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playing that Alphabet Meme (M-Q)
Sunday, September 13th, 2020 02:20 pmM: Name a character that you’d like to have as a friend.
I imagine that if the D&DC kids and I had grown up together, adult!Presto and adult!Diana could be wonderful friends now. (I'm not as sure that Sheila, Hank, and Eric would be, depending how life had treated them. I might or might not be any good for them, either, of course.)
Almost by definition, HL's Duncan would be a true friend, once a friend at all, but it's difficult to imagine him into my little life -- met where? at fencing? the library? he would never work where I work -- which is true of many of the characters I value across fandoms.
Perhaps most likely Wanda, adapted from her Leonia, New Jersey years (V&SW limited series Vol. 1 & 2).
N: Name 3 things you wish you saw more of in your main fandom (or a fandom of choice).
More episodes, seasons, volumes, issues... Duh. ;-D
More to the point, I do feel that FK, as the seasons continued, would have been better off with more nods to daytime activities, more separation between human and vampire activities, and more heedfulness in letting Nick build on lessons learned.
HL, also -- and more intensely in its much greater sheer canon quantity -- could have used more mindfulness about having Duncan grow over time, and not re-learn the same lessons as if with no recollection of the last time. I know, I know: '90s syndication hated continuity. But! Look at the first seasons of each show regarding this specific construction, and then look at subsequent seasons. They could have done better. (People do often make the same mistakes over and over, but for more interesting reasons than forgetting last season's episodes.)
O: Choose a song at random. What ship does it remind you of?
I used to play a game when driving a distance in which I would strive to match every song on a CD to a character, ship, or plot, as if I must write a song-challenge fic for it. (To win, I had to match every song. Any leftovers meant a loss.) I only ever wrote a few of those stories, but the songs stayed matched. A few that I can remember off the top of my head: ( some songs )
P: Invent a random AU for any fandom (we always need more ideas).
Maybe it's me, or maybe it's the fandoms I happen to love, but I'm not good at AUs. I'm much better with what-ifs. Start in canon, then ask a question, as mild or wild as you like. But start in canon.
Q: A fandom you’ve abandoned and why.
I backed away from interacting about the MCU in fandom-public when my first open remark drew offense and outrage way back when. I didn't stop enjoying the canon or discussing it privately and in non-fandom life. But I definitely followed the TV shows much, much less closely than I would have had I made direct fannish connections in that area.
Sleepy Hollow, Grimm, Early Edition and many other shows I enjoyed up to a certain point, and then stopped watching, at the fault of misguided creative or production decisions. But I wasn't enough into those fandoms for anyone to notice.
( the rest of the alphabet, for future use )
I imagine that if the D&DC kids and I had grown up together, adult!Presto and adult!Diana could be wonderful friends now. (I'm not as sure that Sheila, Hank, and Eric would be, depending how life had treated them. I might or might not be any good for them, either, of course.)
Almost by definition, HL's Duncan would be a true friend, once a friend at all, but it's difficult to imagine him into my little life -- met where? at fencing? the library? he would never work where I work -- which is true of many of the characters I value across fandoms.
Perhaps most likely Wanda, adapted from her Leonia, New Jersey years (V&SW limited series Vol. 1 & 2).
N: Name 3 things you wish you saw more of in your main fandom (or a fandom of choice).
More episodes, seasons, volumes, issues... Duh. ;-D
More to the point, I do feel that FK, as the seasons continued, would have been better off with more nods to daytime activities, more separation between human and vampire activities, and more heedfulness in letting Nick build on lessons learned.
HL, also -- and more intensely in its much greater sheer canon quantity -- could have used more mindfulness about having Duncan grow over time, and not re-learn the same lessons as if with no recollection of the last time. I know, I know: '90s syndication hated continuity. But! Look at the first seasons of each show regarding this specific construction, and then look at subsequent seasons. They could have done better. (People do often make the same mistakes over and over, but for more interesting reasons than forgetting last season's episodes.)
O: Choose a song at random. What ship does it remind you of?
I used to play a game when driving a distance in which I would strive to match every song on a CD to a character, ship, or plot, as if I must write a song-challenge fic for it. (To win, I had to match every song. Any leftovers meant a loss.) I only ever wrote a few of those stories, but the songs stayed matched. A few that I can remember off the top of my head: ( some songs )
P: Invent a random AU for any fandom (we always need more ideas).
Maybe it's me, or maybe it's the fandoms I happen to love, but I'm not good at AUs. I'm much better with what-ifs. Start in canon, then ask a question, as mild or wild as you like. But start in canon.
Q: A fandom you’ve abandoned and why.
I backed away from interacting about the MCU in fandom-public when my first open remark drew offense and outrage way back when. I didn't stop enjoying the canon or discussing it privately and in non-fandom life. But I definitely followed the TV shows much, much less closely than I would have had I made direct fannish connections in that area.
Sleepy Hollow, Grimm, Early Edition and many other shows I enjoyed up to a certain point, and then stopped watching, at the fault of misguided creative or production decisions. But I wasn't enough into those fandoms for anyone to notice.
( the rest of the alphabet, for future use )
