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fand0mfancies · 4 years

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Came across this on Tumblr a few days ago, it amused me for a couple of hours or more, filling it in, while watching QI.

Fandom Questions

1. What was the first fandom you got involved in?

Star Trek: Voyager, I suppose at least for reading. Started writing with Stargate SG-1.

2. What is your latest fandom?

I dip in and out of lots of fandoms on and off, the most recent ‘pick up’ is Ballam from Eastenders, I don’t watch soaps, but Robron and Ballam both appear a good bit on my tumblr, so I eventually gave in to checking them out via fic and youtube – thank god for youtube, lol! I still don’t watch soaps, but I watch those storylines!

3. What is the best fandom you’ve ever been involved in?

Gosh, that’s... actually no that’s really easy. Primeval. For anyone not familiar, it’s a ‘silly little dinosaur show’ produced in the UK. It had 4 short seasons, with a somewhat revolving main cast – although they managed to keep 3 of them through all 4 seasons – but the fandom was/is amazing. I made life long friends through the fandom and even though I don’t write much any more I still read some and still talk with those people.

4. Do you regret getting involved in any fandoms?

I would say no. I can’t say every fandom has always been amazing – ship wars anyone! – but mostly fandom has been a very positive experience in my life.

5. Which fandoms have your written fanfiction for?

How long have you got... in genuinely no particular order (basically as they came to me) Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, Star Trek (TNG, DS9, Voy, Ent & Reboot Movies), Marvel, Kingsman, Person of Interest, Due South, Quantum Leap, Firefly, Buffy/Angel verse, Harry Potter, The Sentinel, Torchwood(/Doctor Who), Hawaii Five-0, Shadowhunters, Sherlock, Primeval, Emmerdale (Robron), NCIS, CSI (Vegas, NY & Miami), White Collar, Empire Records, Bull, Diagnosis Murder, MacGyver (the original), 1-800-Missing, CHAOS, Without a Trace, M*A*S*H, Charmed, Queer as Folk (US), Will & Grace, Bring it On, Nash Bridges, Magnificent 7 (TV series), House, Babylon 5 – I think I got them all... a few of those were one time only deals, but a lot of them have more (anywhere from 2-52 (or more still!) ranging from 100 word drabbles, to thousands of words – hey I’ve been writing fic for 21 years... you tend to amass a lot of fandoms...

6. List your OTP from each fandom you’ve been involved in.

Oh geez, here we go, lol! Okay...

Stargate SG-1: Jack O’Neill/Daniel Jackson

Stargate Atlantis: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard

Star Trek: Elim Garak/Julian Bashir, Chakotay/Tom Paris, Jonathan Archer/Malcolm Reed, James Kirk/Spock – I don’t particularly have an ‘otp’ in TNG, the couple I’ve written were Picard/Data, I’ve also dabbled reading Data/Gordi)

Marvel: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark

Kingsman: Harry Hart/Eggsy Unwin

Person of Interest: Harold Finch/John Reese

Due South: Benton Fraser/Ray K

Quantum Leap: Sam/Al

Firefly: Malcolm Reynolds/Simon Tam

Buffy/Angel Verse: Buffy/Giles, Angel/Spike, Xander/Spike, Willow/Tara

Harry Potter: Harry/Draco, Harry/Hermione, Harry/Hermione/Draco

The Sentinel: Jim/Blair

Torchwood: Jack/Ianto

Hawaii Five-O: Steve/Danno

Shadowhunters: Magnus/Alec

Sherlock: Sherlock/John, Mycroft/Lestrade

Primeval: Nick Cutter/Stephen Hart, James Lester/Hilary Becker Emmerdale: Robert Sugden/Aaron Dingle

NCIS: Gibbs/DiNozzo CSI: Nick Stokes/David Hodges, Mac/Danny, Horatio/Speed White Collar: Neal/Peter/Elizabeth

Empire Records: Joe/Lucas

Bull: Benny/Jason

Diagnosis Murder: Steve/Jesse

I’ve left a few out where I don’t have particular OTPs

7. List your NoTPs from each fandom you’ve been in.

Here we go again... lol!

Stargate SG-1: Jack/Sam, I just... no. I’ve read a few where it’s a background or secondary pairing, but it always makes me wince a bit. I’ve read a few with Sam/Daniel as a secondary pairing that didn’t make me react that way and I’ve read Sam with other characters, but Jack/Sam just is a nope for me.

Stargate Atlantis: McKay/Keller – no, just no. that was horrible. She treated him like... awfully, trying to change him to suit her, just... no.

Marvel: Contentious, but Tony/Pepper, also Peter Parker/Tony Stark. Maybe because I saw the movies before I ever looked at the comics, but meh.

Due South: Benton Fraser/Ray V – again, contentious, but honestly I think Ray V was kind of a shit friend to Fraser.

Firefly: Anything with Jayne. No really, I just can not stand the character. I spent most of the series wanting to punch him in the face and sometimes you get characters you love to hate, but I just hated him.

Buffy/Angel Verse: Buffy/Spike, Willow/Kennedy

Harry Potter: Ron/Hermione, Ron/Harry, Harry/Ginny... basically, Ron and Ginny should just be loveless hermits who live by themselves. Ok, no, that isn’t fair... but as much as Ron was Harry’s first friend, he was selfish and bitter and Ginny/Harry just... never sat right with me. Ron literally says she spent ‘all summer talking about’ Harry, when she’d met him for all of three seconds. She didn’t know him. It always felt like she fell more in love with the *idea* of Harry Potter, than Harry Potter himself.

Sherlock: Sherlock/Molly, he’d eat her for breakfast. Serious, she’d never survive him.

Primeval: Oliver Leek and anyway. Arg. Creepy little dude is creepy and evil.

NCIS: Ziva/DiNozzo – ugh, just no.

Again, I’ve left out ones where I don’t have particular NoTPs

8. How did you get involved in your latest fandom?

Tumblr, god damned bitches posting gifs of pretty boys falling in love, roped me in!

9. What are the best things about your current fandom?

I dabble in several fandoms at once... but if we go by ‘most recently picked up’ as ‘current’ we’re talking Ballum, which hey, it’s always fun to have an actual canon pairing be my OTP, that’s rare for me, lol.

10. Is there a fandom you read fic from but don’t write in?

Well (so far) I haven’t written any Ballum. (I say so far, because I’m a realist, lol). I rarely read in fandoms and not end up writing in them at some point. Although I have probably dabbled in a few I’ve not written for, but if I read it with any sort of consistency, I mostly end up writing it. I am weak!

Ship Questions for your Current Fandom

11. Who is your current OTP?

Okay, so that list above, just basically go with that. While I do drop in and hour of fandoms and some I certainly read in more than others, I do tend to go back to fandoms... If we were talking about what I’m mostly focused on writing atm... Steve/Tony, Mycroft/Lestrade, Harry/Draco and Robron are ones I’m currently working on most.

12. Who is your current OT3?

I’m not currently writing anything that’s OT3 with any real focus. I have a couple of Neal/Peter/Elizabeth WiPs that I will at some point finish, but they aren’t a big focus just now. I did recently read a fabulous Neal/Peter/Elizabeth fic that’s been on my tbr list for ages.

13. Any NoTPs?

Just... see above, lol!

14. Go on, who are your BroTPs?

Harry Hart/Merlin, those two are Bro’s until the end and I will fight you on this. Also, Eggsy/Roxy! OMG they are such a BroTP! And Tony/Pepper/Rhodey – I may no like Tony/Pepper as a pairing, but I love them as best friends and of course, our Rhodes, because again, I will fight you on this, they are awesome and Tony needs his best friends!

15. Is there an obscure ship which you love?

I’m not sure there is. I suppose I’ve read a few fics for some random pairings over the years, but nothing that’s made me really ship-ship them. I like Clint Barton/Bucky Barnes, after seeing it as a secondary pairing in a Steve/Tony fic, but I’ve seen that pop up a few times since, so maybe it won’t stay obscure for long!

16. Are their any popular ships in your fandom which you dislike?

Jack/Sam, Tony/Pepper, Ron/Hermione, Harry/Ginny, Buffy/Spike – they all seem to be het pairings, oops. But I am mostly a slash fic reader/writer, so I suppose that’s not too surprising.

17. Who was your first OTP and are they still your favourite?

Jack/Daniel from Stargate SG-1. I still love them. I still read them, although it has been a while since I’ve written them on their own (I have got some SG-1/SGA x-overs where they feature)

18. What ship have you written the most about?

I’m genuinely not sure... without going and counting (and I’m not going any counting!) I’d guess Jack/Daniel, McKay/Sheppard, Jack/Ianto and Steve/Danno.

19. Is there a ship which you wished you could get behind, but you just don’t feel them?

No, not that I can think off. I either like it or not. I do occasionally feel bad for not reading a fic if it’s an author I really like, but I don’t read that fandom or pairing, but nothing specific.

20. Any ships which you surprised yourself by liking?

Robron and Ballum, lol. I do not do soaps!

Author Questions

21. What was the first fanfic you ever wrote?

Stargate SG-1, Jack/Daniel, a story called The Dare, The Disaster, The Almost Happy Ending, And The Very Happy Ending – it was awful. Don’t go looking, lol!

22. Is there anything you regret writing?

Don’t we all? No, I wouldn’t specifically say so. There are certainly fics, especially older ones, I wish I could have written better, but nothing I’d go, ugh I should never have done that.

23. Name a fic you’ve written that you’re especially fond of & explain why you like it.

Uh... honestly that’s really hard. I... um... yeah, I don’t know, really. I wrote a nice little flower one in POI that I felt worked rather beautifully. The Language of Flowers. An I wrote an SGA fic for NaNo a few years ago, called A Different Life, but it’s not online, because I didn’t finish it yet and I knew I wasn’t going to finish it any time soon, so I didn’t feel it was fair to leave it up unfinished (there is a reason I don’t read WiP fics and I don’t post them either, because I know how much I hate unfinished WiPs) Edit: After writing this I reminded myself of a POI fic I wrote called Hours of Separation – It’s a Harold/John break up story that I always intended to write a sequel too where I ‘fixed’ them, but I just couldn’t do it. I broke them a little too well. But I really love it actually.

24. What fic do you desperately need to rewrite or edit?

The afore mentioned A Different Life needs to be edited and finished, lol! Also a Primeval fic with the working title Crypt Keeper (don’t ask) that I worked myself into a bit of a corner on and I figure out how to fix it, but I haven’t done it yet, so it’s still needs fixing and finishing, lol!

25. What’s your most popular fanfic?

I haven’t the foggiest.

26. How do you come up with your fanfic titles?

Sometimes, really easily, a quote, a line from the fic, a song title... other times it’s like pulling teeth, hence working titles on things like ‘crypt keeper’ which is a reference to one scene near the very start and has no actual hint of the plot, lol!

27. What do you hate more: Coming up with titles or writing summaries?

Oh the titles. Summaries you can just copy a few lines from the fic if you are desperate, if you had to post ‘untitled mcshep fic #67’ people would get cranky, lol, hell I’d get cranky!

28. If someone were to draw a piece of fanart for your story, which story would it be and what would the picture be of?

Oh... I... huh. I mean who wouldn’t love fanart for their stories? Any of them honestly! But if I had to choose just one... I guess something in my Animal Instinct verse, which is Primeval (although I always intended to write other fandoms in the verse) where some people transform into animals, based on their ‘spirit animal’ and some art of the characters with their spirit animal form would be awesome.

29. Do you have a beta reader? Why/Why not?

Sometimes, look if you’ve read this far, you know I write in a lot of fandoms, lol. In some fandoms it’s easier than others to find beta readers. Also, sometimes if it’s just something short, I won’t bother. But I do try for my longer fics.

30. What inspires you to write?

That old adage, if you want to read it, sometimes you just have to write it? Spite? Boredom? Honestly sometimes I just have ideas I have to get out of my brain and it’s write or go mad(der)

31. What’s the nicest thing someone has ever said about your writing?

That it inspired them to write something.

32. Do you listen to music when you write or does music inspire you? If so, which band or genre of music does it for you?

Sometimes, sometimes I find it distracting when writing because I end up singing along and forgetting what I’m writing, lol! I do sometimes get inspiration from songs, I guess mostly from the lyrics, but no particular band or genre – although I listen to a lot of country music!

33. Do you write oneshots, multi-chapter fics or huuuuuge epics?

Little from column a, little from column b... littler still from column c...

34. What’s the word count on your longest fic?

Around 60k, I think.

35. Do you write drabbles? If so, what do you normally write them about?

I have. Primeval had/has a week drabble challenge, mostly when I’ve written drabbles it’s been for a challenge, with a specific prompt.

36. What’s your favourite genre to write?

Uh... I mean, my fandoms really span the genres, but I guess sci-fi or crime are probably my favourites.

37. First person or third person - what do you write in and why?

Third mostly, I have occasionally written in first person, if it felt like the fic needed it.

38. Do you use established canon characters or do you create OCs?

Little from column a, little from column b... it depends on the fandom and the story. Sometimes you just need more characters, mostly they are minor roles, I don’t tend to write much established character/oc fic

39. What is your greatest strength as a writer?

Ability to convince myself people will want to read it, lol! No actually to be honest, I love to know people read and like my stuff, but I gave up a long time ago on trying to ‘please’ people with what I write. I write what I want to read.

40. What do you struggle the most with in your writing?

Focus. The problem with 21 years of fandom history, is well... 21 years of fandom history. A lot of fandoms, a lot of pairings and as I say, I never really ‘leave’ a fandom, I just drop in and out and sometimes that means I’ll write on something consistently for weeks or months and then end up getting distracted by another fandom again and not touch it for weeks or months again. Hence, I don’t post WiP fics, because I know I’m easily distracted and don’t want anyone to suffer my lack of focus but me.

Fanfiction Questions

41. List and link to 5 fanfics you are currently reading:

I don’t read WiP fics, so yeah... but 5 I’ve recently read in different fandoms that I’ve really enjoyed

Turns Out, I Have a Rose Garden by betheflame (Steve Rogers/Tony Stark)

Lucky by china_shop (Neal Caffery/Peter Burke/Elizabeth Burke)

Colors by Quesarasara (Sherlock/John)

Betrayal by Blackghost7 (Gibbs/DiNozzo)

Matchmaker (Part 1 of the Marmalade Series) by HastaLux, Mottlemoth (Mycroft Holmes/Greg Lestrade)

42. List and link to 5 fanfiction authors who are amazing:

See now this is hard, because... ahh so many...

FredBassett – Primeval author, her Stephen/Ryan series is epic and brilliant and endless

https://archiveofourown.org/users/fredbassett/pseuds/fredbassett

Keira Marcos – I know other people will have said her, I don’t care. I love all her stuff, across all the fandoms she writes in

http://keiramarcos.com/

theapplepielifestyle – her Steve/Tony is amazing. Hands down some of the best I’ve ever read. I will fight you on this.

https://archiveofourown.org/users/theappleppielifestyle/pseuds/theappleppielifestyle

JillyJames – her Tony DiNozzo is a real life grown up... exactly as he should be considered given he’s a goddamn federal agent!

https://jillyjames.com/

missbecky – I’ve read pretty much all her Steve/Tony and Harry/Eggsy and it’s awesome.

https://archiveofourown.org/users/missbecky

Honestly, I could have listed so many more, but, I’m being good!

43. Is there anyone in your fandom who really inspires you?

Everyone. The thing is, fandom at it’s best is like crack, the more you get, the more you want. The writing, the gifs, the art... it feeds you and makes you want to make more of it, because more of it needs to exist and if that means you need to do it yourself, so be it!

44. What ship do you feel needs more attention?

ALL OF THEM!

45. What is your all time favourite fanfic?

Oh hell no, not even, I can not. It took me an hour to narrow down 5 authors, I can not narrow down one fanfic!

46. If someone was to read one of your fanfics, which fic would you recommend to them and why?

I mean, it depends on what they like... probably the Hour of Separation I mentioned above, if they like the fandom/pairing, or my Animal Instinct stuff.

47. Archive Of Our Own, Fanfiction.net or Tumblr - where do you prefer to post and why?

Archive of our Own. I haven’t touched ff.net in *years* since they started getting super restrictive about what you could post. I do occasionally post stuff to tumblr, but mostly I now post to AO3. I did have my own site and I’ve yet to upload a lot of stuff to AO3 – one of these... months... that will be a project – but it’s amazing. Seriously, having been in fandom 20+ years, going from having to search all over a million different places and now it’s all in one place, where we’re honestly, spoiled and protected. The kids now have no idea how crazy impossible that once seemed.

48. Do you leave reviews when you read fanfiction? Why/Why not?

Yes, but not as often as I should. I love AO3s kudos button, so I can sort of say ‘hey I enjoyed this’ without having to comment, because I sort of hate leaving comments just going ‘hey I enjoyed this’ because I always feel like I should say more, like, oh I enjoyed this specific thing, which yes is an unnecessary hang-up, but there ya go.

49. Do you care if people comment/reblog your writing? Why/why not?

Of course it’s nice to get comments, kudos, reblogs etc. I’m not as attached to them now as I was when I was younger, because I learned along the way that it was more important that I like what I’m writing than that other people do, but it’s still nice to know that something I’ve created is enjoyed.

50. How did you get into reading and/or writing fanfiction?

I went looking for Star Trek Voyager stuff online, pics etc, waaaaaaay back when! And I came across fanfiction entirely by accident... and I read some – het stuff mostly, then I started watching Stargate SG-1, went looking for fanfiction for that, but was not on board with Jack/Sam, found Jack/Daniel went ‘huh really? That’s weird’ read it... and yeah... 21 years later... lol!

51. Rant or Gush about one thing you love or hate in the world of fanfiction! Go!

Ship Wars. No seriously, just don’t. Like, who the actual fuck cares. I like my ship, you like your ship. I don’t care if it’s canon or not. I don’t care if it’s popular or not. I don’t read my NoTPs, but I’d never dream of telling someone else not too. Yes I think they are terrible, bad, no good pairings, but that’s *my* opinion. Don’t try to change my mind and I won’t try to change yours. I avoid them like the actual plague. If someone starts that shit around me, I will shut it right down. You are a dick. Go to Jail. Do not pass Go. Do not collect £200.

#fandom life #fandom

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ximeria · 5 years

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v, w, x please!

Asked by @gerec

V - 3 OTPs from 3 different fandoms Star Trek reboot and TOS - James T. Kirk/Spock X-men - Charles Xavier/Erik Lehnsherr Due South - Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski

W - 5 favorite ships and 5 kinks you like best for said ships Charles Xavier/Erik Lehnsherr - Pure and utter submission on Erik's part, kneeling and waiting James T. Kirk/Spock - Break Spock's self control be it Pon farr, sex pollen or just plain make Spock let go. Aziraphale/Crowley - kissing - can kissing and cuddling be a kink? XD Merlin/Arthur (BBC) - Merlin losing patience with the prancing idiot/Arthur having a thing for magic Daniel Jackson/Jack O'Neill (SG1) - Jack totally getting off on his bf being so stupidly smart

X - top 5-10 characters who are yoUR PRECIOUS BABIES AND YOU WILL DIE DEFENDING THEM Oh - hard one eh. - Gambit (X-men comics) - Iceman (X-men comics) - Yunobo (legend of zelda Breath of the Wild) - Thor (MCU) - Agnes Nutter (Good Omens both book and TV)

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thebrochtuarachs · 6 years

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thank you so much for tagging me @were-monkey 😊

A // age - 24

B // birthplace - in the second (or third) major city in my country

C // current time - 1:13AM (I’m supposed to be doing a presentation for work)

D // drink you last had - hot chocolate

E // easiest person to talk to - my friends and people in the fandom (cause you just get each other) 😁

F // favourite songs (currently) - Lauv - I Like Me Better (Ryan Riback Remix) / Dua Lipa - Electricity / Sigma - Nobody To Love / Ben & Ben - Sunrise, Maybe The Night and Ride Home ❤️

G // grossest memory - Opening a container that hadn’t been washed for days 🤢

H // horror yes or no - No, not my jam. Not afraid to admit that effective horror cinematography gets to me easily and in good measure so yeah, I get scared easily by horror movies.

I // in love - do you mean “in a relationship”? then, no. 😊 but I am “in love” with a lot of things.

J // jealous of people - sometimes

K // kids - yes! I would love to be a mom and have kids someday.

L // love at first sight or walk by again - I believe in “attraction” at first sight.

M // middle name - a really old Spanish name

N // number of siblings - 3

O // one wish - to be happy and loved

P // person you last called - my mom

R // random fact about you - I’m a nerd. I love reading all sorts of things from science, art, culture, politics, history, etc.

Q // question you always get asked - If I have a boyfriend (Answer: No, I don’t have one...yet) 😊

S // song you last sang - John Mayer’s Waiting On The World To Change

T // time you woke up - 11:50AM. Sore tired from three workout classes (step class, a dance class and a boxing sessions) I took the day before.

U // underwear color - white

V // vacation destination - Highlands, Scotland; Manhattan & LA, USA

W // worst habit - overthinking

X // x-ray - Yes for medical employment reasons and for the dentist.

Y // your favourite food - Chicken, Fries, and Chocolate

Z // zodiac sign - Scorpio

i tag: @bonniebird17, @aye-thefrasers, @sincerelyfraser, @missclairebelle, @julesbeauchamp, @thefraserwitch, @sassenachwaffles, @ecampbellsoup, @underthewingsofthblackeagle, @boyneriver-fraser, @mo-nighean-rouge, and anybody who wants to! 💛

sorry if you’ve already done it. of course no need to do it if you don’t feel like it. ❤️

#thank you for tagging me #had fun doing this #been out of Tumblr for a while #so this is like my comeback post?#was that a weird thing to say #probably #hahahahaha #personal #get to know me #im a dork and a nerd #I answer things too literally #for more information #feel free to message me #hahahaha

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rochibolettieri · 6 years

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Oh I love this!!! Thank you for tagging me @wunderlichkind , are the sweetest and made a girl happy ☺️

A // age - 22

B // birthplace - BA - Argentina

C // current time - 12:11 AM

D // drink you last had - Water

E // easiest person to talk to - Mom, my friends

F // favourite songs (currently) - I don’t have favorite things but I have Electricity - Dua Lipa/ Dance to this - Troye Sivan ft. Ariana Grande stuck in my head for weeks

G // grossest memory - I’m terrible at telling stories but well. The only one I remember happened at my 17’s. I used to go out frequently and get drunk, so one night we drank a lot with my friends and then went to the club, in there they gave us a bottle of champagne to each one of us, we drank and a moment later I was throwing up everything. I didn’t enjoyed in the moment but now is a funny yet disgusting memory 🙃

H // horror yes or no - NOPE. I get traumatized quickly

I // in love - With my dog, she’s the cutest

J // jealous of people - According to psychology (I think) jealousy is a basic emotion every human has, so yes, but not in a mean way. I normally get jealous of things, not people.

K // kids - I would love to, but maybe in a few years, I have a lot of things I want to do first

L // love at first sight or walk by again - Walk by again, I don’t believe in love at first sight (only Jamie and Claire are allowed to have it, hehe)

M // middle name - Andrea

N // number of siblings - 0. Only child

O // one wish - Get my degree this year/ For every girl to walk in the street without fear of being raped, kidnapped, killed. I see these things everyday in the news and scares the shit out of me.

P // person you last called - I don’t call people, only my mom. So... mom

R // random fact about you - My parents wanted to call me Andrea even if I was a boy (don’t like it)/ I don’t like vegetables

Q // question you always get asked - uhm... I don’t know actually 🤔 My mom always ask me why do I think everything is my fault (I use that word very much)

S // song you last sang - Waterloo - MM2

T // time you woke up - 10:30 am

U // underwear color - Dark grey

V // vacation destination - You mean my dream vacation? Europe maybe. But I’m going to the beach in February 🙌🏻

W // worst habit - Overthinking

X // x-ray - Yup

Y // your favourite food - GNOCCHIS. Give me gnocchis and I’ll love you forever

Z // zodiac sign - Virgo

I love these games and love to feel included, so I tag @boyneriver-fraser and @mycaitbalfeshrine because they are the best, and everyone who wants to do it! Is actually fun

#ask game #get to know me #i love these things #really #jamie x claire #outlander #argentina

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scarletjedi · 6 years

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You said that you don't have to choose a Ray in Due South, because both Rays are wonderful for different reasons. Can you talk about those reasons? I love RayV, but I've had a hard time liking Kowalski. There's something about his personality that irritates me.

Sure!

Remember, that all of this is my opinion, and one that has been shaped and polished by 20 years of fanfic. This is also long, hence it’s under the cut :D

I wanna begin by saying that I loved Ray V first. When I started watching Due South (because I read a .rtf fic names XDS - a crossover between X-Files, Due South, and Star Wars that I came to though Star Wars and read because I knew X-Files and figured I could learn enough about Due South to make it work), the show was playing on TNT in the afternoons, and may have actually been *before* Ray Kowalski made an appearance.

I watched the first two seasons, I started reading Due South fic alongside Star Wars fic. I discovered Slash, and read a few Ray V/Fraser stories with my Luke/Wedge and Luke/Biggs fic, but at the time I was mostly reading Fraser/Frannie or Fraser/Thatcher.

I didn’t dislike Fraser/Ray V, but I was young -- young enough that I worried about my parents finding the one slash fic that I dared print out (my dad had the internet, my mom didn’t. So, I’d print out stories on the weekend and read them over the week).

Then I found out about Ray K and I stopped watching Due South. I was pissed! You can’t just replace one half of the duo! It doesn’t work like that! But, eventually, I came back. I missed Fraser, and figured I’d give Ray K a shot - and I loved him. They knew not to make him try and fill the same niche - and, when they finally met, the clash between them was perfectly done to highlight the different roles they filled. I dived headfirst into Fraser/Ray K fic (partially because I was older and had lost my hesitation around slash fic, and partially because my mom had finally gotten the internet).

And that, I think, is the crux of the issue. Ray V and Ray K offer Fraser a different relationship because they’re different people and satisfy different needs - thus telling a different story.

Let’s begin with Ray V.

When you look at the beginning of the series, Fraser, like the protagonist of any fantasy story, is orphaned (literally, the first scene is Bob Fraser’s death) and alone- he’s the odd duck, the isolated character to facilitate his travel. it’s hard to go off and be a hero when you have responsibilities at home (hence why in Star Wars Luke doesn’t leave Tatooine until Owen and Beru are killed, or why Harry Potter is hated by the Dursleys). With no siblings (yet), and his mother and grandparents dead before the series, Fraser has no family.

The driving force of the series is thus born, Fraser is looking for the killers of his father - the last of his family (even if he was a terrible father). The family relationships in the show are all very important, and are highlighted in different ways, thus giving us the theme of the Ray V seasons - the importance of family.

Because, Ray V is *lousy* with family in a way that most Italian-American families are - you don’t always like your family, but you *all* gather for dinner when Ma makes her Sunday Gravy. And, in the *pilot* when he’s known this crazy mountie for less than 12 hours, he invites Ben HOME to his FAMILY for FOOD. (Ben is clearly uncomfortable, and it’s played for comedy, but it’s also heartbreaking. Ben is not used to effusive emotion --or any emotion-- and he is certainly not used to so many people acting like such a family.) Ray, in a sense, adopts Fraser.

Now, you can say that taking Fraser home could be a “meeting the family” moment, like bringing home a new girlfriend. Ray is defensive of Fraser’s honor when Frannie hits on him, after all.

But, there’s something about it that smacks more of *family* to me - he brought Ben home to be his *brother* and give Ben the surrogate family he has missed. (hence why Frannie throws herself at him - and also why Fraser keeps turning her down. Textually it’s because she’s his best friend’s sister, but thematically, she’s his new sister as well)

Further, Ray V doesn’t react with jealousy when Victoria blows into down on her ill wind - he’s proud, and supportive, and then defensive when he realizes how terrible she is for Ben.

I mean, yeah, Mrs. Fraser does dance with Ray V, but it’s because Ray V is the “safe” option. Now, if you want to say that’s because Ray V and Fraser are lovers? I can see why! It was certainly important in the few fics I have read, and I see it.

I think, ultimately, Ray V as Fraser’s New Family was the intent of the writers, and the writing on this show is *tight*. It makes sense that, with a plot focused on finding what ended your old family, you find new family.

But then came the brief hiatus, Paul Gross taking over more creative control, and Collum Keith Rennie. PG said in an interview that they’d taking Ray K in a new direction, “very homoerotic, the fans will love it”

And...they did. Ray V’s telephone call - the ache in his voice because he knows that he’s not gonna be able to say goodbye (like Bob) is palpable, and feels almost like a breakup, signaling a shift in tone. This is no longer a show about the search for family - Ben found his family. Even with Ray V off screen, there’s no doubt that Fraser is a Vecchio -- but about finding a *parter*

There’s red ships and green ships but no ships like partnerships.

This half of the show gives us not only this line, but highlights the relationship between Buck and Bob (that was began in Ray V’s season), and focuses more than ever on pairing Fraser off (with more female love interests than Victoria, even though none of them pan out) and on Ray K’s divorce.

Textually, they are two bachelors lonely for love. Thematically, the focus is on romantic parings, not brotherhood.

“A partnership is like a marriage, son”

Ray K comes in, and he doesn’t try to be Fraser’s brother. Fraser has a brother, and wouldn’t welcome Ray K to try and fill Ray V’s shoes. They spend an entire episode showing all the way Ray K would never wear Ray V’s shoes (and not just because Ray K wears boots like Steve McQueen and Ray V wears Italian Leather), and also showing us that Ray K *is there for Fraser anyway*, symbolically taking a bullet the way Ray V did.

(We also see Ray K fall hard for Fraser’s sister in a way that’s dropped, showing the audience, thematically and sub-textually, what they can’t textually because of the censors)

This new Ray, he’s sharp, he’s prickly, he’s “d-u-m, dumb” the way Vecchio was slick, as a way to disarm and play off of the straight forward image of Fraser’s serge. He’s a paradox - a crack shot who wears glasses, a vulnerable tough guy, a romantic punk. He gets under Fraser’s skin in such a way that Fraser begins to relax around him as well. I admit, I have an existing fondness for the tough-guy-with-a-heart-of-gold, and Ray K is that to a T. He’s not perfect (stalking his X, hello), but he tries to be better, and that I appreciate. It makes him a dynamic character. He has a temper, but he flashes quickly and then cools - it’s a good foil to Fraser’s simmering anger.

Remember, Fraser told Ray V about Victoria, and Ray V was sleeping.

Fraser tells Ray K about Gerrard. and Muldoon. and Bob.

Ray K tells Fraser about Stella. and the Bank. and Beth Botrelle.

The audience gets more of Fraser underneath his serge as a result of his relationship with Ray K - who is, himself, an “orphan” (estranged and living at a distance, his closest “family” is his ex-wife) can connect with Fraser on that level because he gets it in a way that Ray V, who has never not had his family, can’t fully.

All of this comes to a head in the finale, when the Rays meet, and we see them clash - this is the “bringing the boyfriend home” moment. Ray K, the “boyfriend” meets Ray V, the “brother”, and the Brother wants to know if the boyfriend is good enough. They tense, and then they both go after Fraser because Fraser draws people in his wake like he walked through a line of streamers.

They go north, and Ray K steps up as Fraser’s parter, taking an interest in the North in a way that Ray V never did (Ray K goes on the quest, Ray V tried to install modern plumbing). An that quest? The closest to “ride off together into the sunset” that I’ve seen outside of Disney.

Ultimately, Ray V sees Fraser like his family: He doesn’t need to understand him, because he loves him and that’s what families do.

Ray K sees Fraser like his spouse: What he doesn’t already understand, he tries to because it’s important to Fraser to be understood.

Both are amazing partners for Fraser to have. Both fill different niches. Both are telling different stories.

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A — AGE : 29 B — BIRTHPLACE : Mogi das Cruzes C — CURRENT TIME : 17:20 pm D — DRINK YOU HAD LAST : Water E — EASIEST PERSON ( S ) TO TALK TO : @crona-is-ready-to-deal-with-this (ironic, considering your muse) F — FAVOURITE SONG ( S ) : Shadowfeet, by Brooke Fraser G — GHOSTS ; ARE THEY REAL ? I don’t think so. H — HORROR YES , OR HORROR NO ? To be honest, I don’t really like horror, I feel it’s overrated. I — IN LOVE ? Not at the moment. J — JEALOUS OF PEOPLE ? Nope, I can’t really bring myself to be jealous of others nowadays. K — KILLED SOMEONE ? No. L — LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT , OR SHOULD I WALK BY AGAIN? Walk, please. M — MIDDLE NAME ( S ) : Galvão N — NUMBER OF SIBLINGS : One. O — ONE WISH : To have a constant rate of progress in my thesis. P — PERSON YOU LAST CALLED / TEXTED : My friend about where to watch the Brazil World Cup game. Q — QUESTION YOU’RE ALWAYS ASKED : Are you gringo? (ever since I moved to place I’m currently living in Brazil, everybody asks me if I’m foreigner) R — REASONS TO SMILE : Fun shonen anime battles, listening to intelectually stimulating sermons, lectures and classes, trying new foods, and delighting myself with shippers’ tears, especially when a huge ship sinks and the social networks are inundated with salt and suffering. S — SONG YOU SANG LAST : I think Kiss of Death, Darling in the Franxx’s opening, I was more less humming along with an awesome event in ep. 21 yesterday (but then...). T — TOP THREE FICTIONAL CHARACTERS : Nia Teppelin, Padparadscha (Houseki no Kuni), Cirno. V — VACATION : My hometown. W — WHEN’S YOUR BIRTHDAY ? Now here’s a secret, why don’t you try to find it out? X — X - RAYS : Two. Y — YOUR FAVOURITE FOOD : Feijoada, spaghetti, paella. Z — ZODIAC SIGN : Don’t care.

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As part of the AO3 Ship Stats project, this list shows the 100 most-posted pairing tags on Archive Of Our Own in the period August 2016 - August 2017.

This list was created by comparison of current number of fics with data gathered for the 2016 AO3 Ship Stats.

There are 64 M/M pairings on the list, 18 F/M, 8 F/F, 6 Gen and 4 Other. (Please note that on AO3, ‘Name & Name’ indicates platonic relationships (Gen), while ‘Name/Name’ is used for romantic pairings.)

Of the 200 names on the list, 34 are women and 4 are characters of ambiguous gender, down from 34 and 7 in the 2016 list. 62 are POC, and 11 are racially ambiguous, compared with 49 and 15 last year.

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Rank Change Pairing Fandom New Works Total Type Race 1 N Katsuki Yuuri/Victor Nikiforov Yuri!!! on Ice (Anime) 13902 13902 M/M Whi/POC 2 -1 Castiel/Dean Winchester Supernatural 9785 66148 M/M White 3 N Keith/Lance (Voltron) Voltron: Legendary Defender 9646 10613 M/M Amb/POC 4 9 Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling 7226 22402 M/M White 5 -3 James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers Captain America (Movies) 6227 27853 M/M White 6 -2 Sherlock Holmes/John Watson Sherlock (TV) 6202 52232 M/M White 7 7 Magnus Bane/Alec Lightwood Shadowhunters (TV) 5392 9734 M/M Whi/POC 8 -5 Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski Teen Wolf (TV) 4997 47528 M/M White 9 20 Jeon Jungkook/Kim Taehyung | V 방Bangtan Boys | BTS 4356 6832 M/M POC 10 11 Min Yoongi | Suga/Park Jimin 방Bangtan Boys | BTS 4070 7150 M/M POC 11 N Otabek Altin/Yuri Plisetsky Yuri!!! on Ice (Anime) 3852 3852 M/M Whi/POC 12 -3 Dean Winchester/Sam Winchester Supernatural 3825 22797 M/M White 13 N Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor Supergirl (TV 2015) 3793 3793 F/F White 14 N Katsuki Yuuri & Victor Nikiforov Yuri!!! on Ice (Anime) 3782 3782 Gen Whi/POC 15 -5 Dan Howell/Phil Lester Phandom/The Fantastic Foursome (YouTube RPF) 3520 9938 M/M White 16 40 Kim Namjoon | Rap Monster/Kim Seokjin | Jin 방Bangtan Boys | BTS 3490 5152 M/M POC 17 -9 Steve Rogers/Tony Stark The Avengers (Marvel Movies) 3452 19859 M/M White 18 -11 Armitage Hux/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015) 3421 8022 M/M White 19 30 Jeon Jungkook/Park Jimin 방Bangtan Boys | BTS 3193 5077 M/M POC 20 N Alex Danvers/Maggie Sawyer Supergirl (TV 2015) 3018 3018 F/F Whi/POC 21 -10 Will Graham/Hannibal Lecter Hannibal (TV) 2776 11262 M/M White 22 75 Jung Hoseok | J-Hope/Min Yoongi | Suga 방Bangtan Boys | BTS 2740 3887 M/M POC 23 N Keith/Shiro (Voltron) Voltron: Legendary Defender 2722 3018 M/M Amb/POC 24 3 Josh Dun/Tyler Joseph Twenty One Pilots 2716 5886 M/M Whi/POC 25 N Jesse McCree/Hanzo Shimada Overwatch (Video Game) 2692 3161 M/M Whi/POC 26 -11 Iwaizumi Hajime/Oikawa Tooru Haikyuu!! 2686 6964 M/M POC 27= -15 Adrien Agreste/Marinette Dupain-Cheng Miraculous Ladybug 2602 6307 F/M Whi/POC 27= 15 Alexander Hamilton/John Laurens Hamilton – Miranda 2602 4409 M/M POC 29 -23 Clarke Griffin/Lexa The 100 (TV) 2490 8535 F/F White 30 N Reaper | Gabriel Reyes/Soldier: 76 | Jack Morrison Overwatch (Video Game) 2300 2694 M/M Whi/POC 31 N Even Bech Næsheim/Isak Valtersen SKAM (TV) 2236 2236 M/M White 32 N Cassian Andor/Jyn Erso Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) 2138 2138 F/M Whi/POC 33 -9 Sirius Black/Remus Lupin Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling 2132 10137 M/M White 34 N Harry Potter/Severus Snape Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling 2070 8818 M/M White 35 N Alexander Hamilton/Elizabeth "Eliza" Schuyler Hamilton – Miranda 2010 2010 F/M POC 36 N Allura/Shiro (Voltron) Voltron: Legendary Defender 2009 2133 F/M POC 37 -2 Sherlock Holmes & John Watson Sherlock (TV) 1969 14453 Gen White 38 -33 Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson One Direction (Band) 1963 29338 M/M White 39 29 Aaron Dingle/Robert Sugden Emmerdale 1905 3607 M/M White 40 N Kim Taehyung | V/Park Jimin 방Bangtan Boys | BTS 1896 2926 M/M POC 41 -18 Evil Queen | Regina Mills/Emma Swan Once Upon a Time (TV) 1833 9071 F/F Whi/POC 42 -16 Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin) Merlin (TV) 1825 11942 M/M White 43 57 Ian Gallagher/Mickey Milkovich Shameless (US) 1823 8707 M/M White 44 -28 Bellamy Blake/Clarke Griffin The 100 (TV) 1754 8506 F/M Whi/POC 45 12 Dean Winchester/You Supernatural 1703 4027 Other Whi/Amb 46 29 Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling 1700 6489 F/M Whi/Amb 47 -27 Captain Hook | Killian Jones/Emma Swan Once Upon a Time (TV) 1659 8061 F/M White 48 -26 Hinata Shouyou/Kageyama Tobio Haikyuu!! 1657 6391 M/M POC 49 N Sam Winchester/You Supernatural 1648 2286 Other Whi/Amb 50 N Jeon Jungkook/Min Yoongi | Suga 방Bangtan Boys | BTS 1639 2428 M/M POC 51 22 James T. Kirk/Spock Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies) 1627 9126 M/M White 52 -13 Jensen Ackles/Jared Padalecki Supernatural RPF 1607 11241 M/M White 53 -34 Oliver Queen/Felicity Smoak Arrow (TV 2012) 1597 9258 F/M White 54 -36 Levi/Eren Yeager Shingeki no Kyojin | Attack on Titan 1592 11702 M/M White 55 -27 Gabriel/Sam Winchester Supernatural 1549 10060 M/M White 56 N Dazai Osamu/Nakahara Chuuya (Bungou Stray Dogs) 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs 1532 1776 M/M POC 57 -11 Mark Fischbach/Sean McLoughlin Video Blogging RPF 1530 3286 M/M Whi/POC 58 -22 Akaashi Keiji/Bokuto Koutarou Haikyuu!! 1505 3888 M/M POC 59 -12 Castiel & Dean Winchester Supernatural 1503 6444 Gen White 60 -12 Belle/Rumplestiltskin | Mr. Gold Once Upon a Time (TV) 1451 6985 F/M White 61 17 Eric Bittle/Jack Zimmermann Check Please! (Webcomic) 1428 2874 M/M White 62 -22 Sawamura Daichi/Sugawara Koushi Haikyuu!! 1402 4164 M/M POC 63 2 James Potter/Lily Evans Potter Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling 1401 4842 F/M White 64 N Jon Snow/Sansa Stark Game of Thrones (TV) 1396 2572 F/M White 65 N Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling 1359 4661 F/M Whi/Amb 66 N Nagachika Hideyoshi/Sasaki Haise Tokyo Ghoul 1344 1500 M/M POC 67 -12 Dan Howell & Phil Lester Phandom/The Fantastic Foursome (YouTube RPF) 1342 3490 Gen White 68 -4 Sherlock Holmes/Molly Hooper Sherlock (TV) 1335 6506 F/M White 69 -28 Erik Lehnsherr/Charles Xavier X-Men (Alternate Timeline Movies) 1321 11683 M/M White 70 N Lance/Shiro (Voltron) Voltron: Legendary Defender 1263 1314 M/M POC 71 22 Harry Potter/Ginny Weasley Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling 1257 4971 F/M White 72 -28 Leo Fitz/Jemma Simmons Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV) 1253 4863 F/M White 73 N Credence Barebone/Original Percival Graves Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Movies) 1250 1250 M/M White 74 N James "Bucky" Barnes/Reader Marvel Cinematic Universe 1236 2475 Other Whi/Amb 75 N Prompto Argentum/Noctis Lucis Caelum Final Fantasy XV 1222 1289 M/M Whi/POC 76 -22 Fox Mulder/Dana Scully The X-Files 1217 4097 F/M White 77 N Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski due South 1213 4481 M/M White 78 N Kim Taehyung | V/Min Yoongi | Suga 방Bangtan Boys | BTS 1209 1810 M/M POC 79 N Alexander Hamilton/Thomas Jefferson Hamilton – Miranda 1192 1485 M/M POC 80 N Steve McGarrett/Danny "Danno" Williams Hawaii Five-0 (2010) 1174 8657 M/M White 81 -36 Frank Iero/Gerard Way My Chemical Romance 1157 7823 M/M White 82 N Betty Cooper/Jughead Jones Riverdale (TV 2017) 1155 1155 F/M White 83 N Byun Baekhyun/Park Chanyeol EXO (Band) 1148 2103 M/M POC 84 N Fareeha "Pharah" Amari/Angela "Mercy" Ziegler Overwatch (Video Game) 1136 1387 F/F Whi/POC 85 -48 James "Bucky" Barnes & Steve Rogers Captain America (Movies) 1130 5020 Gen White 86 -53 Blaine Anderson/Kurt Hummel Glee 1125 14059 M/M Whi/POC 87 N Benton Fraser/Ray Vecchio due South 1110 1520 M/M White 88 N James "Bucky" Barnes/Tony Stark Marvel Cinematic Universe 1109 2510 M/M White 89 -6 Nico di Angelo/Will Solace Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan 1104 3372 M/M White 90 4 Kara Danvers/Cat Grant Supergirl (TV 2015) 1103 2106 F/F White 91 N Chirrut Îmwe/Baze Malbus Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) 1101 1101 M/M POC 92 N Jeremy Heere/Michael Mell Be More Chill – Iconis/Tracz 1100 1100 M/M Whi/POC 93 -62 Rey/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015) 1099 3181 F/M White 94 -2 Mycroft Holmes/Lestrade Sherlock (TV) 1098 7125 M/M White 95 N Serena Campbell/Bernie Wolfe Holby City 1091 1091 F/F White 96 -23 Dean Winchester & Sam Winchester Supernatural 1090 5249 Gen White 97 N Oswald Cobblepot/Edward Nygma Gotham (TV) 1081 1262 M/M White 98 -31 Barry Allen/Leonard Snart The Flash (TV 2014) 1077 2538 M/M Whi/POC 99 -48 Sans (Undertale)/You Undertale (Video Game) 1060 2701 Other Ambig 100 -41 Alphys/Undyne (Undertale) Undertale (Video Game) 1041 2473 F/F Ambig

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