Geh, today started a little funky, mostly because the traffic was absolutely horrible for no good reason and then I had to change practically all the settings on the work computer, *again.* And I'm just generally annoyed at fandom overall, so I'm hoping corielle's loverly Fandom Quiz will cheer me up. I probably should be working on, like, the last thing I probably need to do for school this semester, but OH WELL.


General Questions

List ten favorite books (or series) in no particular order:

Oy, I haven't read nearly enough in the past few...years...so we'll see if I can do this (will probably throw in a few comic books or manga, haha)

The Lord of the Rings trilogy - J.R.R. Tolkien
Understanding Comics - Scott McCloud
Harry Potter and the (blank blank) - J.K. Rowling
Herobear and the Kid - Mike Kunkel
The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
Redwall - Brian Jacques
Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton
The Hot Zone - Richard Preston
Bone - Jeff Smith
The Stand - Stephen King (I really did enjoy it!)

List five favorite TV shows:

The X-Files
Gargoyles
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (not the 60's version!)
Firefly
Mystery Science Theatre 3000

List five favorite movies:

The Return of the King
Chicken Run
The Lion King
Spider-man 2
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

List five websites you check often:

the Pseudome forums 'cause I loves my RSOM and Pseudome friends! ^^
Kingdom Hearts Ultimania KH2 BABY! *drools over magazine scans*
DeviantART Because of the pretty art and cool people I've met. :3
Engrish.com 'Cause it's like a daily dose of sporfle
Daily Dinosaur If you haven't read this webcomic, you haven't truly lived.

List five media/fandom experiences that made you cry (or come close):

Oh geez, I almost never actually cry, so I don't think I'll have five...

- Cedric Diggory's death in the latest movie brought me awful close.
- Wash's death in 'Serenity' brought me even closer. ;_;
- Umm, and since I'm looking at my Stitch icon now, the part in the movie where Stitch says "I'm lost!" and he's all alone...

What cancelled show would you put back on the air?

Oy, I think it's a tossup between Firefly and The Lone Gunmen.

What finished show/book series/movie would you most like to go back and change? What would you do?

That's an easy one: there would be NO SEASON NINE of X-Files! The show would end at Season 8, after Scully has had William and Doggett and Reyes take over the X-Files. Then there would be a movie or two about their final battle against the black oil aliens. Also, I'd bring back the Syndicate, because the show really started downhill once they were killed off. None of this stupid "alien replacements" half-plot.

Fandom Questions

Tell me the two fandoms you’re the most active in.

At the moment, most definitely Kingdom Hearts. ^^ Harry Potter is probably aways behind that in second place. Then again, I think I've done more fanart for FFX...

Tell me five couples you ship for. Are any of these OTP’s?

Sora/Kairi, most certainly. I don't mind a little Soriku now and then, but there's just so dang MUCH of it, and most of it is so BAD, that I'd rather place myself in the canon camp.

Simon/Kaylee, because they're frickin' ADORABLE. Woot for secks! XD

Ron/Hermione, because they compliment each other wonderfully, they're both awesome, Harry would be happier with Ginny anyway, and because they're canoncanoncanonCANON HA!

Mulder/Scully is probably my only OTP. You really just can't mess with them. :)

Axel/Larxene is probably my least canon-based favorite pairing, but their dynamic is so dang interesting I can't help it. Actually, Sirius/Remus probably ties for this spot, too.

Tell me five couples that make you go, ‘Huh?’ (Canon or not...)

Copy-pasted from Corielle: First, to avoid any possibility that I might offend someone, let me say this: I am not bashing anyone who likes these ships. People who like them have every right to like them and write them to their hearts’ content. Likewise, I have every right not to understand how anyone could possibly imagine those two characters together. There are people I like and respect who have ships that make my brain hurt, and there are people who I’m close with who routinely look at me oddly and say, “You put Jack with WHO?” And we’re still friends.

Riku/Namine - I had a brief moment where I thought this could work, then I snapped out of it. I'm sorry, but their personalities are so drastically different that it'd never work. Just because they happened to share one scene together does not mean it's TWU WUV.

Harry/Hermione - Maybe it's just because of all the psycho wankers who've tarnished what would otherwise be a perfectly legitimate 'ship, but now just the thought of them together makes me go ugh.

Elliot/Olivia from SVU - I'm going to second this one from Corielle and sir_snarksalot. Lead guy + lead girl =/= automatic OTP.

Jecht/Tidus - Eww ew, and no. For one, incest doesn't turn me on. For another, Tidus frickin' HATES Jecht. No sexual tension, just hate.

Ansem/Riku - I know this one's popular, but it doesn't float my boat. I don't get the whole master/slave thing, and the whole point of Reverse/Rebirth was that Riku was trying to get OUT of Ansem's shadow. It's stupid to just ignore that whole bit.

Which do you like best/read the most of? Het? Gen? Slash? All three?

Don't read much, but I probably prefer Gen. It's just that there's so much obsession with sex in fanfic, it's nice to read a fic that doesn't have to have all the focus on who's shagging who.

If you read fanfic, rec me five good ones and give me links if you’ve got them. (Just tell me that fandom, please!)

I...don't read nearly enough fanfic to post any good links. :( (How about recing fanarts or fanartists instead?...)

Tell me a funny/sweet fandom moment that you’ve had.

Hmmm...I'd have to say it was when we bombareded sharamordinae in her Katsumi cosplay at AX2004 with our Silent Mobius fic, and became friends since then! ^^

Tell me one of you pet peeves when it comes to fandom.

A few things: one, character hate. It drives me completely insane when people hate on certain characters just because that character gets in the way of *their* OTP. In lieu of that, I hate it when people become so entrenched in fanon that they start bashing on actual canon, or throwing hate over at the creators, just because the story didn't go the way *they* imagined it.

Tell me five things on your fannish wishlist. (Fics, art, canon events...)

I want them to release Real Adventures of Jonny Quest on DVD. XD

I want to see a "Deathnote" anime!

I want to see more Sora/Kairi fanart and fanfics. :3 And no more high school AUs, please!

Along with that, I want to see more *good* Organization fanart/fanfic in general. Also, I want to see more KH fanthings that include the Disney aspects. The game's like 80% Disney, but only the FF characters get any attention.

Some good Tsubasa/xxxHolic fanart. I'm just not sure where to find it.

If you write, or draw or create in some way, what’s your favorite thing you’ve ever written/drawn/done? If it’s online, can I have a link?

As far as fandoms go, this fanart of BHK in Twilight Town I did recently I'm really happy with, because I spent a long time on it and I really like how it turned out. :)

For original stuff, 'Snow Phoenix' I think will always hold a special place in my heart. The animation makes me cringe now, but just the effort that I put into it gives me hope that I can put that kind of love and care into future projects, too.


Holy COW, that took awhile! But oh well, who needs to do homework around finals, anyway. ;P

Operator status: It was pretty busy earlier.

Goblet of Fire puppet show completion status: 4% Got another page of the script done. This seems to be coming along slowly yet surely so far, but maybe I'll suddenly get a spot of time where it all gets done quickly.

Drawing: I've been coloring in the Snow Phoenix - Winter Festival picture from earlier, and it's taking me FOR-EV-ER. I haven't even finished the flats yet, and I wanted to try and spend a lot of time on shading it, so who knows when it'll actually be done. And I wanted to start drawing Christmas presents for friends, too...

Writing: The Goblet of Fire script, basically.