In Which I Do A Meme: Shipping And Fandoms List

[zelda_queen]

Taken from gehayi!



Pick a number from the list and I'll (try to) answer it in the comments.

1 - Your current OTP. If you don't have an OTP, one of your favorite characters.
2 - A pairing or fandom you initially didn't consider but someone changed your mind.
3 - A pairing or character you have never liked and probably never will.
4 - A pairing or character you wish you liked but just can't.
5 - Have you added anything stupid/cracky/hilarious to your fandom? If so, what?
6 - What's the longest you've ever been in a fandom?
7 - Do you remember your first OTP? If so, who was in it?
8 - Do you prefer characters/pairings from live-action series or anime series?
9 - Has the Internet caused you to stop liking any fandoms? If so, which one(s) and why?
10 - Name a fandom you didn't care/think about until you saw it all over your social network sites.
11 - Do you get involved with fans and fandom? Or do you just focus on the works that you like?
12 - Your favorite fan artist/author allows you to request one work from him/her. What do you ask for?
13 - Your favorite fanart or fan artist. (I'll settle for "one of your favorites.")
14 - Your favorite fanfiction or fan author. (I'll settle for "one of your favorites.")
15 - Choose a song at random. Which character or pairing does it remind you of?
16 - Invent a random AU for any fandom. (We always need more ideas.)
17 - A ship or fandom that you've abandoned, and why.
18 - A pairing you ship that you don't think anyone else ships. (If you don't ship much, then pick a fandom that you love but that you don't think anyone else is aware of. Small fandoms always need more love.)
19 - Show us an example of your personal head canon.
20 - Do you remember what your first fanwork was?
21 - Self-rec: What's your favorite fanwork you've created?
22 - Are you one of those fans who can't watch anything without shipping?
23 - Five favorite characters from five different fandoms.
24 - Three OTPs from three different fandoms. (And if you don't have that many OTPs, then just talk about three pairings that you like in three different fandoms.)
25 - A fandom that you're in but that you have no ships from.
26 - Ask me a fandom-related question NOT listed above.



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[gehayi.livejournal.com]

3, 4, 16 and 25.

[zelda-queen.livejournal.com]

"3 - A pairing or character you have never liked and probably never will."

At least the way canon is now, Lichtenstein/Switzerland, from Axis Powers Hetalia. I love the characters individually. I adore their interactions as brother and sister. But, like I think I mentioned before, Liechtenstein in the series is a little kid who continuously refers to Switzerland as "big brother" and has the same reliance on him that a child has on a parent. It's a little too much.

"4 - A pairing or character you wish you liked but just can't."

The Nostalgia Critic and the Nostalgia Chick. I know there's ship tease out the wazoo and it can be hilarious, but I just can't fully ship it. For starters, those characters, like most of the cast of Channel Awesome, are played up as insane people who hate the world and more often than not screw each other over. Again, it's hilarious, but I try to think of any of the characters in a steady relationship and just can't. The other reason is that the various actors on the site give out information on their personal lives, and I know that Doug Walker is now happily married and that Lindsy and Todd are dating. I'm aware that the Critic and the Chick are fictional characters, but I still feel guilty about shipping them. It feels like I'm butting in and telling them who they ought to be with, when they're already happy with someone. (Um...if that makes sense ^^; )

"16 - Invent a random AU for any fandom. (We always need more ideas.)"

I'm going to do Hetalia here (it's the only one I have an AU already thought of for), but if you want to request a specific fandom, I'll do that also, if possible. ^^; This idea was taken from a premise for a fic I wanted to write awhile back.

During WWII, Germany is sent by his boss to find the Holy Grail, like in canon. Here though, he begins searching Finland's place and apparently finds the thing. In actuality it isn't the Holy Grail. It's the Sampo (a vaguely-described, mystical item from a Finish epic), but Germany doesn't know this and takes it back. The Sampo is able to produce an unknown fuel substance, and Nazi scientists use it to create a weapon known as the Die Glock. This, in turn, sets off a chain reaction as the other nations appropriate the newly-developed technology, and ends with them all eventually taking the war into space. While the various nations use sci-fi technology to fight one another, the Nordic countries try to recover the Sampo, as they're the only ones who know exactly what it is.

"25 - A fandom that you're in but that you have no ships from."

Eh...hm. I'm not hugely in the fandom for it, but I'd say Sucker Punch would be closest. I really have no ships for it, at least. ^^;