Stolen from Aizjanika

[ankh]

LJ Interests meme results

1. blackadder:
   The final episode of Blackadder Goes Forth remains for me one of the most gut-wrenching and shocking scenes in televsion.
2. crowley/aziraphale:
   A fairly old interest (since the book came out) but a new fandom when Lori pointed me in the direction of fanfic and Brenda started sending fanart goodies she'd discovered.
3. discworld:
   Terry Pratchett is a genius. Granny Weatherwax and Vimes are two of my favourites characters ever in any medium.
4. fanfic:
   The creativity of fans continues to amaze me, sometimes baffles me and sometimes send me screaming off to the bathroom to scrub out my brain. One of the biggest joys of being in fandom.
5. good omens:
   See Crowley/Aziraphale. Good Omens is written by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. The rumoured casting of Robin Williams as Aziraphale has me howling in protest but Johnny Depp as Crowley would be perfectly delicious.
6. logan cale:
   The true pretty in Dark Angel. Michael Weatherley sucked me right into this show though the Joshua mutant storyline sent me scurrying away again. There should be more Logan/Alec fic, dammit.
7. ncis:
   One of the few shows where I like all the characters. Well...that was the case until the new director showed up. Insert rant about bloody flashbacks and Madam Moo Eyes *here*
8. stargate:
   My One Twu Wuv. No matter how much they screw up the show I will always love my SG-1 family and my darling Daniel Jackson.
9. the charndras:
   Lori's wonderful creation that infected my brain to the extent I watched Return of the King last night, saw Legolas looking cleaned up, and thought 'Freyadis is prettier'. I love this world and not just because of the welcome number of very pretty men inhabiting it. I even like the main female character/heroine so far, Caladras - everything a kickass chick should be.
10. tony/abby:
    These two together are fabulous. They're not brother/sister, they're not oozing UST, they're not opposite sides of the same coin. They're more complex than that. They have a bit of everything thrown in making their interactions interesting, quirky and multi-faceted. They can be so many things with each other and it all feels in character.

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Comments

[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

stargate:
My One Twu Wuv. No matter how much they screw up the show I will always love my SG-1 family and my darling Daniel Jackson.

Me, too. Even though I'm relatively new to the show (just a few months more than a year), I can't imagine my life without it, but, more importantly, I do still love Daniel Jackson as a character.

fanfic:
The creativity of fans continues to amaze me, sometimes baffles me and sometimes send me screaming off to the bathroom to scrub out my brain. One of the biggest joys of being in fandom.

Too true! *g* It's amazing to me that a couple of years ago, I'd never really heard of fanfic and when I did hear of it, I imagined it to be nothing but a way for horrid writers to misspell their way through ridiculous stories in which they bent and shaped the characters to their own will and also caused the characters to perform many lude and lascivious acts. *g*

I never imagined the fanfic area of fandom to be a place where some of the best writers used their skills to extend the story and characters I love or to create strange new worlds or to imagine my favorite characters in all sorts of situations I'd never have dreamed of--and where these same writers shared their work--for free.

And there's the other stuff, too. *g* Some of it is great fun anyway, though. *g*

[ankh-lj.livejournal.com]

"Me, too. Even though I'm relatively new to the show (just a few months more than a year), I can't imagine my life without it, but, more importantly, I do still love Daniel Jackson as a character."

I can't ever see myself growing tired of this character. I envy you, having all that shiny newness to everything - or has it worn off yet? :-)

"I imagined it to be nothing but a way for horrid writers to misspell their way through ridiculous stories in which they bent and shaped the characters to their own will and also caused the characters to perform many lude and lascivious acts. *g*"

I've writtten read that fic! ;-D

"I never imagined the fanfic area of fandom to be a place where some of the best writers used their skills to extend the story and characters I love or to create strange new worlds or to imagine my favorite characters in all sorts of situations I'd never have dreamed of--and where these same writers shared their work--for free."

Isn't it fabulous? I adore fans for their generosity, their enthusiasm and their incredible creativity. Take a website like Stargatefan.com: an incredible amount of content compiled and created over several years, requiring a vast amount of time and energy and, given its size, money, and its content is offered to fellow fans, as you say, for free.

[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

I can't ever see myself growing tired of this character. I envy you, having all that shiny newness to everything - or has it worn off yet? :-)

I can't imagine myself growing tired of him either. I hope it never happens. *g*

As for the shiny newness, I do think that some of it has worn off, though maybe not all of it. I watched all the episodes very quickly on DVD and then went through them again a bit more slowly and a third time with my family even more slowly. And, of course, I've watched/listened to all the commentaries (some more than once) and sometimes watch the reruns or random episodes on DVD and that sort of thing, so it's not like I haven't seen almost every episode at least 3 times, if not more (most likely more *g*). hehe I think I went through a lot of the stages with the show and the characters that many long-time fans went through, but just at a faster rate and maybe skipping some steps.

I've read through many of the episode threads on OS--from the beginning, going back years, sometimes hundreds of pages, though not as much lately. *g* After I'd seen all of the episodes, though, I found that OS had the best episode discussions. I tried also reading some of them on GateWorld, but back then that's when they were having so much trouble with their site, but also...there was no discussion. People would just post what they thought without commenting on what anyone else said, and I also wondered if these people were even watching the same show. *g*

What's interesting to me is that I can often tell fanfic which was written as the show was new and which is written now by people who have been long-time fans and/or have studied the show intently. *g* I also find that the new fanfic by authors new to the show also mirrors that--their early stories seem similar to those of others who watched the show and wrote fic years ago *g* and then it changes as they see more of the show. Well, if they are really good authors, that is. *g* So I can see that they, too, are getting to know the characters in the same way that I did and that more long-time fans did and sometimes having the same story points (i.e. episode/storyline fixes). Everyone wants to fix or explain or expand on the same things, if they approach the show from a certain perspective (Daniel *g*).

Gee, I'm really rambling here. *g* Sorry!

Isn't it fabulous? I adore fans for their generosity, their enthusiasm and their incredible creativity. Take a website like Stargatefan.com: an incredible amount of content compiled and created over several years, requiring a vast amount of time and energy and, given its size, money, and its content is offered to fellow fans, as you say, for free.

Yes. It's just amazing to me and it's impossible to explain to someone who doesn't know fanfic. There is some horrid fic out there and there's some that's great except for the lack of a good beta *g*, but for the most part, I've been very impressed, especially in this fandom. My first foray into fanfic was actually for Dawson's Creek where finding a story that had correct punctuation was actually very, very rare. *g*

I agree with you about Stargate fan. That's one of my favorite fanfic sites, and the best neutral site. I have heard from a friend who writes that they are sometimes slow to update, but I can only imagine how much work it is to keep up with a site that huge. My favorite part of that site is being able to search by episode for episode-related fics.

It's nice that there are so many other sites out there, too, even if some of them are rather arrogantly exclusionary. *g*

[ankh-lj.livejournal.com]

Oops! Just saw you'd replied!

"People would just post what they thought without commenting on what anyone else said, and I also wondered if these people were even watching the same show. *g*"

For me, most of the fun of posting about the episode is to have a discussion. Otherwise, what's the point of posting an opinion?

"What's interesting to me is that I can often tell fanfic which was written as the show was new and which is written now by people who have been long-time fans and/or have studied the show intently. *g* I also find that the new fanfic by authors new to the show also mirrors that--their early stories seem similar to those of others who watched the show and wrote fic years ago *g* and then it changes as they see more of the show. Well, if they are really good authors, that is. *g* So I can see that they, too, are getting to know the characters in the same way that I did and that more long-time fans did and sometimes having the same story points (i.e. episode/storyline fixes). Everyone wants to fix or explain or expand on the same things, if they approach the show from a certain perspective (Daniel *g*)."

There's something very pure about the early fic, untarnished by agendas and disputes. Odd thing - I was editing some old fic of mine from the early years (back when dinosaurs used the gate) and I was amazed how often I had Jack calling Sam "Sam" and not Carter. Now, I know he rarely did call her Sam but back then I guess having him call her Sam matched the ideal in my head of SG-1 as family and friends. I just had to edit a fic a couple of days ago with that problem. In the end I changed some "Sam" to "Carter" but I couldn't bear to part with them all even though, according to the show, he very rarely does that.

I hadn't really noted the similarity between the early fic and new fic written by fandom newbies. I like that, gives a sense of the torch being passed on and hope that there will always be a place for 'OMG It's So New and Shiny!' fic. :-)

"Yes. It's just amazing to me and it's impossible to explain to someone who doesn't know fanfic. There is some horrid fic out there and there's some that's great except for the lack of a good beta *g*, but for the most part, I've been very impressed, especially in this fandom."

As with any pursuit that involves amateurs, you're going to get a very mixed bag of talent. :-) I have respect for anyone who has the guts to create a fic and put it out there for public consumption.

"My favorite part of that site is being able to search by episode for episode-related fics."

That's mine, too! I've often watched an episode, wished it had ended better, and gone to Stargatefan to see if there are any tags that will give me the ending I desire.