Questions Post #6

[lettered]

So, since it's a holiday, I'm reducing my normal fare to two questions.

1.What's one thing you really hated about fandom last year?

A fight, a wank, a post, a trend in fic, a trend in meta, a fic, a friend, a person, that time when you weren't getting your lj notices, Joyce Summers, a 'ship, the sock puppet phenomenon, anything.

Whine, bitch, moan, complain, get your hate on, sign out and be anonymous, sign out and be wanky, sign out and flame me. Because fandom is like a piñata. It's fun to bash.

2.What's one thing you really loved about fandom last year?

A rec, a meta, a breakthrough in fic writing, a fandom experience, meeting a fandom someone in rl, lj's extra userpics, joining a new fandom, seeing a movie/reading a book etc that you will fangirl/boy about, anything.

Love, gush, hug, squish, slather me with goo and lick it off, put coffee liquer on Spike's cock and make Angel lick it off. Because fandom is like a piñata. You can bash it as much as you want but there's still good stuff to be had. Stuff that's fun to suck on. Like Spike's...er. Um. See? Fandom is love.

Comments

[tkp.livejournal.com]

1. Totally agree. I was still relatively new to lj when that happened, and I was pretty sickened by it. I'd never seen anything like that happen before. Since then I've been more amused by wank and reactions to it than perturbed, but that was...an unpleasant thing to stumble upon in my early time here.

2. So, any specific recs? I've read one fic by her, but I've heard so much about her I'd love to start in on more.

[herself_nyc]

nwhepcat's finished stuff is archived at buggerthis.net. Her long fic "Lilac City" is a thing of great intrigue and beauty.

She recently completed Keeper of the Book which is also outstanding.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I have a big ole pile of stuff to read, but these two are going somewhere near the top of the list.

[herself_nyc]

I'm glad! She's one of the best of the best writing Jossverse fic these days. And she's made Xander her own in a completely fully-imagined way, giving him an inner life and a set of adventures that's irresistible--and I'm not particularly a Xander fan.