Fandom Alphabet: B
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hilsB: A pairing – platonic, romantic or sexual – that you initially didn’t consider, but someone changed your mind.
I was really trying hard to think of something. Generally I might let friends persuade me to watch shows I might not have considered but pairings are usually things I find on my own.
There is one notable exception that I just remembered, though.
So, back in my days in the MCU fandom I was pretty much only reading Steve/Tony or Tony/Pepper fics. Steve/Tony I'd shipped since I started reading comics, and Tony/Pepper was something I'd shipped since the first time I saw the first Iron Man movie at the cinema.
One day I was watching Thor with my housemate and the scene where Hawkeye is introduced came on. Again, I had been a huge Hawkeye fan since I started reading the comics so I was thrilled that he was being introduced to the MCU. Anyway, my housemate casually mentioned that she shipped him and Coulson after the scene with them talking to each other on the radio.
Honestly, I didn't see it, and I've shipped characters over less. It was weird because Phil Coulson was one of my absolute favourite things about Iron Man, and I loved Hawkeye already. The two characters clearly had history given the way they talked to each other. I don't know why it never occurred to me to ship them.
Anyway, my housemate sent me some Phil/Clint fics to read and pretty soon I was fully on board. I've since written 7 Phil/Clint fics of my own and read I don't even know how many.
A: Ships that you currently like a lot. (They don’t have to be OTPs because not everyone has OTPs.) Friendships, pairings, threesomes, etc. are allowed.
B: A pairing – platonic, romantic or sexual – that you initially didn’t consider, but someone changed your mind.
C: A ship you have never liked and probably never will.
D: What was the first thing you ever contributed to a fandom?
E: Have you added anything cracky/hilarious to your fandom, if so, what?
F: What’s the longest you’ve ever been in a fandom? What fandom was it?
G: What was your first fandom?
H: Do you prefer live action TV shows or animated TV shows?
I: Has online caused you to stop liking any fandoms, if so, which and why?
J: Name a fandom you didn’t care/think about until you saw it all over the internet.
K: What character has your favorite development arc/the best development arc?
L: Say something genuinely nice about a character who isn’t one of your faves.
M: Name a character that you’d like to have for a friend.
N: Name three things you wish you saw more or in your main fandom (or a fandom of choice).
O: Choose a song at random, what ship does it remind you of?
P: Invent a random AU for any fandom (we always need more ideas).
Q: A fandom you’ve abandoned and why.
R: Which friendship/platonic relationship is your favorite in fandom?
S: Show us an example of your personal headcanon.
T: Do you have any hard and fast headcanons that you will die defending?
U: Three favorite characters from three different fandoms, and why they’re your favorites.
V: Which character do you relate to most?
W: A trope which you are virtually certain to hate in any fandom.
X: A trope which you are almost certain to love in any fandom.
Y: What are your secondhand fandoms (i.e., fandoms you aren’t in personally but are tangentially familiar with because your friends/people on your dash are in them)?
Z: Just ramble about something fan-related, go go go!
I was really trying hard to think of something. Generally I might let friends persuade me to watch shows I might not have considered but pairings are usually things I find on my own.
There is one notable exception that I just remembered, though.
So, back in my days in the MCU fandom I was pretty much only reading Steve/Tony or Tony/Pepper fics. Steve/Tony I'd shipped since I started reading comics, and Tony/Pepper was something I'd shipped since the first time I saw the first Iron Man movie at the cinema.
One day I was watching Thor with my housemate and the scene where Hawkeye is introduced came on. Again, I had been a huge Hawkeye fan since I started reading the comics so I was thrilled that he was being introduced to the MCU. Anyway, my housemate casually mentioned that she shipped him and Coulson after the scene with them talking to each other on the radio.
Honestly, I didn't see it, and I've shipped characters over less. It was weird because Phil Coulson was one of my absolute favourite things about Iron Man, and I loved Hawkeye already. The two characters clearly had history given the way they talked to each other. I don't know why it never occurred to me to ship them.
Anyway, my housemate sent me some Phil/Clint fics to read and pretty soon I was fully on board. I've since written 7 Phil/Clint fics of my own and read I don't even know how many.
A: Ships that you currently like a lot. (They don’t have to be OTPs because not everyone has OTPs.) Friendships, pairings, threesomes, etc. are allowed.
B: A pairing – platonic, romantic or sexual – that you initially didn’t consider, but someone changed your mind.
C: A ship you have never liked and probably never will.
D: What was the first thing you ever contributed to a fandom?
E: Have you added anything cracky/hilarious to your fandom, if so, what?
F: What’s the longest you’ve ever been in a fandom? What fandom was it?
G: What was your first fandom?
H: Do you prefer live action TV shows or animated TV shows?
I: Has online caused you to stop liking any fandoms, if so, which and why?
J: Name a fandom you didn’t care/think about until you saw it all over the internet.
K: What character has your favorite development arc/the best development arc?
L: Say something genuinely nice about a character who isn’t one of your faves.
M: Name a character that you’d like to have for a friend.
N: Name three things you wish you saw more or in your main fandom (or a fandom of choice).
O: Choose a song at random, what ship does it remind you of?
P: Invent a random AU for any fandom (we always need more ideas).
Q: A fandom you’ve abandoned and why.
R: Which friendship/platonic relationship is your favorite in fandom?
S: Show us an example of your personal headcanon.
T: Do you have any hard and fast headcanons that you will die defending?
U: Three favorite characters from three different fandoms, and why they’re your favorites.
V: Which character do you relate to most?
W: A trope which you are virtually certain to hate in any fandom.
X: A trope which you are almost certain to love in any fandom.
Y: What are your secondhand fandoms (i.e., fandoms you aren’t in personally but are tangentially familiar with because your friends/people on your dash are in them)?
Z: Just ramble about something fan-related, go go go!