Fannish Meme

[batyatoon]

From mtgat. And from cadhla. And from stakebait...
(I'm vulnerable to peer pressure after all; you just have to find the right peers.)

So, here's the memefoo. If my life were a fandom:

a. Who would the 'shippers pair me with?
b. Who would the slashers pair me with?
c. What would a Mary Sue in my fandom be like OR who is mostly likely to be turned into Canon Sue?
d. When did I/when will I jump the shark?
e. Write a one sentence summary of the story that would win the Best Fanfic Award in my fandom.

Comments

[camwyn]

a. sdelmonte. Some things just work.
b. One of your clones for sure, most likely cadhla but potentially ladymondegreen
c. Um. Inhumanly long hair, great singing voice, sweet temperament, beloved by all? That'd be ladymondegreen as yer Canon Sue right there.
d. Right around the time all of the clones gathered in a single place at once for the BIGGEST DAMN FILK CONVENTION OF ALL TIME. I mean, where do you take a fandom from there?
e. Ooo-er. This one's tough. I'll let you know if my brain comes up with something, but right now it's not cooperating- too busy going 'pretty pretty pretty Chris Franke music', since I switched away from the sadism-inducing CD. Which, by the way, is available to borrow at any point you want me to turn up on your doorstep or something.

[snowy-owlet.livejournal.com]

Wow. I wish I knew enough about fandom to create a really amusing answer.

[bigscary.livejournal.com]

a: Anyone who knows me, knows the answer. And it's not like there ARE no shippers trying. And neither of us really like them trying, thankyouverymuch.
b: Scott. Not quite sure why.
c: Some quasi-perfect classmate who meets my friends and solves all our problems. Probably male, and likely to un-canonically end up with negativeq.
d: When I graduate LS and get a job. These things never survive the transition to a workplace comedy.
e: AU: BSD goes to Med School.

[stakebait.livejournal.com]

a. Who would the 'shippers pair me with?

sdelmonte. OTP, dammit. :)

b. Who would the slashers pair me with?

That's a tough one, but I'm going with ladymondegreen or mtgat.

c. What would a Mary Sue in my fandom be like OR who is mostly likely to be turned into Canon Sue?

Perfect pitch, great singer, witty quoter who always remembers where the quote comes from, can instantly filk and versify and is never at a loss, every sentence she says is snipeable... so, cadhla, basically. Except she'd live closer. :)

d. When did I/when will I jump the shark?

When your teen movie-style makeover reveals long blond hair and a string bikini. :)

e. Write a one sentence summary of the story that would win the Best Fanfic Award in my fandom.

Caught in the Clone Chain

It turns out, if properly applied, that clever wordplay and near telepathy *can* save the world. At least when combined with great comedic timing and a borrowed steamroller.

[mtgat]

a. sdelmonte, although some of the older viewers have unpublished stories floating around their hard drives that no one admits to ...
b. dotsomething. And ladymondegreen. And stakebait. And cadhla. My, you get around. ;) Most favour Dot, because they can write scene insertions during times you've spent writing together. We don't discuss the ladymondegreen within five minutes of meeting her, and she decides what the gang will do, and you hand her the current incarnation of the Edit Staff since she's such a good writer and filker, and she hooks up with a Brunching guy, at which point you become entirely a background character to her adventures in the Big Apple.
d. Well it's not like anything exciting has happened since the Wedding Episode ... (Kidding, kidding. :) ) Maybe after a future ep when, for ratings, you agree to Con Chair another Gathering?
e. I did tell you that one where Beatrice shows up on your doorstep asking for help, right?

[batyatoon]

We don't discuss the [[info]] ladymondegreen within five minutes of meeting her

I think you've got some text missing here...

e. I did tell you that one where Beatrice shows up on your doorstep asking for help, right?


Oh yes. And she wants to hear the rest of it.

[mtgat]

Hmmm. Wonder how *that* happened.

Was suppsoed to be:
We don't discuss the you/Beatrice 'shippers.

c. A Mary Sue in your fandom would be fresh from Israel, wide-eyed and perky, with a pitch-perfect singing voice, who exchanges clothes with ladymondegreen within five minutes of meeting her ... etc

:)

[kaikias.livejournal.com]

I don't know you well enough to answer those questions, but I'm sorely tempted to gack this little meme for myself. (I doubt it'd get responses, though, or at least very few of them.)

[genarti]

I don't know a lot of your RL friends, so much of this will be Brunchma-based.

a) sdelmonte. Duh. OTP, anyone?
b) For old AP times' sake, I'm gonna go with caitalainn.
c) Not sure about a canon Sue. Mary Sue... Curves in the right places, yards of raven/etc hair (and/or effortlessly gorgeous and fashionable snoods), the usual eyes, etc. Ethereally lovely singing voice. Photographic memory. Phenomenal artist, writer, cook, etc., and always eminantly snipe-able. Has read all the good books, and can quote them perfectly and at length. Shall I go on?
d) Uh... not sure.
e) Batya (and friends) go to a con; unfortunately, so do Beatrice and friends. Hijinks and hilarity ensue, crises are narrowly averted, and everyone ends up happily in the right identity. Probably. We think.

[batyatoon]

I've been meaning to ask someone who knows...

What does OTP stand for?

[genarti]

One True Pair(ing), as I learned it.

It can either be a pairing that's so obviously canon (explicitly or no) that pretty much everyone 'ships (or slashes) them, or else (more usually) an author's preferred pairing.