For fandom thingy ask- B, G, Z, X, C, M, F!
Thank you for the ask! I‘m in so many fandoms rn, I‘ll prolly have to jump around a lot
B - A pairing you initially didn’t consider but someone changed your mind
I think there were a lot of those when I was in my Genshin phase. Like Kavetham was always that case where I didn’t vibe with their canon interactions, but there are some cool fics because they’d have more angles than just constant bickering, which annoys me because Al-haitham‘s just a dick. He has an idle animation where he plays with Kaveh‘s keys that he stole iirc. Strangely enough, I usually like the more stoic characters more (case in point: Albedo is one of my favorite characters ever to this day), but Al-haitham pisses me of so much, and Kaveh legit just tries his best. The fics are better.
G - Do you remember your first OTP, if so who was in it (darklink)
Omg okay, so I was an avid Vidow shipper in the Four Swords fandom, right? That wasn‘t actually my first OTP, but it was pretty much an evolved version of it, because my FIRST OTP? Was Darklink. From Oot/MM. Because. Idk, selfcest is interesting and this was the only way I‘d get any backstory from Dark Link, even if it was only headcanons. This was before I even picked up fanart as a hobby, I think, way before I got any social media. I foraged into fanfiction.net for fics on them, and there were some good ones, too. Haven‘t actually looked into the Ao3 tag in a while, though, maybe it‘s time again
Z - Just ramble about something fan-related, go go go
There‘s a new editing trend on youtube, where you turn movie characters/video game characters/irl photography into a video game menu or loading screen or what have you. And I think it‘s the coolest thing I‘ve ever seen. The first example I saw was from the OFFICIAL Reverse: 1999 channel, and oh my god. I can‘t edit, but I SO will draw this. Still thinking about what character with, but I‘m thinking maybe Zoe or Marika. Wanna do more with my OCs. Might even try to animate it a little.
X - 3 OTPs from 3 different fandoms
Is it cheating if I name a canon x oc ship? Anyway, it‘s Akiko x Usugumo from Rise of the Ronin, and Akiko very much is the blade twin, war-fueling, obsession with keeping her purpose as an assassin and all. But also, Usugumo, as a courtesan, wants independence and insurance that she won‘t be abandoned when she grows older and less attractive, right, and I think as much as she‘d be averse to Akiko‘s more violent tendencies, she‘d admire said independence. Akiko has been acting in nobody‘s but her own interests since she was left on Perry‘s ship! I think her fixation on her purpose as an assassin isn’t actually genuine and moreso something she needs to actually keep going after being brainwashed into being emotionally fused with anther child in the same situation (war orphans being kidnapped to become child soldiers). And Akiko might be able to relate to Usugumo‘s more daily duties, as acting and espionage and such were part of her own repertoire when she was still within the Veiled Edges (because Yasu did NOT know how to do people things) and already before in her family because of internal politics, and that gives her the knowledge to dismiss Usugumo‘s modus operandi entirely and respond to what she actually might mean instead. I can see them hanging out with Usugumo‘s cats, and Akiko might give her a weapon to not be completely harmless and probably would get a reputation for visiting a courtesan as a woman so often, and Usugumo might come to rely on her as one of the few genuine relations she has, even if it‘s not the most friendly. They would make each other worse AND better.
So, I‘m gonna need some trust on this one because it‘s OC x OC, right? Basically, it‘s Zoe x the Ideal, and their deal is: Zoe is someone who has a magical disease of sorts, which has her body change according to her wishes, and because she wishes on one hand to not be affected by anything as to avoid any harm, but she also wishes to actually live and experience emotions just like other people do, which requires feeling things and stuff, she eventually ends up as a statue with fleshy insides (I like to think that her heart and ribcage are exposed because of metaphors. She was originally a vent about my autism, so.). And at some point she creates a sculpture of her ideal self (think Pygmalion and Galatea), which comes alive SOMEHOW and is promptly horrified at pretty much everything. Cue the toxic yuri. Like this is literally me shipping an aspect of myself that I still try to grapple with with who I wish I were. Which I think is very cool of me. Also I don‘t think I have any of their lore posted anywhere except this post, so. Yay, first lore pieces on them.
Surprisingly difficult to find a third romantic ship, but I‘m very fond of Ram x Shamura of Cult of the Lamb. Like that‘s a fun dynamic. Or whatever the Ram‘s world‘s equivalent of Narinder is.
Last one was very short, so I‘ll add a favorite gen ship of mine: Shadow Link & Ganondorf. Is it wholesome?? No, and I would never want it to be. This is a hot mess of a pair and I love it. (There are actually very nice fics where they are legit just a functional father-son pair, and I love them, but I need my dead doves, too.)
C - A pairing you have never liked and probably never will
Tbh, I really loathe any ships with Red Link in them, and I have no idea why. He already annoys me a bit because he‘s just that kind of character, but I‘ve yet to read a fic where I find him actually interesting AND in a ship. A good fic will get me to ship anything. But alas, I don‘t care for him. And I even found a way to make BLUE interesting for myself. (Which Elixiers, Remedies and Redemption actually helped with, so uhh shout out to that fic)
M - Your favorite fanart or fanartist
Okay, so. This one is a leap: spoiledmilks. Because it‘s not so much about the fandom that they draw for, but mainly what they usually draw, which is horses. So many horses. They‘re so cute. I believe I found their blog when I stumbled over it in the Star Stable tag? Used to play Star Stable back when it came out, so I got curious after some drama and wanted to see what the current fandom state is. And behold: horses.
F - What’s the longest you’ve ever been in a fandom
Probably either Four Swords or Genshin Impact, though I‘m not sure if the latter counts because I never really engaged with the fandom. Very… chaotic. I still follow tags for some of my favorite characters, like Albedo and Tighnari. And with Four Swords, I had those AUs that I made multiple masterposts for lore etc. for. The dedication alone kept me running for a long time. Couldn’t estimate for how long I was in either fandom, though
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