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At the moment, I am one essay away from being done will all the schoolwork of my undergraduate career. An essay that is currently off at the beta-reader, and thus I am unable to work on it. Doesn't that explain yesterday's posting schedule? Anyway, I feel like I'm slowly getting my mind back into fandom gear, so I went off to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
fannish5 to find some good questions that would hopefully get some fun Sunday conversations going in my journal (consider this my invitation to ignore all subsequence fannish5-approved Q&A and ask or answer a question of your choosing).
First, I learned thatfannish5 has been going on since 2003, which kind of blew my mind. Secondly, when I started reading some of the earlier questions, I began to realize that there is quite a distinct difference between the earlier questions and the questions that will pop up currently each Friday.
Things I have noticed about the older questions:
–They skew towards a more old-school definition of fandom - more talk about zines, conventions, etc.
–The questions are much more general. Most of them are about movies or series as a whole, and less about individual characters.
–There is the assumption that you have only one fandom
–There is the assumption that you are into slash
Additionally, (and this is just a vibe I get) I have the feeling that the person or persons writing the questions were (at that point in time) totally unaware of anime fandoms.
And now, some retrofannish5 Q&Q:
1) What is your favorite death scene (movies and/or tv)? Why?
Wesley's death. Because it was quietly epic and successfully foreshadowed, and while I adored Wesley, his life had reached the point where him dying wasn't a depressing as things that had already happened.
2) Name the top three filmed death scenes of all time, in order. (The list doesn’t necessarily have to include your favorite.)
Three is Vicki's death, take one (The Vampire Diaries), two is Jenny's death (Buffy), and one is Duella's suicide (BSG).
3) How many times has your favorite character died? Dream sequences can count. Who is it, and how did they die each time?
See, this is what I mean about assuming you only have one fandom. I have TONS of characters I love - some of which haven't even died once.
4) How do you, as a viewer, feel if a show kills, then resurrects a character? I mean, if someone can’t stay in the ground, do you feel it “cheapens” the emotional impact of their death? Or do you now not get upset if a character dies?
Yes, I do. If you're going to kill someone, have the balls do go through with it. I can only think of one time when someone died and then can back and it worked (Bryce Larkin) and that was largely because he a.) died in the teaser of the pilot and b.) him coming back fit the aesthetic of the show so well.
5) Death stories - love ‘em or hate ‘em? Can you give a two sentence reason?
Hate 'em. The whole point of a death story seems to be depressing the reader, and that's just not what I come to fandom for.
1.) How do you contribute to fandom (write, vid, costume, critique, archive, edit, organize cons, other)?
I write fanfic, I review fic, I write meta, and I rant.
2.)Has your contribution changed over the years?
What I do hasn't changed, but how well I do it has.
3.) What area would you like to contribute in but lack the resources (be it time, talent or equipment)?
Iconning and vidding are two things I'd love to do, but I lack both time and equipment.
4.) What contribution of yours do you wish had received a wider audience?
I always want more comments. ^_^
5.) Which of your contribution are you most proud?
I think I've said some of my best character commentary and canon commentary and real life commentary through fanfic.
1) What is the next convention you plan to attend? How far will you have to travel for it?
I might end up going to Sakura Con for one day, mainly because I already bought a ticket before I realized I didn't have the money/time/energy for it. And it's only three hours away from me.
2) How many conventions have you attended and what do you do while at a con?
Around five, total. And at Norwescon I spent more time in panels, while at SakuraCon I spend most of the time hanging with friends, admiring cosplay, and taking pictures.
3) What is your favorite part of going to cons and what do you wish more cons did?
I wish Sakura Con had better panels. Panels are one of my favorite parts, and I think it's a challenge to do well. Also, I wish Cons were better about some kind of communal fanfic activity.
4) What is your favorite convention and why?
Tough call. I expect and receive different things for different conventions.
5) Have you ever worked con com? If no, why not?
No, because I always figured that if I was on vacation, I was on vacation and didn't want to work.
Also, a reminder: if you live in the United States, remember that today we switch our clocks one hour forward, regardless of how painful it is to do so.
fannish5 to find some good questions that would hopefully get some fun Sunday conversations going in my journal (consider this my invitation to ignore all subsequence fannish5-approved Q&A and ask or answer a question of your choosing).First, I learned that
fannish5 has been going on since 2003, which kind of blew my mind. Secondly, when I started reading some of the earlier questions, I began to realize that there is quite a distinct difference between the earlier questions and the questions that will pop up currently each Friday.Things I have noticed about the older questions:
–They skew towards a more old-school definition of fandom - more talk about zines, conventions, etc.
–The questions are much more general. Most of them are about movies or series as a whole, and less about individual characters.
–There is the assumption that you have only one fandom
–There is the assumption that you are into slash
Additionally, (and this is just a vibe I get) I have the feeling that the person or persons writing the questions were (at that point in time) totally unaware of anime fandoms.
And now, some retro
fannish5 Q&Q:1) What is your favorite death scene (movies and/or tv)? Why?
Wesley's death. Because it was quietly epic and successfully foreshadowed, and while I adored Wesley, his life had reached the point where him dying wasn't a depressing as things that had already happened.
2) Name the top three filmed death scenes of all time, in order. (The list doesn’t necessarily have to include your favorite.)
Three is Vicki's death, take one (The Vampire Diaries), two is Jenny's death (Buffy), and one is Duella's suicide (BSG).
3) How many times has your favorite character died? Dream sequences can count. Who is it, and how did they die each time?
See, this is what I mean about assuming you only have one fandom. I have TONS of characters I love - some of which haven't even died once.
4) How do you, as a viewer, feel if a show kills, then resurrects a character? I mean, if someone can’t stay in the ground, do you feel it “cheapens” the emotional impact of their death? Or do you now not get upset if a character dies?
Yes, I do. If you're going to kill someone, have the balls do go through with it. I can only think of one time when someone died and then can back and it worked (Bryce Larkin) and that was largely because he a.) died in the teaser of the pilot and b.) him coming back fit the aesthetic of the show so well.
5) Death stories - love ‘em or hate ‘em? Can you give a two sentence reason?
Hate 'em. The whole point of a death story seems to be depressing the reader, and that's just not what I come to fandom for.
1.) How do you contribute to fandom (write, vid, costume, critique, archive, edit, organize cons, other)?
I write fanfic, I review fic, I write meta, and I rant.
2.)Has your contribution changed over the years?
What I do hasn't changed, but how well I do it has.
3.) What area would you like to contribute in but lack the resources (be it time, talent or equipment)?
Iconning and vidding are two things I'd love to do, but I lack both time and equipment.
4.) What contribution of yours do you wish had received a wider audience?
I always want more comments. ^_^
5.) Which of your contribution are you most proud?
I think I've said some of my best character commentary and canon commentary and real life commentary through fanfic.
1) What is the next convention you plan to attend? How far will you have to travel for it?
I might end up going to Sakura Con for one day, mainly because I already bought a ticket before I realized I didn't have the money/time/energy for it. And it's only three hours away from me.
2) How many conventions have you attended and what do you do while at a con?
Around five, total. And at Norwescon I spent more time in panels, while at SakuraCon I spend most of the time hanging with friends, admiring cosplay, and taking pictures.
3) What is your favorite part of going to cons and what do you wish more cons did?
I wish Sakura Con had better panels. Panels are one of my favorite parts, and I think it's a challenge to do well. Also, I wish Cons were better about some kind of communal fanfic activity.
4) What is your favorite convention and why?
Tough call. I expect and receive different things for different conventions.
5) Have you ever worked con com? If no, why not?
No, because I always figured that if I was on vacation, I was on vacation and didn't want to work.
Also, a reminder: if you live in the United States, remember that today we switch our clocks one hour forward, regardless of how painful it is to do so.
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When do you finish the semester?
Also, death stories suck. If I wanted that I'd go read a Shakespearian tragedy. :p
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I graduate on the 20th.
Although I'm a little scared to be done and to have to find a full time job I'm sooo ready to be done with the academic part of undergrad.
That was me a month ago. Now I just want to GO DO IT.
Also, death stories suck. If I wanted that I'd go read a Shakespearian tragedy. :p
Exactly! And since I tend to go for shippy fic, death fic means my OTP is permenently shattered.
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Interesting older questions, I can see a lot of those same slants too. This question seemed particuarly interesting:
I>How do you, as a viewer, feel if a show kills, then resurrects a character? I mean, if someone can’t stay in the ground, do you feel it “cheapens” the emotional impact of their death? Or do you now not get upset if a character dies?
This seems to happen a lot and it does generally cheapen things, partly because it is never given the emotional complexity it deserves. I mean, look at Hitchcock's Vertigo. (SPOILER here, but...) Okay, when James Stewart character happens across the girl again, she is not really the same, as her earlier personality was all acting, so that makes it a bit more complex, but all the emotional back and forth of someone dying and coming back, would mess with you alot. Yet the characters on stories where people come back tend to treat the pheomena litle better than a kid paying attention to the cafeteria menu.
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4.) What contribution of yours do you wish had received a wider audience?
I always wan more comments. ^_^
So true for everyone, I think! Fandom is all about the connection with other fans! :)
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I agree. It usually feels like the writer wants the impact of killing a beloved character but then doesn't have the guts to go through with it, and rarely is the effects of the ressurenction, on the side or the person coming back or the people who love them, actually explored.