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The Suzumiya Haruhi PSP game is really, really distracting. I might actually have the attention span to play this one all the way through to the end.
Oh, anyway. Meme time!
1. Leave me a casual comment of no particular significance, like a lyric to your favorite song.
2. I will respond by asking you five personal questions so I can get to know you better.
3. Update your lj with the answers to these questions.
4. Include this explanation and offer to ask others in your own post.
5. When others respond with a desultory comment, you will ask them five questions.
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poisonangel7:
What is/are your favorite anime(s)/fandom(s) and why?
Hmmm. My favorite "fandoms" are going to be different from my favorite series. But, my favorite fandoms are:
1. Pichi Pichi Pitch. The fandom is just so remarkably cool. Of course, back in the day there was drama, one or two wanktastic meltdowns, and the general stupidity brought by very very very young fans, including a few who were obviously new to the internet as a whole. But, looking back, that was all part of what made the fandom fun and addicting. ;)
2. The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi. I think this fandom is interesting because, although it seems to encompass both male and female fans in equal number, the fandom spaces online tend to be highly gender-segregated. I'd say that the most male-dominated sites are definitely SOS-Dan and Jason's blog; I can recall a few instances of fanboy stupidity that really pissed me off on the SOS-Dan boards, but I won't go into that now. The LJ side is, of course, female dominated. I like that there are two different spaces. I like that I can go to SOS-Dan and Jason's site when I wanna see some hawt Haruhi porn, and I like that I can retreat to LJ when I wanna stare at Kyon's ass (or take a break from mouth-breathing fanboy sexism). I like that this fandom includes all sorts of different fen - the technical fen who obsess over the minute details of plot and character; the epic fanfic writers and the smutty fanfic writers; the doujin artists, the fanvidders, the cosplayers, the everybody. I love the feeling of having been in on the ground floor of something that turned out to be an epic fad. I love all of the viral memes that the fandom has spawned. I love the spontaneous Akihabara flash mob dances. I love the Bandai marketing campagin and how LOLtastic it was. I love the fact that I was (and still am) a part of something that is going down in pop culture history. I love how playful, clever, sexy, and crazy the source material is - and how the fandom reflects that in every aspect.
3. Sailor Moon. This was my first online fandom and I'm still close friends with some of the people that I met through this fandom. It was also the first fandom that I ever wrote fanfic for. I still love the fanfic community, even if I've only been a lurker for the past six or so years. It's a large enough fandom that of course there are some assholes and trolls, but as a general rule, the fen are just plain awesome.
2) Why do you take the time to be so extremely awesome for others? (Referring to PDK and other such endeavors.)
Okay, these answers are totally honest:
1. I have obsessive-compulsive disorder. Not a joke, not a comic exaggeration. I really do. And I also really, really love pretty images. So. I obsessively hoard and collect images, I obsessively organize them on my own computer, and then, just for kicks, I obsessively upload them online in an obsessively organized fashion. It's basically like this: I'm doing this for myself, in a format that just happens to be convenient for other people to browse as well. If I didn't have my gallery/info sites online, I would have them pretty much just the way that they are on my own computer anyway, for my own purposes. So I might as well put them online.
2. I like the attention. I'd be lying if I said that I didn't. I like all of the comments on my sharing posts, I love looking at my webstats to see how many people have downloaded which files/viewed which pages/etc. I'm a total attention whore.
3. I have Dog with a Tennis Ball Syndrome. By which I mean, when I find something that I think is AWESOME, I want to share it with other people so that they will join me in squeeing about how AWESOME it is, because nobody likes to squee alone.*
*Named after the behavior of the dog of one of my friends that I met in college. "Look at this tennis ball! LOOK AT THIS TENNIS BALL! This tennis ball IS THE MOST AWESOME AWESOME THAT EVER AWESOMED! Try to take the tennis ball away from me I DARE YOU TO TAKE THIS INCREDIBLY AWESOME TENNIS BALL AWAY FROM ME! Wait, where are you going? Why aren't you paying attention to me and MY TENNIS BALL? Do you not APPRECIATE THE SHEER AWESOMENESS OF THIS TENNIS BALL?! Why are you not IMPRESSED by my TENNIS BALL?!?!?! Philistine."
3) Where do you see yourself settling down if that is even applicable for you?
Mmmm, I'm not picky. Any place where I can find steady employment, and afford a nice large house with a big yard for my many future dogs.
Note: Definitely not Japan.
4) You can set up a concert to fit your whims whatever they may be. Which bands do you want and what kind of venue? (I'll let you choose the amount, but keep it realistic. Even festivals only have so many. And then it is a festival setting.)
Er, I'm really not a music person. So here's what I'll say: I would have The Singing Senators open for Dethklok. The venue/location doesn't matter. The reason is that, knowing Dethklok, the SS* would surely be horrifically killed before they even finished the first few bars of their number.
*Holy shit, what a strangely appropriate abbreviation.
5) What is your ideal occupation?
Travel writing. But I'm actually on the track to becoming a teacher. ;)
Oh, anyway. Meme time!
1. Leave me a casual comment of no particular significance, like a lyric to your favorite song.
2. I will respond by asking you five personal questions so I can get to know you better.
3. Update your lj with the answers to these questions.
4. Include this explanation and offer to ask others in your own post.
5. When others respond with a desultory comment, you will ask them five questions.
Asked by
poisonangel7: What is/are your favorite anime(s)/fandom(s) and why?
Hmmm. My favorite "fandoms" are going to be different from my favorite series. But, my favorite fandoms are:
1. Pichi Pichi Pitch. The fandom is just so remarkably cool. Of course, back in the day there was drama, one or two wanktastic meltdowns, and the general stupidity brought by very very very young fans, including a few who were obviously new to the internet as a whole. But, looking back, that was all part of what made the fandom fun and addicting. ;)
2. The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi. I think this fandom is interesting because, although it seems to encompass both male and female fans in equal number, the fandom spaces online tend to be highly gender-segregated. I'd say that the most male-dominated sites are definitely SOS-Dan and Jason's blog; I can recall a few instances of fanboy stupidity that really pissed me off on the SOS-Dan boards, but I won't go into that now. The LJ side is, of course, female dominated. I like that there are two different spaces. I like that I can go to SOS-Dan and Jason's site when I wanna see some hawt Haruhi porn, and I like that I can retreat to LJ when I wanna stare at Kyon's ass (or take a break from mouth-breathing fanboy sexism). I like that this fandom includes all sorts of different fen - the technical fen who obsess over the minute details of plot and character; the epic fanfic writers and the smutty fanfic writers; the doujin artists, the fanvidders, the cosplayers, the everybody. I love the feeling of having been in on the ground floor of something that turned out to be an epic fad. I love all of the viral memes that the fandom has spawned. I love the spontaneous Akihabara flash mob dances. I love the Bandai marketing campagin and how LOLtastic it was. I love the fact that I was (and still am) a part of something that is going down in pop culture history. I love how playful, clever, sexy, and crazy the source material is - and how the fandom reflects that in every aspect.
3. Sailor Moon. This was my first online fandom and I'm still close friends with some of the people that I met through this fandom. It was also the first fandom that I ever wrote fanfic for. I still love the fanfic community, even if I've only been a lurker for the past six or so years. It's a large enough fandom that of course there are some assholes and trolls, but as a general rule, the fen are just plain awesome.
2) Why do you take the time to be so extremely awesome for others? (Referring to PDK and other such endeavors.)
Okay, these answers are totally honest:
1. I have obsessive-compulsive disorder. Not a joke, not a comic exaggeration. I really do. And I also really, really love pretty images. So. I obsessively hoard and collect images, I obsessively organize them on my own computer, and then, just for kicks, I obsessively upload them online in an obsessively organized fashion. It's basically like this: I'm doing this for myself, in a format that just happens to be convenient for other people to browse as well. If I didn't have my gallery/info sites online, I would have them pretty much just the way that they are on my own computer anyway, for my own purposes. So I might as well put them online.
2. I like the attention. I'd be lying if I said that I didn't. I like all of the comments on my sharing posts, I love looking at my webstats to see how many people have downloaded which files/viewed which pages/etc. I'm a total attention whore.
3. I have Dog with a Tennis Ball Syndrome. By which I mean, when I find something that I think is AWESOME, I want to share it with other people so that they will join me in squeeing about how AWESOME it is, because nobody likes to squee alone.*
*Named after the behavior of the dog of one of my friends that I met in college. "Look at this tennis ball! LOOK AT THIS TENNIS BALL! This tennis ball IS THE MOST AWESOME AWESOME THAT EVER AWESOMED! Try to take the tennis ball away from me I DARE YOU TO TAKE THIS INCREDIBLY AWESOME TENNIS BALL AWAY FROM ME! Wait, where are you going? Why aren't you paying attention to me and MY TENNIS BALL? Do you not APPRECIATE THE SHEER AWESOMENESS OF THIS TENNIS BALL?! Why are you not IMPRESSED by my TENNIS BALL?!?!?! Philistine."
3) Where do you see yourself settling down if that is even applicable for you?
Mmmm, I'm not picky. Any place where I can find steady employment, and afford a nice large house with a big yard for my many future dogs.
Note: Definitely not Japan.
4) You can set up a concert to fit your whims whatever they may be. Which bands do you want and what kind of venue? (I'll let you choose the amount, but keep it realistic. Even festivals only have so many. And then it is a festival setting.)
Er, I'm really not a music person. So here's what I'll say: I would have The Singing Senators open for Dethklok. The venue/location doesn't matter. The reason is that, knowing Dethklok, the SS* would surely be horrifically killed before they even finished the first few bars of their number.
*Holy shit, what a strangely appropriate abbreviation.
5) What is your ideal occupation?
Travel writing. But I'm actually on the track to becoming a teacher. ;)
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1. What was your first real fandom (either online or otherwise)?
2. What is your dream career?
3. If you could sit down and interview any famous person, living or dead, who would you pick, and what kind of questions would you ask?
4. If you could bring any fictional character to life, who would you pick and why?
5. If you could change anything about your favorite movie, what would it be and why?
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Sorry for not replying immediately - it's a combination of not having been online much and the fact that some of the questions are actually pretty difficult to answer (for example, I am always completely baffled by choosing any favourites in anything - I am the sort of person who can genuinely forget what her favourite X is until she sees/hears it again and think: "Oooh, I love that one, don't I?". )
Will post replies tomorrow, hopefully.