which isn't so great bc plotholes, but also is great bc explaining plotholes. And yeah, fic writers always seem to look harder lol

I like the idea of his therapist as a witch! There's one fic I read where Dudley's recovering from alcoholism and is living at a magical halfway house thanks to Harry stepping in. I can't remember for sure if he had a therapist, but I do remember Dean talked a lot with him in a therapy type way.

[daria234]

Cool meme! May try it sometime :)

I'm a multishipper, and while Shassie was my main ship for Psych, Shawn/Gus is also really adorable. I love their friendship regardless. Though I rewatched the show recently, and one thing that hasn't aged well is Gus' aggressive flirting with women.

I know Dr. Who pretty well because of other people.

I love fake relationships :)

[reeby10]

Oh yeah, Gus' flirting is... cringe to say the least. I found it best to just ignore it as much as possible lol