Fandom meme

[ibonekoen]

Borrowing this from menel. I did something like this once before and got no responses, but maybe I'll have better luck this time. *pokes my friends list*

Give me a fandom and I will tell you . . .

The first character I fell in love with:
The character I never expected to love as much as I do now:
The character everyone else loves that I don't:
The character I love that everyone else hates:
The character I used to love but don't any longer:
The character I would shag anytime:
The character I'd want to be like:
The character I'd slap:
My five favorite characters:
My five least favorite characters:
My deep dark fandom secret:


The list of fandoms that you may choose from are:
Gilmore Girls, The Vampire Diaries, Heroes, Glee, The Tudors, Jonas, Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, Angel, Flight of the Conchords, Highlander, Psych, Doctor Who, Torchwood, Star Wars, Star Trek (Reboot), Cursed, Tron, Tron: Legacy, Transformers, Iron Man, X-Men: First Class

Comments

[capn-mactastic.livejournal.com]

Heroes :P

[ibonekoen]

The first character I fell in love with: Peter Petrelli. It was shallow at first; he was so cute, and then I loved his characterization...in the first season.
The character I never expected to love as much as I do now: Angela Petrelli. HBIC
The character everyone else loves that I don't: Mohinder. I just don't get it. He's okay, I guess, but he's not my favorite.
The character I love that everyone else hates: At the end of the show, it was Sylar, lol. :|
The character I used to love but don't any longer: Hmmmmm...I don't know, I still liked all my favorites at the end of the season, lol.
The character I would shag anytime: Peter Petrelli, unf
The character I'd want to be like: Angela Petrelli. She's a HBIC, dude.
The character I'd slap: Claire X( She whined too much about wanting to be normal.
My five favorite characters: Peter Petrelli, Sylar, Adam Monroe, Angela Petrelli and Elle Bishop
My five least favorite characters: Claire Bennett, Maya whatever the hell her last name was, that Eli dude, um, oh jeez, Luke Campbell. That kid was so annoying. Sylar should've just killed him, seriously. Aaaaaand Bob Bishop.
My deep dark fandom secret: I'm kinda glad that NBC didn't decide to do the TV movie to wrap things up that was rumored. It would've just been another chance for Tim Kring to fuck things up even more. :|

[capn-mactastic.livejournal.com]

OMG I agree with your secret so much XD

[ibonekoen]

Seriously, I was just as pissed as anybody else about the series ending on a cliffhanger because I was very curious to see how the world would react to Claire's little swan dive off the Ferris wheel, but I also feel that a) there's no way that huge of a storyline could be wrapped up sufficiently in a two - three hour time slot (probably not even four - six, if they were generous and gave us a mini-series) and b) Tim Kring would screw it up just as badly as he did the series after the Writers' Strike.

I mean, don't get me wrong, there were aspects of Seasons Three and Four that I absolutely loved, but most of it was just...disappointing. I just think it could've been handled better. :|

But that's why there's fanfic, right?

[tanyad.livejournal.com]

Glee!

[ibonekoen]

The first character I fell in love with: Kurt Hummel. I know, I know, people say that he's a stereotypical portrayal of gay men, but I can't help it. I love him, okay?
The character I never expected to love as much as I do now: Santana Lopez. She's actually got some depth to her now. I like her.
The character everyone else loves that I don't: Rachel Berry. She's just annoying.
The character I love that everyone else hates: Kurt Hummel, ha.
The character I used to love but don't any longer: Quinn Fabray. She's just done such stupid things this season.
The character I would shag anytime: Blaine Anderson
The character I'd want to be like: Blaine Anderson
The character I'd slap: Quinn Fabray
My five favorite characters: Kurt Hummel, Blaine Anderson, Brittany Pierce, Santana Lopez and Sam Evans
My five least favorite characters: Quinn Fabray, Rachel Berry, Finn Hudson, Will Schuester and Holly Holiday
My deep dark fandom secret: I'm only in it for Kurt and Blaine.

[menel.livejournal.com]

I'll respond! I'll respond!

Star Trek (reboot). *g*

[ibonekoen]

The first character I fell in love with: Spock.
The character I never expected to love as much as I do now: Chekov. He was just so freaking cute!
The character everyone else loves that I don't: I don't know. I'm pretty fond of them, actually.
The character I love that everyone else hates: Ummmm...I'm not really sure who the collective fandom hates, lol
The character I used to love but don't any longer: Honestly, I've never really been in the Star Trek fandom before the movie, and I still love all the characters.
The character I would shag anytime: Can I have a threesome with Kirk and young Spock?
The character I'd want to be like: Spock. I could stand to learn to control my emotions. Although Pon Farr would be interesting...
The character I'd slap: Nero
My five favorite characters: Kirk, Spock, Chekov, Scotty and Uhura
My five least favorite characters: Ummmmmm... Red Shirts? >> LOL
My deep dark fandom secret: I've never watched the original series :O

[menel.livejournal.com]

Whoa, your fandom secret is HUGE. You've never watched the original series, really? LOL.

I remember loving it as a kid. I'd watch it every day after school at 5:00pm. It was on serialized repeat.

Although I don't actually consider myself to be a 'Trekkie,' I realize that I've seen a fair number of the TV shows. After the original show though, the one I truly fell in love with was Voyager. Captain Janeway and her crew were worth following around the Delta quadrant and their encounters with the Borg were very interesting.

I think what I loved best about the re-boot was how it took the franchise in a new direction, but still honored the previous films, whether they were good or bad. That was clever and showed a lot of respect.

And Spock was the character that I instantly fell in love with too! *g*

[ibonekoen]

LOL. Well, I've watched all of the original movies and Generations, plus I've seen TNG and Voyager. I've seen parts of DS9 but I didn't really care for it. Does that count? LOLOL

But no, the original series with Kirk and Spock and all of them, I've seen clips on YouTube and parodies over the years but never full episodes.

I agree with you about the reboot though. I thought that was very clever too, the way they handled it. :D

[menel.livejournal.com]

Does that count?

LOL. Yeah, it really does. You're even more of a 'Trekkie' than I am. *g*

I've seen all the original movies too and maybe a season or two of Generations. I'm not sure why that show didn't captivate me. I guess it's because I found the cast, with the exception of Picard and Data, somewhat uninspiring. I tried DS9 too but I found it even less interesting than Generations. As for the prequel (the one with Scott Bakula as the captain?), I was only able to watch three episodes before I lost the channel that aired it. (This was way before downloading days. *g*)

I'm really looking forward to the next Star Trek film. The only problem is that J.J. Abrams has set the standard and expectations for it so high!

[ibonekoen]

LOL, holy crap, and I've always considered myself an extremely casual Trekkie! My uncle was really into TNG, so I watched it with him. I was totally just in it for Wesley; I thought he was so cute, and I kinda lost interest when he left, lolol. Wil Wheaton ftw.

Yeah, the prequel, Enterprise, idk, I watched a bit of it, but I couldn't really get into it. It was too slow-moving, I guess? idk. I love Scott Bakula though.

OMG, the next Star Trek film, soooo can't wait. He has set the standards and expectations so high, lolol. I hope he does it justic.

[menel.livejournal.com]

holy crap, and I've always considered myself an extremely casual Trekkie!

LOL! Oh, you probably are. Being a Trekkie is relative anyway. *g*

I had so many friends who were mad about Wil Wheaton. I didn't even realize that he left the show. He was such a popular character! I just assumed that he'd be there until the end.

And I love Scott Bakula too! Quantum Leap is still one of my favorite sci-fi shows ever. It's part of my childhood (right there with the original Star Trek *g*). I suspect that if I hadn't lost the channel that aired Enterprise I would've kept watching, but even from the first three episodes I could see what you mean by the pacing. I think it was the concept more than anything that I found intriguing. I wanted to see what Star Fleet was like before they became all PC and sanitized.

[ibonekoen]

Apparently some Trekkies thought he was a Gary Stu? I think they were just jealous because he got to be on the bridge of the Enterprise and they didn't. Whatever. Wil Wheaton seems to have done well for himself despite fan reaction. XD

Oh, no question, the concept of Enterprise was definitely intriguing. My friend captain_elessar is a huge Enterprise fan, and listening to her talk about it, I'm considering renting the discs and giving it another try.

[menel.livejournal.com]

Hmm . . . I think I'm going to have to take back what I said about you and your 'Trekkiness' being all relative. I'm embarrassed to say I don't know who Gary Stu is! LOL. And I'm too lazy to Google it. Bad me! LOL. Care to shed some light on Gary Stu? *g*

I'd like to give Enterprise another go too. I'd probably have to go the illegal route, though, because it's not available locally in my country and importing discs is expensive. That means I have to be 100% certain of something before I order it and Enterprise clearly doesn't fall into that category.

[ibonekoen]

Well, actually, a Gary Stu isn't a Trekkie thing. XD It's the male equivalent of a Mary Sue, which is basically a character who's perfect in every way or usually a self-insert.

Uuuuuuuugh, I hate that importing discs is so expensive. It's so dumb D: blah. And they wonder why piracy is such a big thing.

[menel.livejournal.com]

Hee, hee. Thank you for educating me! I can be so clueless about fandom stuff sometimes. It makes sense too that there would be a male equivalent of Mary Sue. (And what a choice of names - Gary Stu! LOL.) So Wesley was perceived as a Gary Stu? How interesting. I didn't think he was that perfect. *g*

Yeah, importing can be stupidly expensive. Especially since I'm in Asia. Luckily, I don't have problems with regional coding but some of my other friends do. :-(

[ibonekoen]

IKR? I didn't think he was that perfect either, but apparently all the little fanboys were jealous because omg, Wesley's 16 and a genius and serving on the bridge of the flagship of the Federation. Whateverrrrrrrr.

Ugh, importing. :| Yeah, I think regional coding should be abolished too. >:|

[camellie.livejournal.com]

XMFC! :)

[ibonekoen]

The first character I fell in love with: Charles Xavier
The character I never expected to love as much as I do now: Oh man, Erik Lehnsherr
The character everyone else loves that I don't:
The character I love that everyone else hates:
The character I used to love but don't any longer:
The character I would shag anytime: Threesome with Charles and Erik, please
The character I'd want to be like: Charles ♥
The character I'd slap: Shaw >:|
My five favorite characters: Charles, Erik, Raven, Sean, Alex
My five least favorite characters: Shaw, Emma, Moira, Angel and Riptide
My deep dark fandom secret: I never read the comics :O

[seraphjewel.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm just getting into TVD myself, so we'll go with that.

[ibonekoen]

The first character I fell in love with: Damon Salvatore
The character I never expected to love as much as I do now: Caroline Forbes, oh man. I thought she was such an airhead the first season.
The character everyone else loves that I don't: Elena, blech
The character I love that everyone else hates: Tyler
The character I used to love but don't any longer: Matt :|
The character I would shag anytime: Damon, unf
The character I'd want to be like: Katherine. She's badass
The character I'd slap: Stefan X(
My five favorite characters: Damn, Caroline, Katherine, Jeremy and Anna
My five least favorite characters: Elena, Stefan, Matt, Klaus, John
My deep dark fandom secret: I don't ship Elena/Stefan or Elena/Damon. I just don't want to see Elena with anybody, ha.

[seraphjewel.livejournal.com]

Honestly, so far I completely agree with you about Elena. I'm reading the books and she starts off so selfish, and both of the guys are after her. It reminds me too much of Twilight how two hot guys are after this girl for NO APPARENT REASON.

[ibonekoen]

YES! Granted, I've never read the Twilight books, but I've heard enough to be completely turned off of them forever and ever. I'd rather see Stefan with Caroline, to be honest. There's much more chemistry there, as you'll see in the beginning of Season 2. I dunno, are you just reading the books now or watching the TV show too? Because the TV show and books are VASTLY different.

Oh, yeah, I should've added True Blood on my fandom list... Oh well. XD

But yes, Elena's not all that special.

And really, The Vampire Diaries books came out long before Twilight, so Stephanie Meyers was clearly stealing ideas from.......the author's name escapes me. LJ Smith?

I've only read the first two books though.

[seraphjewel.livejournal.com]

LOL I figured that much. I mean, Bonnie's last name isn't even the same. I would have to either rent it on Netflix or something, but I might check out the show.

[ibonekoen]

The first season should be on Netflix. The second season is probably coming out on DVD soon. It's worth a look if you enjoy the books. :D Plus, ...... oh man, the actor's name completely went out of my head ...... OH, David Sanders! Adam Monroe. He shows up in the second half of the first season >___>

[heartsick]

Angel!

Okay, bear in mind that I haven't watched all of Angel, lol

[ibonekoen]

The first character I fell in love with: Angel
The character I never expected to love as much as I do now: Lorne
The character everyone else loves that I don't: Wesley
The character I love that everyone else hates: I'm not sure who's hated in fandom, lol
The character I used to love but don't any longer:
The character I would shag anytime: Angel
The character I'd want to be like: Angel
The character I'd slap: Cordelia
My five favorite characters: Angel, Lorne, Doyle, Fred and Gunn
My five least favorite characters: Wesley, Cordelia, Connor, Kate Lockley and Lilah Morgan
My deep dark fandom secret: I got into Angel before I got into Buffy: The Vampire Slayer

[rosasaurusreckz.livejournal.com]

Doctor Who :D

[ibonekoen]

The first character I fell in love with: The Doctor, of course. Nine was the first one I watched.
The character I never expected to love as much as I do now: Eleven
The character everyone else loves that I don't: Rose
The character I love that everyone else hates: River Song
The character I used to love but don't any longer: Hmmmmm, I dunno, I'm still in love with all of them, heh.
The character I would shag anytime: Ten. Or Amy. Hmm.
The character I'd want to be like: River Song
The character I'd slap: Rose
My five favorite characters: Ten, Jack, Amy, River Song and Donna Noble
My five least favorite characters: Rose, Davros, the Weeping Angels (sob), Martha and idk who else XD
My deep dark fandom secret: I've never seen the original Doctor Whos.