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jtav ([personal profile] jtav) wrote2009-03-12 09:15 pm
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Fandom obscura

Believe it or not, I have fandom interests beyond HP. For instance, I love Spider-man: The Animated Series (and if anyone can point me in the direction of Peter/Felicia fic, I would be a very happy fan). The fandom, as might be expected for a 90s cartoon, is about the size of a flea. So, I was wondering what small fandoms you love and wish were bigger?

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[identity profile] phil-urich.livejournal.com 2009-03-14 05:11 pm (UTC)(link)
I like Tales of Symphonia, but I prefer the rare ships like Lloyd/Raine or Lloyd/Presea, which makes my ship even smaller than a flea. Perhaps an atom?

[identity profile] jtav.livejournal.com 2009-03-14 05:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, let's go all the way and say sub-atomic particle :) I have an absolute genius for liking the less popular pairings (or at least hating the most popular) in any given fandom. Harry/Luna dried up just as I started writing. Cedric/Luna. Peter/Felicia...well, see original post. Mitsuru/Minato in Persona. Add in my proclivity for writing gen, and it's a wonder I get read.

[identity profile] phil-urich.livejournal.com 2009-03-14 05:49 pm (UTC)(link)
yeah, I have to say that I never understood why others tend to write the main pairings in stories. I really liked Ron/Hermione when I first got into Hary Potter, but then I quickly got bored with it. I suppose because its a pairing that's done a lot in fanfic as well. Its not that I disagree with it I just don't see what else you could do with the couple.

That's not to say I've never read a good Ron/Hermione piece of fic, but I just don't understand why there's so much focus on them when there are so many other interesting characters and couple possibilities within Harry Potter and other fandoms as well.

[identity profile] jtav.livejournal.com 2009-03-14 06:29 pm (UTC)(link)
For me, it's usually a case of not liking a canon couple in the fist place. R/Hr struck me as two people whose main things in common were fighting and Harry. Not a good basis for a relationship.

Within my own fics, I'm pretty shipping-agnostic. I go with what works best with the story I want to tell. Sometimes that means including a ship I don't like. If I need Harry and his wife to show up in one scene, the wife's going to be Ginny because I don't have time to establish a new relationship.
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