brightknightie: At dawn, a white knight raises her lance (Default)
A: Ships that you currently like a lot.

"Currently?" I've been devoted to Vision/Wanda since I was 9, and WandaVision is coming one of these days. I'm still the world's biggest fan of Nick/Urs, I suspect, but that's "current" only in my head, and barely even there, I admit. I don't know what to do with "current"... I feel that I would like Miss Thursday to come back to Endeavor and turn out to be the future Mrs. Morse, but that they'll save that for when they're canceled.

B: A pairing that you initially didn’t consider, but someone changed your mind.

All pairings outside canon? Non-canonical pairings rarely occur to me on my own. I was talked out of Nick/Natalie and into Nick/Janette by persuasive canon-based argumentation (that's not the same). Um... Duncan/Methos?

C: A ship you have never liked and probably never will.

This list could be long. Let's start and end at Nick/Lacroix.

D: What was the first thing you ever contributed to a fandom?

I had 3 letters published in Marvel comics, back in the days of letters and letters pages. Does that count? I hosted TV-watching nights in my dorm's TV lounge for DS9 and HL. No? So the meme really means the utterly forgettable FK sonnet I inflicted on the world when I first discovered online fandom? (No, it's not on the AO3.) (My first FK story is.) (But my first actual fanfics were on notebook paper long before I knew what "fanfic" was: 2 New Mutants, 1 The New Dark Shadows.)

E: Have you added anything stupid/cracky/hilarious to your fandom?

Not on purpose? Well, I did contribute to one FK parody zine (parodying wretched fanfic tropes, not FK). And I did write one FK/Doctor Who fusion-y thing that was supposed to be funny.

the rest of the alphabet, for future use )

brightknightie: Nick and Natalie in the caddy in the sunshine ("Seize Your Day in the Sun") (Sun)
Meme picked up from Chelseagirl

Main fandom of 2019? Pokemon GO. (I'm presently 20,199th in the world in Silph Arena ranked tournament play. I was DFL in my November tournament; hopefully, I can climb back up into the top quartile! Goals.) After that, Forever Knight, of course, and then Highlander.

Favorite film watched in 2019? The best film I saw this year was Into the Spider-verse; if you haven't yet checked it out, put it on your list. The film I rewatched the most times this year was Endgame. But "favorite" ... Detective Pikachu.

Favorite book read in 2019? All the "Brother Cadfael" mysteries? All the "Inspector Gamache" mysteries? Um. Okay, if only one, then: A Study in Scarlet Women ("Lady Sherlock" #1) by Sherry Thomas (2016).

Favorite TV show of 2019? Poldark. PBS/BBC, I expect you to fill this void right quick. What am I supposed to look forward to watching on Sunday nights now that you've ended this series? I demand high-quality historical drama!

Best new fandom discovery of 2019? Nothing comes to mind. Eeeeeeek. Must explore more! (TPTB, stop making only stories I already know. Come on.)

Biggest fandom disappointment? Endgame didn't cater to my every whim. Neither did The Rise of Skywalker. Go figure. ;-)

TV boyfriend and/or girlfriend of the year? Not sure that I fit this mold, but both of the leads of Poldark are as beautiful as they are talented. And the character of Demelza's youngest brother is such a good man, such a good husband...

Biggest squee moment of 2019? Probably the reveal of who Annette Bening's character in Captain Marvel really is. :-D (Not the Intelligence Supreme: the other one!) I've been reading Marvel comics since I was six. When you pay off that accumulated knowledge, I appreciate it. After that, well, many things in Detective Pikachu, like Charizard's tail! I've been pretty bouncy about the Wonder Woman II trailer so far. Cap wielding Mjolnir. And: a certain-colored lightsaber.

Most missed old fandom in 2019? The fandom I've been wanting very much to get back to all year and not managing is Dungeons & Dragons (the animated series). I have the DVDs — the special anniversary edition with the cast reading of the unfilmed finale script — but the series is not available for streaming, and people drift away after, um, almost four decades...

Fandom you haven't tried yet, but want to? I need to get back into Trek! I'm a season behind on Discovery, and Picard is coming. I should also catch up on Doctor Who; I still have a whole season of the twelfth Doctor unwatched, and haven't yet met the thirteenth Doctor. And the final episodes of Agent Carter! Which I set down when cancellation meant there would be no more. But those aren't new, new. Hmm. I've been planning to try out The Rookie! Hmmm. What do you think? What should I be trying?

brightknightie: Nick, Natalie and Schanke looking at Nick's painting of his beast (Trio Nick Natalie Schanke)
Back in September, [personal profile] sholio dove into a certain meme about how people (real and fictional) may habitually express and accept love (all kinds) in very different ways. For example: touch, words, deeds, gifts, time, etc. (The meme originator also went over how not all "love languages" are compatible for all people, leading to mistranslations, as it were, and also noting that while many individuals give and accept love in the same language, not all do.)

Sholio wrote that it's "an interesting tool to have in your characterization toolbox, especially for characters who come down really hard in one category or another... or absolutely suck at certain categories."

Ever since, I've wanted to try this paradigm on my favorite fandoms. Yet FK could be the worst fit for this. A fictional character with a single creator, or a solid "story bible," could well be as consistent as — or more than! — a real person. But FK? Different writers, directors, editors, networks? Seasonal reality adjustments? No more of a show "bible" than the opening-credits voice-over? Not to mention the differences in acceptable interactions and their interpretations across eras and around the world? Eeek.

Let's try anyway. :-D

Nick: Touch )
Natalie: Time )
Schanke: Gifts & Deeds )
Janette: Deeds )
Lacroix: Words )
The 3rd-Season Characters: Hard to Say )

I've left off the Captains, and many other characters. What are your readings of them? And what do you think of my constructions for the main characters — do you have telling examples I missed that would support or redirect...?

brightknightie: Nick on his couch, smiling. (Nick Amused)

This wacky train of thought popped up in a conversation about how much money a billion-with-a-b dollars really is.

If you had a huge pile of money that you were to bestow as endowments on academia in honor of FK's characters, how would you distribute it per character?

  • Those I knew immediately, off the top of my head:
    1. anthropology for Nick
    2. biology for Natalie
    3. communications for Lacroix
    4. hospitality management for Janette
    5. botany for Feliks
  • Those I pondered a little:
    1. economics for Schanke
    2. criminology for Tracy
    3. psychology for Urs
    4. history for Vachon
    5. mathematics for Fleur
    6. medicine for Alma
  • Those I pondered more:
    1. sociology for Stonetree
    2. military science for Cohen
    3. philosophy for Reese
    4. nutrition for Screed
    5. business administration for Norma
    6. community studies for Grace
    7. literature for Emily
    8. graphic arts for Marian
    9. women's studies for Sofia & Amalia (different reasons!)
    10. education for Alexandra
    11. theology for Angel
    12. peace and conflict studies for the Inca

Who else? Which other disciplines? ;-D

brightknightie: Three seasons of Forever Knight (Cast)

I presently have 99 works on the AO3. Amusingly, so near 100, that makes the counts simply round into their percentages.

What are your 2 most most common audience ratings?

  • Teen and up (57)
  • General (38)

How many works have you created in each relationship category?

  • gen (75)
  • m/f (27)
  • f/f (2)
What are your top 4 fandoms by number of works?
  • Forever Knight (76)
  • Highlander: The Series (9)
  • Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling (3)
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer (3)
What are your top 5 most-used additional tags?
  • Historical (22)
  • Post-series (18)
  • Grief/mourning (12)
  • Flashbacks (11)
  • Winter (10)
What are your top 4 characters by number of tags?
  • Nick Knight (48)
  • Natalie Lambert (39)
  • Janette duCharme (37)
  • Lucien Lacroix (36)
brightknightie: With Hank and Diana in the lead, the children confront Tiamat. (Other Fandom D&D poster)
#13. Recommend at least three fanworks created by others.

On this rainy Saturday, let's have some more Saturday-morning cartoons! Even though it's no longer anywhere near Saturday morning. :-) This time: fanart celebrating Dungeons & Dragons (1983-1985). I recommend...
  • ♥ Meet the gang! ♥
    The moment it all begins! Fascinated Diana, worried Sheila, defensive Eric, anxious Presto, anticipating Hank, eager Bobby...
    Digital painting: "Untitled Commission" by [deviantart.com profile] beagifted

  • Action-packed!
    This teeming panel conveys the headlong story pace. Delighted Bobby, fleeing Sheila, fierce Diana, crouching Eric, Hank in the lead and Presto trying anything...
    Pencil & ink: "Dungeons and Dragons" by [deviantart.com profile] AllPat

  • We knew invisibility cloaks before invisibility cloaks were cool!
    Is Sheila putting up her hood, or taking it down? Which cliff-face is this, of all they've faced? Yet this must be future-Sheila, with those tattoos and that determination...
    Digital painting: "Sheila from Dungeons and Dragons redesign" by [deviantart.com profile] RoBs0n

More, more, more! )

Got any favorite D&DC fanart to rec to me?
brightknightie: Nick's caddy parked at his loft ("My Fandom Knows Trunk Space") (Caddy)
#12. Discuss what makes you fannish.

I love stories, and media fandom is story-love shared. It's the black-sheep, back-alley cousin of humanities academia. We tell and retell stories, and deconstruct and reassemble what stories mean for us as individuals and our culture as a whole, with certain broadly common values of enthusiasm, loyalty, creativity and compassion.

That probably covers "fannish" as an intrinsic inclination. :-) But I'll say a few more words about what makes the inclination manifest in different ways in my life. Read more... )
brightknightie: With Hank and Diana in the lead, the children confront Tiamat. (Other Fandom D&D poster)
#10. Recommend a fannish reference resource.

In Dungeons & Dragons (the '80s cartoon!), I heartily recommend the astounding Dungeons & Dragons cartoon encyclopedia! It's everything I ever wanted to do for FK non-fiction, and more and better. If you ever loved this show, it's easy to get lost in delight there, link to link, script to script.

In Battlestar Galactica (the original series!), I rely on The Battlestar Wiki for anything I can't remember where to find in canon (and for what's beyond canon). It has a few blind spots, connected (I presume) to certain Real Life situations (e.g. Serina isn't in the recurring character list, though several less-frequent characters are).

As you probably know, in Forever Knight, I assembled my own reference materials back in the day, including a script-based flashback timeline (a variation on [livejournal.com profile] wiliqueen's phenomenal costume-based flashback timeline, and building also on Dorothy's version), a Crusades/FK chronology alignment, and 7 character FAQs (mainly the S3 characters). I started, but never completed, lists of all named FK places and things and FK characters, and an FK quotation concordance. To this day, I keep print-outs of my timeline and aired-order episode list on a bulletin board above my desk at home.

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