Fandom news

[hils]

This won't come as a shock to anyone who has interacted with me at all in the past week but I have found a new fandom playpen in the shape of the Avengers.

It's kind of a new fandom, but also kind of not. I dabbled in the Iron Man fandom when the first movie came out and that was actually before I got into the SPN fandom which is weird now that I think about it. And following on from that the guys at work got me reading the comics which is where I started shipping Steve and Tony. So really this is more like coming home.

As I mentioned in my post the other day I've been unhappy with SPN for a while but just sort of coasted along because I had nothing else. Now I do and I have fandom happiness that has been sorely missing from my life for quite a while. I'm excited and bouncy and full of squees.

I have a tendency to apologise when I find a new fandom. I know I did it a lot when I moved from Merlin into SPN. But you know what I can't apologise for being happy. I've been really fucking miserable for months now and this is just what I needed. I'm not saying I'm entirely abandoning SPN but at the same time I'm not promising to come back to it either. We'll see what happens. The joy about having something new come out is that you're never the only one to latch on. Have been happily squeeing with my SPN fandom friends and I know that those people who genuinely like me and not just the mutual love of Cas/Misha will stick around. Hell, I've still got friends around here that I met in various previous fandoms of mine and those are the ones that I truly cherish. Online friendships can go beyond a specific fandom.

So that's where I am at the moment. I don't post on LJ much any more but I do dip in when I'm not working and when I do post you can expect random Avengers flailing.

It's funny that prior to the Avengers coming out I was convinced once I'd seen it I'd be drowning in Steve/Tony shippiness and whilst it WAS awesome to see my comic OTP come to life on the big screen I have found myself unexpectedly pulled into Hawkeye/Coulson fics which I am adoring. It's funny because jacqui_hw, moonlettuce and dametokillfor all started shipping it ages ago (when Thor came out) and I just didn't get it. Hell, I didn't even really get it when watching the Avengers. I mean I love Phil and have done since my first Iron Man viewing but I barely paid any attention to Hawkeye when he was in Thor and I kind of shipped him more with Black Widow the first time I watched the Avengers. But then I read a couple of fics and fell in love with the whole fanon of Phil training Clint and them slowly coming to love and respect each other and just GUH.

And as a result of that I have become more than a little fixated with Jeremy Renner who plays Hawkeye. He's just...I don't even know but I keep taking 'Renner breaks' on Tumblr so I can go and look at pics and gifs of him. LOOK AT HIS ARMS ON MY NEW LJ HEADER.

So, yeah, expect much Coulson/Hawkeye gushing and Steve/Tony of course. And random flailing about Clark Gregg and Jeremy Renner.

And sorry for those who were just here for the SPN stuff. I don't think I'll be posting about it much (although I will be reading any bigbang fics that catch my eye).

Feel free to defriend at will. No hard feelings.

Comments

[moonlettuce.livejournal.com]

You should never feel like you have to apologise for fannish squee :D

[hils.livejournal.com]

I know. But I do. But not this time *goes to read more Phil/Clint fic*

[lucdarling.livejournal.com]

So you want a rec-list to end all rec-lists, with bonus background of Clint & Phil? Check out this. Yaaaay I'm delighted you're on the C/C side of things. Welcome! :)

[hils.livejournal.com]

Hah! I read one recently that you'd done a beta on (I forget the title now) and I was all OMG I KNOW HER \o/

RECS! THANK YOU!

[peppervl.livejournal.com]

I would like a movie about Hawkeye now where Phil trains him and they bond and fall in love. Nat can occasionally join them. I'm cool with that.

[lucdarling.livejournal.com]

I beta for a few people. aha, some recognition, that's so kind of you!
So, in terms of who you really want to be reading...
sidneysussex is my favourite author, hands down. He is brilliant and fantastic, most especially The Loner and the Lighthouseman, a deep-sea fishing AU that still characters Phil Coulson, and his Mindset 'verse, which is Clint with OCD and stunningly beautiful and true. (He also wrote ace!Coulson which you really need to read. I cried.)
gqgqqt writes amazing, emotional, character-driven works. She's responsible for the 67k epic Disclosures which I highly recommend, as well as the No Straight Lines 'verse.
lanyon has wonderfully sparse writing, full of unsaid backstory that usually gets told once we prod her enough. (she's Irish too, so UK spellings.)
dizmo wrote a really fantastic C/C back on the meme in the early days Mirror, Mirror but also does excellent short crackfic if you're in the mood.
and I write things on occasion.

[triedunture.livejournal.com]

I just hope you share all your Avengers feels.

Not sure I get Phil/Clint but toot toot, board that ship if it's the one you have a ticket for!

[danceswithbeans.livejournal.com]

lol

I love you and your fandoms.

I still haven't seen the movie yet. Stupid end of semester papers.

I'm not gonna jump ship though, dear, afterall I've been here since the Spuffy Files. It'd take a pretty weird fandom to get me to quit you ;)

[multiclassgeek.livejournal.com]

Because everybody knows that what we thought happened, didn't happen. At least, not in the way we thought.

[sparseparsley.livejournal.com]

That's great though! Nothing's quite like getting into a new fandom and even coasting around the edge of the Avenger's fandom as I do, it looks like fantastic fun.

And your Tumblr Renner breaks are very appreciated. They're making me biased even before I see the damn movie.

[agdhani.livejournal.com]

tbh, Hawkeye/Renner was my main reason for seeing Avengers...though I admit I love RDJ and think Thor is extremely gorgeous. I've watched the majority of Renner's work now, so I'll admit to being hooked too. I'm going to have to go back to figure out Coulson...

[chosenfire28.livejournal.com]

ADLKALDKASKLDASLDKASK AVENGERS!!!!!!!!!

Your header is absolutely gorgeous.

I am a huge Tony/Steve shipper, and pretty much Tony everyone, and I wish I could get into Clint/Coulson. I love both characters, but like you were I just don't see it. I have read them in some fics but I still prefer them in the background as opposed to a fic solely based on them. I think I'm still WTFing where this ship even came from lol.

I just saw the movie and god Hawkeye hit my guys with bows and arrows kind so hard (that I got to indulge in with Legolas on Lord of the Rings and Oliver Queen on Smallville). WHEN HE SHOT WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING OKAY! I also adore so much the relationship with him and Natasha, and I ship it, I JUST WANT TO READ FICS ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES TOGETHER AND WHERE THAT LOYALTY COMES FROM!

I look forward to the Avengers flailing!

[kazzy-cee.livejournal.com]

Huh! I'm not going anywhere - I was here for the Buffy squeee .... LOL!!!!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Yep - those are arms to swoon over... or into!

[sweet-exile.livejournal.com]

Never apologise. I'm certainly not complaining about the Renner breaks on tumblr.

[enchantersnight.livejournal.com]

Oh I'm going nowhere, and Guh his arms!

[xterm.livejournal.com]

fandoms come, fandoms go, it's the people I like :) I'll be staying. (besides I love it when you find a new fandom!! great energy!!)

[silvercobwebs.livejournal.com]

I kind've know how you feel because I've been going steady with a few select fandoms over the years, but since The Movie came out, and since I have been waiting for the darn thiing for possibly ever, y'know, you've just got to go with the flow and enjoy. Don't let anyone harsh your fandom squee dude *g*.

Anyways, I've been here since you were writing Buffy fic, so I'm rather unlikely to defriend quite yet.

Also? Coulson/Barton is ♥

(But so is Bruce/Tony, Clint/Natasha, Steve/Tony, Phil/Clint/Natasha, Tony/Pepper/Phil, and, and... oh dear I'm a massive shipping whore.)

[littlehollyleaf.livejournal.com]

You are so sweet with your apologising! Pfft, really, no apologies necessary. You're hardly the only one jumping ship when it comes to SPN right now :p

Enjoy Avengers :D

I will apologise in advance for continuing to bang on about SPN for probably another year to come yet...

[lexalicious70.livejournal.com]

I don't think you should apologize for being happy or changing fandoms, either. I love you because you're my friend, not because of the fandom you're in!

Enjoy the squee, hon!

[candygram-5000.livejournal.com]

Changing fandom is always good news. Besides, you don't need to exchange one for the other, even if it's not easy dealing with more than one :-)) I'm surprise you didn't swoon into the arms of Sherlock fandom at that point? *big kisses*

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

Yay! We finally share a fandom [g]

[hils.livejournal.com]

I would like for this to be canon please :D

[hils.livejournal.com]

EEE! I love that! Ruffalo!hugs :D

[hils.livejournal.com]

SO MANY FEEEEEEEEEEELS

And don't worry, I ship Steve/Tony just as much as Phil/Clint :D

[hils.livejournal.com]

Hmm...I wonder what sort of weird fandom it would take (not that I want you to quit - just musing) :D

[hils.livejournal.com]

It's sounding more and more likely that it did happen as much as I wish it didn't :(

[hils.livejournal.com]

I can't even. He's not even that attractive but there's just something about him that's so UNF

[hils.livejournal.com]

Coulson is a weird one. I don't even know what it is about him but before I even knew his name, after my first viewing of Iron Man, I was telling everyone how I loved 'that awesome SHIELD agent' and then he kept popping up in all the other movies and I just love him.

[hils.livejournal.com]

AVENGERSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

Yes, I do ship Steve/Tony a lot. They were my original Marvel OTP. Phil/Clint. I dunno. I didn't really get it either until I started reading fic about them. I think it came about after Hawkeye's cameo in Thor and the fandom started theorising about Coulson being his handler and fic just started from there.

[hils.livejournal.com]

So many years ago :D

Looking forward to seeing you at Writerconuk in a couple of weeks \o/

[hils.livejournal.com]

Yes please

[hils.livejournal.com]

Best way to see through a night shift

[hils.livejournal.com]

YESSSSSSSSSSS

[hils.livejournal.com]

*bounces all over LJ*

[hils.livejournal.com]

I SHIP ALL THE SHIPS! Seriously, I'll read just about anyone in this fandom. So much love!

[hils.livejournal.com]

I'm still clinging to the hope that I just need an SPN break and I'll get back into it next season.

[hils.livejournal.com]

*snuggles*

[hils.livejournal.com]

Hee! I enjoy Sherlock but I never really got into the fandom beyond one awesome Molly/Lestrade fic I read.

[hils.livejournal.com]

Re-united again at last! Just like the good old Iron Man days :D

[danceswithbeans.livejournal.com]

Haha. That is a good question. I so don't have answer for that, I am pretty tolerant. Especially since you aren't all "MY FANDOM IS THE ONLY WAAAAAY" That is usually what gets me to run and hide.

Maybe some weird pedo-filled-fandom? Like all that icky Harry Potter/Snape slash that is out there.

[hils.livejournal.com]

EEEW! Gross.

[danceswithbeans.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Exactly.