Author: suchasinistergame

Q, R, Z… if you’ve not answered them already!

Q. 

A ship you’ve abandoned and why.

I was just thinking the other day about a pairing I used to like but don’t anymore, but I can’t remember what it was! How annoying. I think I’ve gone off pairings before because one half turned out to be a bit of a twat so I decided he was undeserving of the other, haha. Or another reason might be I decide one or both halves go better with other people – I think this might’ve happened with Queen when I started out shipping Roger/Freddie and somehow moved over to Freddie/Brian. Though that was also due to a severe lack of decent Roger/Freddie fic – this has happened to me in other fandoms too, you end up lured into shipping the more common pairings through better fics!

R. A pairing you ship that you don’t think anyone else ships.

Judging by AO3, you’d think CharlieMac fell into this category, but p much everyone I know who watches Sunny ships it, it’s just been defeated in shallow fic-writing circles! 😐 Wankers. 

I could also delve into the world of wrestling for this question but even ships I used to ship, alone, have kind of sunk, which is just sad :/

Z. 

What’s a ship that you want to ship publicly, but everyone on tumblr hates it so you keep your mouth shut about it?

I can’t think of one off the top of my head – it’s more likely to be the other way round, lol, with a pairing I can’t stand but everyone else seems to love. If I love a pairing I tend to be pretty vocal about it, haha. 

Sorry, those were all pretty terrible answers. But thanks for asking anyway! 

E, J, O, X~

.E. 

Have you added anything stupid/cracky/hilarious to your fandom, if so, what?

I’ve written many a cross-dressing fic, some of which were intentionally cracky, others less intentionally lol. I was also partly responsible for the Dinosaur Zone LJ comm in Prince of Tennis which had many stupid, cracky and hilarious times – that fandom was full of a very unique lunacy which was a lot of fun, lol. (Better than the series itself anyway lbr >.>)

J. 

Name a fandom you didn’t care/think about until you saw it all over tumblr.

The main thing I can think of that I watched having seen it on Tumblr is It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, lol, but that’s not really a fandom – though I do read fic for it when there’s any for my pairing, which is increasingly rare since the last season ;( Still, thanks @cryonblackrain for spreading the good word ;3

O. 

Choose a song at random, what ship does it remind you of?

Oh, I’m not very good at these, haha. Perhaps surprisingly for someone who reckons to be a writer, I am Not A Lyrics Person, so I’m extremely vague in these matters. K8 fandom was easier cos my OTP wrote a bunch of songs together, including Yasu sitting in his car in the middle of the night writing the music for Desire “thinking of Subaru as his girlfriend”, and you can’t top that, tbf. And of course we’ve recently added the Rolling Stones’ Start Me Up to the canon of Rolipe songs – which became even more interesting when @nadayoghurt drew my attention to the full lyrics XD 

X. 

3 OTPs from 3 different fandoms.

In reverse chronological order:
Rolipe (F1 fandom)
Yasuba (K8 fandom)
Sanzo/Goku (Saiyuki fandom. On occasion I like to go against the tide!)

Thank you!

N B C!

N. 

Your favorite fandom (for the people; not the thing you fangirl over).

Well, I’m still very close friends with quite a few K8 people who I love very much ( @everydayfandom​), but I’m also so happy to have met all of the #MassaMafia, cos it’s just such a nice, laidback group? Like everyone is chill (except when we collectively go off on one about certain topics – the fandom that rants together stays together!) and drama-free and super-talented to boot. I love all of you guys #Mafia4Lyfe~

B. 

A pairing you initially didn’t consider but someone changed your mind.

There’s probably been a few of these but the one that springs to mind is actually my first real, proper fandom OTP – Heero/Duo from Gundam Wing (or 1×2 as we used to say in the old language). It was the dominant pairing and I was like nah I’m going to ship something less common – and then somehow I got into it, started writing it for like 3 years… Idk how or why, but it was a productive time! I think it probably happened through reading the huge amount of fic there was for that pairing – it varied hugely in quality, but it was very persuasive!

C. A pairing you wish you shipped, but just can’t.

Carlos Sainz/Daniil Kvyat. I love both of them, and there’s quite a bit of fic turning up for them, but it just hasn’t captured my imagination 😦

Thank you! 😀

Fandom-Related Questions

A: Your current OTP.
B: A pairing you initially didn’t consider but someone changed your mind.
C: A pairing you wish you shipped, but just can’t.
D: What was the first thing you ever contributed to a fandom?
E: Have you added anything stupid/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 real-life TV shows or animated TV shows?
I: Has tumblr 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 tumblr.
K: How do you feel about the other people in your current fandom(s).
L: Your favorite fanartist/author gives you one request, what do you ask for?
M: A person who got you into a fandom and what fandom they pulled you in to.
N: Your favorite fandom (for the people; not the thing you fangirl over).
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 ship you’ve abandoned and why.
R: A pairing you ship that you don’t think anyone else ships.
S: What’s a headcanon you have?
T: What are your favorite male/male ships or female/female ships?
U: What are your favorite male/female ships?
V: Do you have any 3-way ships? If so, what?
W: 5 favorite characters from 5 different fandoms.
X: 3 OTPs from 3 different fandoms.
Y: A fandom you’re in but have no ships from.
Z: What’s a ship that you want to ship publicly, but everyone on tumblr hates it so you keep your mouth shut about it?

I just realised something I’d been overlooking completely in this fic and it makes my life a LOT easier but now I’m worried it’s ruined everything I’ve done up to this point and I’ll have to go back and unpick stuff so it makes more sense :/a THANKS BRAIN FOR YOUR HELPFUL DELAY