Questions Designed To Make You Hate Me

[redbrunja]

1. What OTPs in your fandom(s) do you just not get?

Any pairing that involves two (or more) penises. I know, I know, that is as subjective an opinion as my feelings about coconut (worst flavor on the planet) and about as much fun to discuss (coconut is the flavor of the devil, people).

2. Are there any popular fandom OTPs you only BroTP?

Cara/Kahlan. Trust me, I see the subtext, I totally get where people are coming from with this pairing. In just about any other situation I would
be all over the hot, fierce ladies and their classic kind warrior/broken bird dynamic and rooting for them to have epically sexy sex… but I just want them to be friends and hang out and kill people together, while Kahlan sexes up her Seeker and ends up having little badass confessor-daughters with him.

3. Any fandoms that don’t appeal to you?

Hmmmm. There are shows/movies/books that I don’t feel the need to seek out fanfics for but if a narrative makes me feel fannish and there's a fandom, I'll participate. And frankly, I've had some good luck and good experiences even with NOTORIOUSLY psychotic fandoms.

4. Have you ever unfollowed/unfriended someone? Why?

HAVE I EVER. I have unfollowed people because our fandoms diverged, I’ve unfollowed people because I stopped enjoying the content that they posted, I’ve unfollowed people because I discovered that I didn’t like them very much, I’ve unfollowed people because my flist was getting unreadable, I’ve unfollowed people because they unfollowed me first.

For me, this questions was a little bit like, ‘do you breath air?’ Yes, of course, who doesn’t?

5. Do you have a NO!TP in [insert fandom here]?

I have many, many NO!TPs. (I’m defining this as the very idea of the ship makes me go ‘NO!’)

-Clint/Loki.

-Natasha/Loki. (I do ship Natasha/Clint fucking on Loki’s bloody, dismembered corpse. Or just murdering the fuck out of him and then having celebratory sex in the backseat of the getaway car.)

-Tony/anyone but Pepper. (If Pepper want to hook up with Steve or Natasha or Darcy or even some really fucked up dark!fic with Obediah, I'd be there.)

-Aang/Katara (FOREVER BITTER. Seriously, my mom recently found out that Legend of Korra existed and she was like, ‘do you want to watch that?’ And I went, ‘I’ll watch that when I stop being angry about the ending of Avatar.’ Nobody hold their breath on that score.)

-Andy/April – ugh, why would you pair an awesome, deadpan girl like April with a moronic waste of space like Andy!

-Veronica Mars/Duncan Kane.

-Blair Waldorf/Chuck Bass.

-Any variation of Elena/Damon/Stefan.

-Caroline Forbes/Matt Donovan.

-Regina/Charming.

-M'gann/Lagaan.

Aaron Cross/Eric Byer.

6. Has fandom ever ruined a pairing for you?

It's more often the writers ruining a ship for me.

7. Is there anything you used to like, but now can’t stand?

Naruto. Like, I was never under any illusions that the manga/anime was good - I was always just there for the fanworks, but I was undeniably READING the manga and at a certain point I reached my ‘this is bullshit storytelling' threshold and peaced the hell out. I also stopped reading Soul Eater. There was no big break up or anything like that – I just stopped caring enough to hunt down the next month’s scanlation.

8. Unpopular opinion about [insert fandom here]?

I can't think of any off the top of my head. Suggestions are welcome, though!

9. Have you received anon hate? What about?

No, I’ve yet to receive fan hate, therby solidifying my ‘no name’ fan status. I have had a ‘discussion’ that the person I was discussing the
subject with felt the need to delete my comments. I really wish I had screen caps, because I would have have LOVED proof that I was strictly
offering concrit about her fic and was in fact refusing to make it personal and comment about her husband his relationship with their child, which she kept insisting that I was.

10. Any fandom you’re ashamed of being in?

Avatar.

You know in the second episode of Green Lantern when Razer is like, ‘In my heart I am guilty of murder’? That’s how I feel about Avatar fandom. I don’t think I was ACTUALLY an obnoxious, overly passionate fan (okay, I was a little obnoxious and over passionate) but in my heart, I was REALLY obnoxious and over-passionate.

I really love Avatar as a show and I'm hugely grateful for its existence and the fanworks it inspired because it came to me at a time in my life when I absolutely needed it, but.... in my heart I'm guilty of being a bratty fan about the show and Katara/Zuko.

Comments

[stainofmylove.livejournal.com]

Andy/April – ugh, why would you pair an awesome, deadpan girl like April with a moronic waste of space like Andy!

Ha! I feel ya. Earlier this season when she was mostly isolated in D.C. with Ben it was like a really harsh reminder of how much I actually LOVE April. I'd forgotten. Because I can't stand Andy and her stories usually involve him. Lol.

[mollivanders.livejournal.com]

-Regina/Charming.

This...is a thing?

I received my first anon message last week! I wouldn't call it hate even though we were disagreeing but it was definitely a milestone.

[fairest1.livejournal.com]

The thing about Avatar is, I don't ship anyone with anyone in a 4EVER way except Suki/Sokka. Because these characters are 12-16, and the thing is, most people have no idea what the hell they really want in a life partner at 12-16. At least in my experience, it involves a process of meeting different people and going ". . . okay, not that." The show is depicting people who will have interesting, complicated lives, and the next few years will be pretty busy with little to no time for romance. Zuko's gonna be busy running the fire nation, Aang's gonna be doing Avatar stuff, Katara will probably end up in some kind of diplomatic role because it's a world recovering from war and there'll be a lot of shit to be done. If someone writes a fic where Katara hooks up with Zuko or Aang or Toph ten years down the road when they're older and wiser and things have calmed down, I can buy it. But in my heart of hearts, she hooks up with some dude from the northern water tribe who respects the hell out of her and is cool with her being a better bender than him. He stays home and takes care of the kids while she's on diplomatic assignments and being badass.

Though if she had to hook up with someone she met in the show, then Zuko all the way. It -- the ep where he helped track down her mother's killer? That's what sold it. Zuko understands what Katara was going through like Aang never will. Aang doesn't grok the need for vengeance, he doesn't know that Katara couldn't just let it go from a distance. You need to be able to look the bastard in the eye, know you CAN take your revenge, and then decide then and there if you will.

Suki and Sokka, there's no question on because they'll announce their engagement 30 minutes after Gran-gran finds out they were sharing a tent (only that long so Sokka has time to carve something).

[tigerpetals.livejournal.com]

1. The exact same!

Later on...Regina/Charming? I was surprised, somehow. Then I went to your Tumblr and saw people ship Emma with Rumplestiltskin! Both times, I knew I shouldn't have been surprised. It's not a fandom I'm in much. Maybe that's a good thing.

[mistaria.livejournal.com]

Have I ever told you that I love that you don't care for male/male? Personally I like male/male PWP but anything romantic bores the crap outta me. It makes me really sad that it's more prevalent than female/female relationships (even just gen). Well not everyone can be as cool as us I guess.

I feel like I always say the same thing in response to when you talk about Avatar. Basically I commiserate. You're lucky you weren't around Korra fandom for the first season with Bryke acting like douchebags and writing terrible romance part 9000. Next season might be a good time to come on board though because they hired writers and are going to focus on what they're good at (world building). Reuniting with fandom (after the great ship wars lol) over a mutual hatred for anything involving Shamalamadingdong's "movie" helped me move past some of my bitterness and so I was able to enjoy Korra (oh god Red you're going to love her!) and rewatch Avatar. Just keep in mind that the romances in season one are god awful. Korra and Lin (Toph's daughter--squee!) are fucking awesome and the conflict/villain is very interesting.

Also I don't ship Tony with anyone else either (and agree Pepper is allowed to date other people sometimes). :p

Random question! Have you watched/do you like the Kill Bill movies? I rewatched them this week and was chuckling over the fact that I generally don't like revenge narratives but I love Tarantino movies and so I thought of you because I know you like revenge narratives (maybe not Tarantino ones though IDK).