Fandoms Meme

[rabidsamfan]

samena challenged me to do this.


The meme and questions: Comment and I'll LJ stalk you to find three fandoms you apparently love. And then you answer these questions about them!

01: What got you into this fandom in the first place?
02: Do you think you'll stay in this fandom or eventually move on?
03: Favorite episodes/books/movies/etc.?
04: Do you participate in this fandom (fanfiction, graphics, discussions)?
05: Do you think that more people should get into this fandom?

And as for me:


01: The Hound of the Baskervilles. Although I'd read some of the Sherlock Holmes stories before that. My mother had a fancy edition of the Adventures and Memoirs which I read, and being a child, I'd skipped over the introduction, so I didn't know that Holmes came back after Reichenbach Falls. Then I found the Hound in the library. On Halloween, the year I was twelve, I finished my trick or treating and settled down for a nice read with candy and a flashlight. I got as far as "Mr. Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound," when an ambulance went by, sirens blaring, and every dog in the neighborhood began to howl. I finished the book under the bed.
02: I keep coming back to it, no matter how far I stray or for how long.
03: The Hound of the Baskervilles. See above. And as for movies, I think I'll always be fond of Murder by Decree, because its such a lovely way of looking at the older Holmes and Watson.
04: Yup. Fanfiction (even though I'm struggling with it at the moment) and discussion mostly. I have no talent for graphics or art.
05: I'm rather looking forward to the influx of people from the movie this Christmas. I know some of the fallout will be wretched, but there are bound to be some truly lovely things as well.



01: I stumbled across it one night after I should have been in bed and fell in love with Mike Gambit. Hey, I was what... eighteen? nineteen?
02: I go through bursts of wild enthusiasm, but I haven't left and I won't.
03: "Dirtier by the Dozen".
04: A bit of fanfic, a bit of discussion. I'm betaing a piece for the best writer in the very tiny fandom at the moment.
05: Oh, please let there be more people! I need fanfic!



01: I read the book the first year I became a librarian and loved it. Especially Sophie, who is a marvelous character.
02: Hmm. I grabbed the latest book in hardback the moment I saw it and danced right there in the bookstore, so I'm definitely still in. I don't think I really leave fandoms.
03: The original book and the movie vie for the lead, although they are very different in some essential ways. The movie definitely rekindled my love for the books, though.
04: Not a whole lot. A few drabbles, and as I said, quick investment in the books when I see them.
05: I corrupt the children into reading the books every chance I get. And I keep passing the DVD over to the teens, too.

Comments

[jodel-from-aol.livejournal.com]

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[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. That's a thought. Although my inbox is already a form of torment.

If you want to do the meme, how about
Star Wars
Harry Potter
and Oz

?

[jodel-from-aol.livejournal.com]

Oh, Didn't much care about the meme. But have been at least peripherally connected with all three. More than peripherally with HP. But I remember early Trekdom, and have connections in Oz fandom.

[med_cat]

OK; comment! ;)

Cat

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Tricky.

Holmes
Trek
and, since I don't see tags for another "fandom" per se, how about
poetry

?

[med_cat]

You are correct; these are the only two :)
01: What got you into this fandom in the first place?
SH: liked the stories since I was a child; great escape literature
ST: liked the ST:TOS reruns on TV; and my husband is a fan
Poetry: always liked it since I was little

02: Do you think you'll stay in this fandom or eventually move on?

Yes, I'm sure I will stay to all three.

03: Favorite episodes/books/movies/etc.?

SH: REDH, BLU, SCAN, FINA, DYIN,several others

ST: many of the TOS and TNG episodes, most of DS9

Poetry: several of my favourites are posted in my LJ. Many other from 19th and 20th century Russian and Soviet poets--Pushkin, Lermontov, Esenin, Tsvetayeva...
04: Do you participate in this fandom (fanfiction, graphics, discussions)?

SH: Yes :) Read and (much to my surprise) now also write fanfic :)

ST: read fanfic; haven't felt inspired to write anything:)

Poetry: can't write any :)
05: Do you think that more people should get into this fandom?

Absolutely yes to all three! ;)

Cheers,
Cat

[clevertoad.livejournal.com]

Ooh, is there Howl fanfic out there???
And oooh, is there anotehr book in the series???

Okay, I'm commenting.

How does one narrow it down to just three fandoms with you, o prolific one?