June Something
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laireshi's blog and it sounds fun so I'm going to do it. I'm a few days behind so here are the first 5 questions
June Something Questions
Day 1: What's changed about your fandom life in the last 365 days?
I think the main thing for me is that I have got back into writing again. It's not that I intentionally took a break or anything my life was just full of other things and I didn't have time. I didn't realise how much I'd missed it until I started doing it regularly again. I went from posting 600 words in 2019, to 26k in the latter half of 2020 and my current word count for this year is 69k with another 8k being edited at the moment.
I've sort of hopped around various cdrama fandoms over the last year but I'm feeling pretty settled in DMBJ at the moment.
Day 2: You've got your OTP, you have to throw a third into the mix (from the same fandom), creating an OT3. Who is the OTP, and in your opinion, why would they make a perfect third for them? Bonus question: What about adding a third to your OTP from a different fandom? Who and why?
This one is easy. If my OTP is Wu Xie/Zhang Qiling then my OT3 is Wu Xie/Zhang Qiling/Wang Pangzi. It genuinely makes me sad that Pangzi is excluded from being shipped a lot of the time when he loves Wu Xie just as much as Zhang Qiling does.
I'm thinking about who I would ship Wu Xie/Zhang Qiling with from another fandom. I'm inclined to say Zhao Yunlan from Guardian. He would absolutely and shamelessly flirt his way into their bed and, you know, he has experience with a mysterious super-powered and hot boyfriend.
Day 3: What's a favorite, or at least memorable fandom meeting/interaction that you've had?
Gosh, there have been so many. I think the time I met Misha Collins and then ended up working for him for a few years is probably the most memorable. That still gives me a 'is this real life' feeling. But, honestly, I've had lots of fandom encounters that have been special and memorable over the years.
Day 4: What are the origins of your penname/username?
This is so boring my name is Hilary, everyone calls me Hils, so that was the name I picked when I registered for Livejournal back in 2001 and it just stuck.
Day 5: Compare and/or contrast your very first fandom obsession and your very latest fandom obsession.
Ooh now are we talking the first time I was obsessed with a piece of media, or the first time I was involved in a fandom where I interacted with other fans?
Let's go with the latter. My first proper experience with online fandom was Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and my latest fandom is DMBJ.
Let's talk about the similarities first. Buffy comes from a long line of vampire slayers and (until Kendra) was the only one in her generation. Wu Xie comes from a family of tomb raiders and is the only one of his generation in the Wu family. Buffy has a super powered (vampire) lover, Wu Xie has a super powered best friend. Buffy has a mentor with a shady past, Wu Xie has an uncle with a shady past. Both Wu Xie and Buffy have fought supernatural creature, both of them have 'died' and come back.
I'm probably stretching a bit.
Obviously there are a lot of differences too. Wu Xie has a large extended family who are involved in his life (except apparently his parents who are barely a footnote), Buffy just has her mother and then later just her sister, Buffy has a lot of excellent and well-rounded female characters. DMBJ not so much, and those that are around are generally morally ambiguous and more often than not end up getting killed off.
laireshi's blog and it sounds fun so I'm going to do it. I'm a few days behind so here are the first 5 questionsJune Something Questions
Day 1: What's changed about your fandom life in the last 365 days?
I think the main thing for me is that I have got back into writing again. It's not that I intentionally took a break or anything my life was just full of other things and I didn't have time. I didn't realise how much I'd missed it until I started doing it regularly again. I went from posting 600 words in 2019, to 26k in the latter half of 2020 and my current word count for this year is 69k with another 8k being edited at the moment.
I've sort of hopped around various cdrama fandoms over the last year but I'm feeling pretty settled in DMBJ at the moment.
Day 2: You've got your OTP, you have to throw a third into the mix (from the same fandom), creating an OT3. Who is the OTP, and in your opinion, why would they make a perfect third for them? Bonus question: What about adding a third to your OTP from a different fandom? Who and why?
This one is easy. If my OTP is Wu Xie/Zhang Qiling then my OT3 is Wu Xie/Zhang Qiling/Wang Pangzi. It genuinely makes me sad that Pangzi is excluded from being shipped a lot of the time when he loves Wu Xie just as much as Zhang Qiling does.
I'm thinking about who I would ship Wu Xie/Zhang Qiling with from another fandom. I'm inclined to say Zhao Yunlan from Guardian. He would absolutely and shamelessly flirt his way into their bed and, you know, he has experience with a mysterious super-powered and hot boyfriend.
Day 3: What's a favorite, or at least memorable fandom meeting/interaction that you've had?
Gosh, there have been so many. I think the time I met Misha Collins and then ended up working for him for a few years is probably the most memorable. That still gives me a 'is this real life' feeling. But, honestly, I've had lots of fandom encounters that have been special and memorable over the years.
Day 4: What are the origins of your penname/username?
This is so boring my name is Hilary, everyone calls me Hils, so that was the name I picked when I registered for Livejournal back in 2001 and it just stuck.
Day 5: Compare and/or contrast your very first fandom obsession and your very latest fandom obsession.
Ooh now are we talking the first time I was obsessed with a piece of media, or the first time I was involved in a fandom where I interacted with other fans?
Let's go with the latter. My first proper experience with online fandom was Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and my latest fandom is DMBJ.
Let's talk about the similarities first. Buffy comes from a long line of vampire slayers and (until Kendra) was the only one in her generation. Wu Xie comes from a family of tomb raiders and is the only one of his generation in the Wu family. Buffy has a super powered (vampire) lover, Wu Xie has a super powered best friend. Buffy has a mentor with a shady past, Wu Xie has an uncle with a shady past. Both Wu Xie and Buffy have fought supernatural creature, both of them have 'died' and come back.
I'm probably stretching a bit.
Obviously there are a lot of differences too. Wu Xie has a large extended family who are involved in his life (except apparently his parents who are barely a footnote), Buffy just has her mother and then later just her sister, Buffy has a lot of excellent and well-rounded female characters. DMBJ not so much, and those that are around are generally morally ambiguous and more often than not end up getting killed off.