Snowflake: First!
Jan. 19th, 2025 01:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
author_by_night This could be your first fandom, your first fandom friend, the first fanwork you created, the first fanwork you interacted with... The options are endless! Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
Hm.
Fandom nonsense under the cut. I've made it a combination of fandom specific and more general "fan" stuff, to even out the playing field a little. I would LOVE to hear your thoughts!
ETA: Sorry the cut's weird, guys. There actually is a full entry under here, I just don't want to have to repost this all over again, so I'm not tinkering too much.
First fandom: Technically my fandom involvement began in elementary school, when my friends and I would talk about our favorite books and play make-believe stories based on them. But my first major online fandom wouldn't be until high school.
First fanwork you created: A very bad fic for my first "major" fandom, based on Romeo and Juliet. Guess what we were reading in 9th grade English?
First fanwork you interacted with: I'm not really sure. I read a lot of fic and saw a lot of fanart at once. I definitely discovered Cassandra Claire (now "Clare") early on.
First fandom friend: I made a lot of friends in chatrooms for my first major fandom.
Here are a few of my own. Feel free to steal! Thought they could be fun. I ended up having to simplify the lists or I'd have been here all day.
First artist you remember listening to: Either Bette Midler or Whitney Houston.
First niche hobby/interest: I went through a very brief rock collecting phase, around the same time as my astrology phase.
First favorite band or artist: Sarah Mclachlan.
First celebrity crush: Jason Mraz.
First time meeting a celebrity or public figure: Never have.
First unpopular opinion (that you can easily recall): In general, I liked Twister. In fandom, I didn't like a character a lot of people in my fandom adored. TBH, I can actually see it now.
First news-related obsession: Heaven's Gate had me obsessed with cults for a short period of time.
First convention: Don't do conventions,* but leaving this here for those of you who do.
*I hate crowds.
First Star Wars movie: Star Wars: A New Hope. But I didn't see any other movies from the original trilogy until I'd seen all of the prequels.
Okay, I gotta stop somewhere, guys. Like I said, feel free to snag, and/or add your own!
Hm.
Fandom nonsense under the cut. I've made it a combination of fandom specific and more general "fan" stuff, to even out the playing field a little. I would LOVE to hear your thoughts!
ETA: Sorry the cut's weird, guys. There actually is a full entry under here, I just don't want to have to repost this all over again, so I'm not tinkering too much.
First fandom: Technically my fandom involvement began in elementary school, when my friends and I would talk about our favorite books and play make-believe stories based on them. But my first major online fandom wouldn't be until high school.
First fanwork you created: A very bad fic for my first "major" fandom, based on Romeo and Juliet. Guess what we were reading in 9th grade English?
First fanwork you interacted with: I'm not really sure. I read a lot of fic and saw a lot of fanart at once. I definitely discovered Cassandra Claire (now "Clare") early on.
First fandom friend: I made a lot of friends in chatrooms for my first major fandom.
Here are a few of my own. Feel free to steal! Thought they could be fun. I ended up having to simplify the lists or I'd have been here all day.
First artist you remember listening to: Either Bette Midler or Whitney Houston.
First TV show you remember watching: The Cosby Show. Sorry.
First movie you remember watching: Aladdin.
First niche hobby/interest: I went through a very brief rock collecting phase, around the same time as my astrology phase.
First favorite band or artist: Sarah Mclachlan.
First celebrity crush: Jason Mraz.
First time meeting a celebrity or public figure: Never have.
First unpopular opinion (that you can easily recall): In general, I liked Twister. In fandom, I didn't like a character a lot of people in my fandom adored. TBH, I can actually see it now.
First news-related obsession: Heaven's Gate had me obsessed with cults for a short period of time.
First convention: Don't do conventions,* but leaving this here for those of you who do.
*I hate crowds.
First Star Wars movie: Star Wars: A New Hope. But I didn't see any other movies from the original trilogy until I'd seen all of the prequels.
Okay, I gotta stop somewhere, guys. Like I said, feel free to snag, and/or add your own!
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Date: 2025-01-20 11:31 am (UTC)Yeah, I think she dropped the "I" to separate herself from her fandom identity, while still appealing to her fans. But I don't know for sure.
And I looooove Twister! I think you've seen my post on it already, but yeah, I'm amazed this is an "un"popular opinion. It's a great movie! Still one of my favorites.
I haven't seen it in a while, but I wonder if it's in part because it's not particularly edgy, as far as disaster films go? You might be the one who pointed that out. I should rewatch it (and re-read your entry about it).
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Date: 2025-01-20 12:13 pm (UTC)It's buried in one of my Van Halen posts, since they were on the soundtrack. Link!
You did read it last time, but we didn't talk about it's lack of edginess.
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Date: 2025-01-20 01:21 pm (UTC)But I do think it might be a little "sweet" for people who want more "rocks falls, everyone dies" disaster films. On the other hand, I've seen a handful of disaster films (if not that many) and a lot of them often still have a similar storyline, where someone is in the middle of a reconciliation while disaster strikes, etc. There's just often a little more blood and gore, and less found family. I don't know.