Fannish life - is there something better?

[castalie]

audrarose? I finally saw the trailer for the Numb3rs season finale and yeah, I second your impression, seems like it's going to rock - then again, did Numb3rs ever fail me? I don't think so *love*

Now, another meme. Yes, again. Blaired from fluterbev - your wish is my command, see? Though you might regret ever asking your flist to do it. I'm just sayin'.

Ten Nine - sorta - early fannish obsessions, which helped to shape the fan I am today...

I sorta organised them by categories so... it might be a little more than nine or ten if you look at it that way *cough*

So are we talking early fannish obsessions as in early? Cause okay we have first:

Star Trek: TOS: was My Very First Fangirl Experiment. I watched it religiously when I was a wee!Mouse, mourned its loss when I was nine and the network that aired it disappeared, almost had a heart attack when I learnt - years later - that 6 tapes would be released and saved money like you wouldn't believe to buy them, which I did - I still have those tapes, they're still special to me *clings to them* I even bought the books - and when I went to the US in 1997, I almost had another heart attack when I entered that bookstore and saw the gazillion ST books displayed for all to see. Thank God my friend Manu is a book junkie like I am - we spent whole afternoons in that bookstore.

Actually, the very first fanfic I ever wrote - and at the time I didn't know about fandom nor cyber life. I, in fact, didn't even have a computer - was a ST:TOS one. With the fandom knowledge I have now, I can tell you it was an AU - it told the story of Captain Kirk's first day on board of The Enterprise... the meeting of the crew and everything. Man! I'm all nostalgic now lol

What I loved so much in that show was the friendship between Kirk, Spock and McCoy and the wonderful loyalty the crew had for Kirk. I also was quite attracted to Kirk's intelligence and I loved how he was always turning the problem around so that a solution was possible. When I finally watched the movies and heard about the Kobayashi Maru test, I was ecstatic - I pull a Kabayashi Maru on a regular basis, only nobody in RL can really appreciate it *pout*

My favourite moments were when Kirk was in danger, in pain - either physical or mental - and just overall in a bad situation. And I loved when McCoy or Spock worried about him and had to come to the rescue. My love for h/c and angst? Comes from real early in my fannish life. It's definitely not something that appeared when I was a semi-adult *shakes head vehemently*

And speaking of h/c and angst, it brings me to another obsession when I was a kid - actually, I still love it now:

Les Chevaliers du Zodiaque aka Saint Seiya: that anime was quite the big deal in France at the time - and well, lot of people my age can still sing the opening theme now *cough* - and this was also a nice obsession as far I was concerned. Mind you, I still love it now that I'm almost twenty-six twenty-five. My favourite character was Seiyar [well, Seiya], I was crazy about him. Not in a crush kinda way - I just didn't do that - but in a he-suffers-so-beautifully-I-want-him-to-be-in-even-more-pain kinda way. It was like a dream, that series - they were beaten up so severely and so often... it really was heaven for someone like me. And they were so very dedicated and brave, you know? Watching them in all their quests, in all their battles was just wonderful. It seemed the angst and the pain they went through never stopped - and not only didn't it stop, but it increased in intensity with each new episode. The Sanctuary arc - with the Gold Knights? Is so beautiful that no word can describe it. I have the whole arc on tapes and love it to pieces *clings to those too*

Star Wars: I, sadly, don't remember when I watched the first two movies for the first time - but I remember myself, sprawled on the floor in front of the tv - totally riveted to the screen - and cringing as So Very Mean Emperor was killing - well, that was his plan, at least - Luke while Darth Vader was watching them, going from one to the other uncertainly, and Luke pleadingly calling out to his father, begging him for help. That scene, it stayed with me for a long time - and considering that a) it was on tape and b)it had a La Cing logo on it, it was before 1989. I don't know where that mean streak comes from, why I love to see my favourite characters hurt the most, but man, with scenes like that, it was certainly fueled, pfew!

I loved the whole trilogy because I really enjoyed characters with mental powers - it was so cool. And the Jedi really fit the bill. Also, Leia was so very awesome and though I could/couldn't care less about love-interest, sibling-love was definitely something I could relate to, and since my favourites were first Luke then Leia, well the whole Luke-Leia revelation was of the good as far as I was concerned *g* Incidentally, I also bought the books - or got them for my birthdays and stuff. And wow, just now? I suddenly wonder whether Luke ever married Mara Jade *ponder*

Other oldie shows: Bonanza [fave was Little Joe] - The Big Valley [Heath] - Time Tunnel [Tony] - etc... I've always been attracted to the younger partners/brothers/friends and if there was angst involved, like Heath' past, all the better *g*

80s Shows: The A-Team [Futé, ie Face] Airwolf [Stringfellow Hawke] - V [Martin, and well, Phillip] - did I mention I liked angsty character?

Freaky shows/books: Twilight Zone which scared the shit ouf of me - I remember watching some episodes hidden under the table - and the Collection Terreur books. One of my aunts offered me one book from this collection when I was eleven and it was a revelation. They all dealt with dark/darker themes like serial killers, ghosts, apocalypse and I was just enthralled! I'd read my first 'adult' book when I was ten [Peachtree Road by Anne Rivers Siddons] and even though I still read kid books, I needed more and I'm quite grateful that my family understood it. So this is where my love for dark theme comes from, methinks *g*

Stephen King: I'm a huge fan of Stephen King. Read my first one when I was twelve [after I discovered the Collection Terreur] and fell for that author, hook line and sinker. I have almost all of his books - I truly love his work, he's one of my favourite authors, right next to Bernard Werber, René Barjavel and Bernard Lentéric. He's also the one who made me interested in writing - I started to notice styles, trends and stuff and suddenly writing was becoming something that had as much as power as reading, you know? Quite an interesting revelation that was, too *g*

Bernard Lentéric: I'm adding that author as well, because I think his book, La Nuit des Enfants Rois, is where I was introduced to dark themes such as rape and male rape in a pretty direct way, and considering that so untasteful taste of mine for non-con stories, well, I just couldn't not mention that one. The book isn't about rape - but what happens at the beginning of the book to those kids shapes the whole story, so yeah. I was like, thirteen or something, I think. Lentéric wrote compelling and complex stories with even more complex characters - man, I want to read his books again, now.

Other Shows: like, of course, SG and TS and Quantum Leap and X-Files and Highlander - well, you get the picture. Although those are more recent than the rest, obviously. But still, they continued shaping the obsessive-compulsive fan I am today, so there *g*

Damn, I really like rambling talking, don't I? Those meme are dangerous, they make you talk about two subjects any fangirls love to talk about a) fannish stuff and b) themselves. Quite a dangerous combination that one is *nodnod*

Speaking of fandom - You Learn Something New Everyday #14526: thanks to scrollgirl, I now know what Cold Prickly and Warm Fuzzy refer to. Thanks, girl *g* I wonder though - I don't remember ever really hearing those words before, why is that? Is it something specific to some fans, a particular fandom or what? Or am I going to notice those descriptions all over my flist next time I read it now? *ponder*

Comments

Re: OT re: birthday

[babycakesin.livejournal.com]

ROTFL!

*smootches* tant mieux! mais n'est-ce pas trop alpha pour toi? Je cherche dans le cote angsty, of course... mais c'est pas facile!

hey, ça fait longtemps qu'on n'avait pas fait ça - tu mentionnes que tu voudrais bien *** et moi je commence a chercher *giggles* j'adore ça! *smootches*