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calliopes_pen) wrote2009-05-09 04:58 pm
calliopes_pen) wrote2009-05-09 04:58 pm
Fandom Meme, Part 2
Comment to this entry and I'll pick up to three of your fandoms. You must then update your journal and answer the following questions:
1. What got you into this fandom in the first place?
2. Do you think you'll stay in this fandom or eventually move on?
3. Favorite episodes/books/movies, etc?
4. Do you participate in this fandom (fanfiction, graphics, discussions)?
5. Do you think more people should get into this fandom?
unovis_lj gave me Firefly, Doctor Who, Highlander.
I’ve already done the questions and answers for Doctor Who in a previous post.
Firefly
1. Some people on my friends list were going wild over the fact that a movie was coming out. Eventually, someone convinced me that it would be worth buying the DVD set, and I did. From there, I watched the entire series probably a month or so before Serenity came out.
2. I seem to have moved on.
3. Loved the movie, and most of the episodes.
4. It’s been a while, but not anymore. I did have at least one group for writing fanfic from the show—with someone picking a character, and me (as mod) giving questions for them to answer in fanfic form. That group’s been dead a while. Before my interest finally died, I also wrote a![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
ship_manifesto essay for Wash/Zoe, and I wrote a few fanfics.
5. They could at least give the series a shot.
Highlander
1. This is complicated for an introduction. Okay, back in the mid-90’s, there was a show on the Sci-Fi Channel that was called Sci-Fi Buzz. They talked about interesting shows in science fiction each week. One week, they mentioned Highlander, and all I heard was something about a demon being fought, so naturally I watched. The first episode I saw on USA Network was Archangel, and I loved it. So going in I already knew Richie was dead, and never got attached.
From there, I didn’t know that USA Network did Highlander marathons before each new season, so I went off to Suncoast Video and bought Counterfeit, parts one and 2, and I think Unholy Alliance. Because of Counterfeit, I assumed Tessa was evil, so by the time I got to see early seasons I was ready to not like her all that much. Shortly before season 6 began, I got to see the rest of the series in a marathon.
While I loved Archangel, I hated the way they wrapped it up in season 6. And for some random trivia, I only watched it once, and I could quote line by line everything that Ahriman said. Didn’t see that episode again for years—probably until it reaired on the Sci-Fi Channel.
2. Oh, definitely. I might drift in and out, but I always come back to it. Oh, and just a sidenote—I never liked any of the movies. Just the series.
3. Indiscretions. Something Wicked and Deliverance. Comes a Horseman and Revelations 6:8. ‘Til Death. Those were the first to come to mind, but there are quite a few others. I never really cared for the novels that came out—they didn’t have enough Methos in them.
4. Discussions, mostly. I still read fanfic in it. This fandom is actually where I discovered the concept of fanfic. The first one I ever read was Archangel Redeemed, which I linked to over atcrack_van at one point. There’s only one Highlander story that I’ve ever started writing, and it’s currently dead mid-way through.
5. If they’re exposed to the Methos episodes first, then yes.
1. What got you into this fandom in the first place?
2. Do you think you'll stay in this fandom or eventually move on?
3. Favorite episodes/books/movies, etc?
4. Do you participate in this fandom (fanfiction, graphics, discussions)?
5. Do you think more people should get into this fandom?
unovis_lj gave me Firefly, Doctor Who, Highlander.I’ve already done the questions and answers for Doctor Who in a previous post.
Firefly
1. Some people on my friends list were going wild over the fact that a movie was coming out. Eventually, someone convinced me that it would be worth buying the DVD set, and I did. From there, I watched the entire series probably a month or so before Serenity came out.
2. I seem to have moved on.
3. Loved the movie, and most of the episodes.
4. It’s been a while, but not anymore. I did have at least one group for writing fanfic from the show—with someone picking a character, and me (as mod) giving questions for them to answer in fanfic form. That group’s been dead a while. Before my interest finally died, I also wrote a
ship_manifesto essay for Wash/Zoe, and I wrote a few fanfics.5. They could at least give the series a shot.
Highlander
1. This is complicated for an introduction. Okay, back in the mid-90’s, there was a show on the Sci-Fi Channel that was called Sci-Fi Buzz. They talked about interesting shows in science fiction each week. One week, they mentioned Highlander, and all I heard was something about a demon being fought, so naturally I watched. The first episode I saw on USA Network was Archangel, and I loved it. So going in I already knew Richie was dead, and never got attached.
From there, I didn’t know that USA Network did Highlander marathons before each new season, so I went off to Suncoast Video and bought Counterfeit, parts one and 2, and I think Unholy Alliance. Because of Counterfeit, I assumed Tessa was evil, so by the time I got to see early seasons I was ready to not like her all that much. Shortly before season 6 began, I got to see the rest of the series in a marathon.
While I loved Archangel, I hated the way they wrapped it up in season 6. And for some random trivia, I only watched it once, and I could quote line by line everything that Ahriman said. Didn’t see that episode again for years—probably until it reaired on the Sci-Fi Channel.
2. Oh, definitely. I might drift in and out, but I always come back to it. Oh, and just a sidenote—I never liked any of the movies. Just the series.
3. Indiscretions. Something Wicked and Deliverance. Comes a Horseman and Revelations 6:8. ‘Til Death. Those were the first to come to mind, but there are quite a few others. I never really cared for the novels that came out—they didn’t have enough Methos in them.
4. Discussions, mostly. I still read fanfic in it. This fandom is actually where I discovered the concept of fanfic. The first one I ever read was Archangel Redeemed, which I linked to over at
crack_van at one point. There’s only one Highlander story that I’ve ever started writing, and it’s currently dead mid-way through.5. If they’re exposed to the Methos episodes first, then yes.