The "Little Black Book of Fandoms" Meme
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marinarusalka's LJ, then all over.
Sum up your former/current fandoms in a few sentences, as if they were human beings/very convincing sockpuppets on your flist. Ask your friends to guess which fandoms you're talking about!
While I've written fanfic in all of these fandoms, I haven't actually posted (or even finished) it in all of them.
1) The first time we met, I didn’t like you, even though I tried hard. The second time I ran into you, years later, you’d changed – and I fell in love immediately. I might not have done some of the more abandoned things with you that I’ve done with others, but that doesn’t mean I loved you less. I still love you now, though unfortunately, I don’t run into you much these days. I’m always happy when I do, though, and I think I’ll never tire of you. Because you are quirky and witty and sexy and strange in the best of all possible ways.
2) I always knew you weren’t very smart, and I always knew you were too young for me, but for a while, I allowed you to sweep me off my feet, anyway. You had a certain fresh-faced charm, and you were so earnest and tried so hard... for a while there I thought you might grow up to be someone very special. Unfortunately, you lost your way instead. Most of my interest in you has died, but even so, I like hearing about you through mutual friends. I don't particularly want to see you again face to face, though.
3) We’ve never really been that close, and to be honest, you wear way too much pastel for my tastes. Not to mention all the squeeing. But there are some things about you that are very interesting, and I enjoyed the mild flirtation we had going.
4) I met you in an elevator and was immediately charmed. How different you were from my first crush, and how interesting your approach to relationships was! I didn’t initially think I’d get as involved with you as I did, but you were funny and ambiguous and mysterious and tortured and all-around interesting, and back then, you didn’t take yourself too seriously. It was great fun – until you began your painful descent into madness. I don’t know who you hang with these days, and the truth is that I have no interest in you anymore.
5) When I heard of you I thought you were insane, so of course I had to check you out. I decided you *were* insane, hung around with your relatives for a while, and then decided that you were kinda interesting, in your screwy way. Before I knew it we were involved – kind of. I kept our dalliance very quiet and I don’t think anyone ever saw me with you, and in the end, it led nowhere. Today, most of the things I liked about you just make me roll my eyes, but I was young and innocent and didn’t know any better.
6) I sought you out for one reason: You were popular. That sounds shallow, but there it is. I was looking for someone to entertain me, and you came through in spades – more than I'd ever hoped. I was completely infatuated for a while, though we were never exclusive. Even now I still think you’re great fun, and wonderfully flexible, and have endless potential. You’ve become rather withdrawn lately, and I think that’s a shame. I’d like to spend more time with you. Call me up more often!
7) You snuck up on me. When I first saw you, I was convinced you were a dumb, macho bore, as subtle and nuanced as a fist to the jaw. I expected you to wriggle your eyebrows, flex your muscles and flash your teeth at me and expect me to swoon. I was all prepared to give you the strategic knee, but you surprised me. You have your faults, and you’ll never be subtle, but you’re actually really sweet, and you think about things, and you're pretty interesting in your endearingly fucked-up way. Plus, you seem to be working on the things that bothered me about you. I’m not sure how hard I’ll end up falling for you, but I’m looking forward to finding out.
8) You are so weird, obsessive, strange and twisted! I love that about you. You have such an overblown drama-queen approach to everything! Strangely enough, I also love that. I have never spent as much time with you as I’d like, but that’s just because you hang with a crowd I don't have much in common with. It can be really, really good with you, though, and I’m definitely sticking around.
9) I’ve liked you for a long, long time, and I still like you and expect to keep liking you indefinitely. You’re dysfunctional and neurotic enough to hold my interest, though I don’t feel a need to take a personal hand in your life these days. You don’t get out much, so we don’t do many things together. That’s okay, though, because in a way, it’s always been more the idea of you that does it for me.
10) You’re so popular it’s hard to get around you, and I never tried. We had some fun together, and though I don’t seek you out, when I run into you by chance we sometimes go trawling through the pubs. You have a lot of really strange habits, and lots of your bosom buddies seem to be scarily obsessed with you, but since I don’t care that much about you it doesn’t bother me.
11) I’ve never met anyone else like you. You’re unique – twisted, confusing, incomprehensible at times and yet utterly fascinating. I love your mythology and symbolism kink. You know what you want and what you're doing. You’re intelligent, you have real depth, and you can be serious and whimsical and silly and sexy and so, so strange. You’re not afraid to make fun of yourself, and you go over the top with such style. I love you still, but I can’t spend much time with you, partly because you – and my feelings for you – are too intense. You’re not around much, anyway.
12) You were such fun! We had a wonderful time together. You made me laugh, and you touched me, too. You were never boring, even when you were blowing things up. You understand how to showcase the absurdity and surreality of life, and there's a streak of sarcasm – even cynicism – in you that always appealed to me. Even so, what we had was basically just a passionate fling. I truly liked you, though – I still do, though I never see you or look for you anymore.
13) We have a rather casual, but deeply affectionate relationship – I love many things about you, but we're never going to be serious. I'd really miss you if you were gone, though. You're fun, and screwed-up without being a bore about it, and sweet, and versatile. Also, you're kind of easy. And that's a good thing.
marinarusalka's LJ, then all over. Sum up your former/current fandoms in a few sentences, as if they were human beings/very convincing sockpuppets on your flist. Ask your friends to guess which fandoms you're talking about!
While I've written fanfic in all of these fandoms, I haven't actually posted (or even finished) it in all of them.
1) The first time we met, I didn’t like you, even though I tried hard. The second time I ran into you, years later, you’d changed – and I fell in love immediately. I might not have done some of the more abandoned things with you that I’ve done with others, but that doesn’t mean I loved you less. I still love you now, though unfortunately, I don’t run into you much these days. I’m always happy when I do, though, and I think I’ll never tire of you. Because you are quirky and witty and sexy and strange in the best of all possible ways.
2) I always knew you weren’t very smart, and I always knew you were too young for me, but for a while, I allowed you to sweep me off my feet, anyway. You had a certain fresh-faced charm, and you were so earnest and tried so hard... for a while there I thought you might grow up to be someone very special. Unfortunately, you lost your way instead. Most of my interest in you has died, but even so, I like hearing about you through mutual friends. I don't particularly want to see you again face to face, though.
3) We’ve never really been that close, and to be honest, you wear way too much pastel for my tastes. Not to mention all the squeeing. But there are some things about you that are very interesting, and I enjoyed the mild flirtation we had going.
4) I met you in an elevator and was immediately charmed. How different you were from my first crush, and how interesting your approach to relationships was! I didn’t initially think I’d get as involved with you as I did, but you were funny and ambiguous and mysterious and tortured and all-around interesting, and back then, you didn’t take yourself too seriously. It was great fun – until you began your painful descent into madness. I don’t know who you hang with these days, and the truth is that I have no interest in you anymore.
5) When I heard of you I thought you were insane, so of course I had to check you out. I decided you *were* insane, hung around with your relatives for a while, and then decided that you were kinda interesting, in your screwy way. Before I knew it we were involved – kind of. I kept our dalliance very quiet and I don’t think anyone ever saw me with you, and in the end, it led nowhere. Today, most of the things I liked about you just make me roll my eyes, but I was young and innocent and didn’t know any better.
6) I sought you out for one reason: You were popular. That sounds shallow, but there it is. I was looking for someone to entertain me, and you came through in spades – more than I'd ever hoped. I was completely infatuated for a while, though we were never exclusive. Even now I still think you’re great fun, and wonderfully flexible, and have endless potential. You’ve become rather withdrawn lately, and I think that’s a shame. I’d like to spend more time with you. Call me up more often!
7) You snuck up on me. When I first saw you, I was convinced you were a dumb, macho bore, as subtle and nuanced as a fist to the jaw. I expected you to wriggle your eyebrows, flex your muscles and flash your teeth at me and expect me to swoon. I was all prepared to give you the strategic knee, but you surprised me. You have your faults, and you’ll never be subtle, but you’re actually really sweet, and you think about things, and you're pretty interesting in your endearingly fucked-up way. Plus, you seem to be working on the things that bothered me about you. I’m not sure how hard I’ll end up falling for you, but I’m looking forward to finding out.
8) You are so weird, obsessive, strange and twisted! I love that about you. You have such an overblown drama-queen approach to everything! Strangely enough, I also love that. I have never spent as much time with you as I’d like, but that’s just because you hang with a crowd I don't have much in common with. It can be really, really good with you, though, and I’m definitely sticking around.
9) I’ve liked you for a long, long time, and I still like you and expect to keep liking you indefinitely. You’re dysfunctional and neurotic enough to hold my interest, though I don’t feel a need to take a personal hand in your life these days. You don’t get out much, so we don’t do many things together. That’s okay, though, because in a way, it’s always been more the idea of you that does it for me.
10) You’re so popular it’s hard to get around you, and I never tried. We had some fun together, and though I don’t seek you out, when I run into you by chance we sometimes go trawling through the pubs. You have a lot of really strange habits, and lots of your bosom buddies seem to be scarily obsessed with you, but since I don’t care that much about you it doesn’t bother me.
11) I’ve never met anyone else like you. You’re unique – twisted, confusing, incomprehensible at times and yet utterly fascinating. I love your mythology and symbolism kink. You know what you want and what you're doing. You’re intelligent, you have real depth, and you can be serious and whimsical and silly and sexy and so, so strange. You’re not afraid to make fun of yourself, and you go over the top with such style. I love you still, but I can’t spend much time with you, partly because you – and my feelings for you – are too intense. You’re not around much, anyway.
12) You were such fun! We had a wonderful time together. You made me laugh, and you touched me, too. You were never boring, even when you were blowing things up. You understand how to showcase the absurdity and surreality of life, and there's a streak of sarcasm – even cynicism – in you that always appealed to me. Even so, what we had was basically just a passionate fling. I truly liked you, though – I still do, though I never see you or look for you anymore.
13) We have a rather casual, but deeply affectionate relationship – I love many things about you, but we're never going to be serious. I'd really miss you if you were gone, though. You're fun, and screwed-up without being a bore about it, and sweet, and versatile. Also, you're kind of easy. And that's a good thing.
