a gen fandom meme! :D

[eliyes]

Stole this right offa taichara's lj *cackle*

Choose a fandom you know I'm into. It can be anything: tv series, book, anime, video game, movie, whatever. Post with the fandom, and I'll answer the following questions:

1. How long have you been a fan?

2. What got you interested?

3. How active are you in this fandom?

4. Explain one canon aspect of this fandom you like.

5. Explain one canon aspect of this fandom you dislike.

6. (and 7.) As above, only for fanon.

8. If there was a sequel tomorrow, what would you want to see?

Comments

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

1. I first sat down and mainlined the entire series of Escaflowne, subbed, in grade 11 or 12, so since then. ;3

2. I'm not sure, really. I mean, watching it all, yes, but I suspect I watched it all just because it seemed interesting as a premise, and I liked the idea of getting sucked to Gaia enough to put up with Hitomi. And then I got to laugh at Allen. :3

3. Not very. Or at all, really. I've done some fanart, very specifically for a roleplay involving the Dragonslayers. Other than tossing stuff around occasionally with you, Tai, I'm not active at all.

4. Beastmen and floating rocks! :D And in the movie, yaks! The entire world-setting of Gaia, I guess. X3 At least until the end when nations start popping up out of the ether. Needless to say the entire Dilandau storyline engages me more than a lot of the rest of it.

5. The way the end was taken out back and shot.

6. The pre-show teenaged scholastic (mis)adventures of Dryden and Allen as a concept never fail to amuse. ;)

7. Most portrayals of Dilandau and the Dragonslayers, especially those involving promiscuous sex, abuse, and BDSM. B| Which is, alas, most of them. B|

8. Hm, tough call. An actual sequel to the series (as opposed to another gaiden, like the movie) would be difficult to pull of well. It'd be kinda like... The Never-Ending Story 2. I don't think I want one.

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1. Since junior high at least, so over a decade.

2. ...Dorks in brightly coloured armour! I need a better reason?

3. Uh... Hm. Not very, I suppose. It's been quite some while since I did any fanart or fanfic for it.

4. The rich historical subtext. ;3

5. The difficulties in keeping the plot in a single continuity, since it's really not.

6. Fanon tries to fill in blanks/smooth over the rough spots, sometimes, and I appreciate that on some levels...

7. ...but not when it claims to be canon. Also, I despise most NA fanon characterizations.

8. Do Not Want! I've seen the attempts at a sequel, they're terrible. Although I think it's more likely at the moment that a live-action would be made, since that's what Japan's been doing lately.