Tag meme! (Tagged by survivingrealitywithoutnormality)
The Rules:
Always post the rules.
Answer the questions of the person who tagged you and write 11 new ones.
Tag 11 people and link them.
Let them know that they have been tagged.
My Questions, let’s go fannish history because I’m nosy.
1. What was your first fandom?
Harry Potter, the classic... First read it in Year 1/2 and been happily obsessed ever since!
2. Have you ever written fanfic?
Yes. Badly. The fact that our unfinished parody Twilight fanfic (go on, read it, you know you want to...) got more reviews than most of my fics put together is an indicator...
3. Favourite Character from anything ever?
Ever?! You know I can't do decisions! Haha. But I think it would have to be Hermione Granger, probably linked with the fact that Harry Potter is my first fandom and Ron/Hermione is my OTP. Also, in my opinon, she's a fantastic and believable character who can be considered a great role model for little girls who'd rather read than make up dance routines.
4. Conversely, least favourite character?
Ooh, difficult. Probably Bella Swan, or the anti-Hermione. Showing teenage girls that you can't be happy unless you're permanently young and have a boyfriend, great one Stephenie Meyer. Because having your boyfriend spy on you while you sleep before you even know each other is obviously the basis for a strong and healthy relationship.
5. What do you love and wish more people knew about?
Eva Ibbotson's historical romances for young adults. All slightly predictable but easily my favourite books from the Post-Potter years, with wonderful characters and descriptions which have basically made me fall in love with Vienna, a city I have never visited, I should add...
6.Conversely is there a popular fandom, which you just don’t get or aren’t interested in?
Supernatural, which I feel like I've watched thanks to tumblr. Also Dr. Who...possible blasphemy here but I find it enjoyable enough to watch, it just never really hooks me and I'm not sure how keen I am on Clara or 11. With both of these I think a big part is the fact that they are EVERYWHERE on tumblr despite me not watching them, so feels like I'm forced into being a fan.
7. Once you take away the story and characters what’s your favourite fictional world?
Probably the Harry Potter universe- in my opinion it's so wonderfully fleshed out that despite it being (almost) entirely implausible I can totally picture myself there. Plus with a focus on Scotland and London, how could I not love it?!
8. Have you ever been disappointed by the plot resolution or character development of something you loved and why?
Yes, twice. *sob*. Maximum Ride managed to turn into what I would consider a bit crap if I found it on ff.net, let alone in a published book. What started off as a slightly cheesy but fun adventure story for teenagers turned into a fluff-fest where the overlying message that global warming is bad. Cheers for that, Patterson...
Also I found that I enjoyed each book in the Hunger Games series less; the first, whilst horrific and depressing in places, ended with potential to be positive when in fact Gale went OOC in book three and pretty much everything got destroyed. I felt a bit cheated that so little was resolved at the end, while there was a happy ending for me it wasn't a satisfying one.
9. Have you ever been attracted to a character? Who?
Too many to count XD. In the Harry Potter world alone we have Ron Weasley, Oliver Wood, Charlie Weasley, the Weasley twins (spotted a theme?) and Dean Thomas... *swoon*
10. Is there a particular genre you feel particularly drawn to?
I'm not sure actually. But I tend to avoid dystopian teenage books, and anything that looks like it might make me cry- if I'm reading/listening to/watching something I want to be entertained, not depressed.
11. Are there any non-fictional areas you response to in a similar way to media fandom, such as say, periods of history?
Beatlemania! Also I like imagining London through the ages, I've written a few stories set in Victorian London in the past for no other reason than it seems like a really interesting period.
Thanks, Tania! Now for my questions, I suppose.
1) If you could have the wardrobe of any fictional character, who would it be?
2) What are your opinions on politics? Not necessarily political views, but whether we're taught enough about it in school, or something along those lines.
3) Describe the view from the nearest window to you.
4) Which fictional character do you feel you identify most with?
5) Which period of time fanscinates you the most? Why?
6) Conversely, is there a time period you just don't really find that interesting?
7) When you were little, what did you want to be when you grow up?
8) Name something you like about yourself :-) (If you don't, I'll do it for you :P)
9) If you could have one "superpower", what would it be?
10) What is your favourite cake? Important question, this one.
11) Name a sport or activity you'd like to try.
Ok so I don't have 11 people to tag. Will see how far we get. Cyndare, survivingrealitywithoutnormality, justme2602, bambisaur, foreveraflautist, mitsuki2...yeah that's not 11. Alas.