Frankenstein's Meme: Day 1

[purplecat]

I've been seeing this popping up on my flist. trobadora seems to be the origin and I thought I might as well give it a go. The concept that I might actually answer a question a day for a month is frankly laughable, but presumably I can let it take longer. Anyway Q1 is: "What's changed about your fandom life in the last 365 days?".

To be honest, not a lot. There were some big changes a year or two back. Work got busier and fic writing took a nosedive. It's two years, I think, since I attempted Yuletide, and I only just staggered through Public Call and the Primeval Denial Secret Santa last year, though the fact that my father died shortly after sign-ups may have been a contributory factor there.

However, a year ago today, I was in the middle of the fall out from the first lockdown and, among other things, had stopped reading fic altogether. Since Christmas, I've been slowly getting back into it. At the moment I'm mostly reading my way through stuff posted last Autumn. I have hopes of catching up with saved fic around Christmas - but at least I'm reading again. I don't know about writing though. I'll definitely attempt Public Call again, apart from that we shall see - work is not going to be getting any less busy.

1. What's changed about your fandom life in the last 365 days?
   
2. Your newest fandom.
   
3. You've got your OTP, you have to throw a third into the mix (from the same fandom), creating an OT3. Who is the OTP, and in your opinion, why would they make a perfect third for them?
   
4. What are the origins of your penname/username?
   
5. What's a fandom that you wish had a bigger following?
   
6. What’s the longest you’ve ever been in a fandom? What fandom was it? Not necessarily your oldest fandom, but a fandom that you started and still continue to read/write/create content for in some way.
   
7. What would make you leave a fandom, or prevent you from getting into it in the first place?
   
8. Squicks - What are some things that squick you in fandom - not necessarily "icky", though it can be. From anything involving blood, to bad grammar.
   
9. What's the hardest thing about writing, and why are titles the Worst™?
   
10. Do you have a fandom that you follow - either regularly or casually - with little to no knowledge of canon?
    
11. Ships that you currently like a lot. (They don’t have to be OTPs because not everyone has OTPs.) Friendships, pairings, threesomes, etc. are allowed.
    
12. A ship you have never liked and probably never will.
    
13. Do you prefer art, fic, or vids? Why? Bonus: If someone was to give you a fandom gift, what format would it be?
    
14. A pairing – platonic, romantic or sexual – that you initially didn’t consider, but someone changed your mind.
    
15. What was the first thing you ever contributed to a fandom?
    
16. Do you remember your first OTP? Who was in it?
    
17. What is your favourite source text for fandom stuff (e.g., TV shows, movies, books, anime, Western animation, etc.)?
    
18. How many fandoms have you written for? How many have you been in, and how many are you still in?
    
19. Has social media caused you to stop liking any fandoms, if so, which and why?
    
20. What fandom broke your heart?
    
21. Say something genuinely nice about a character who isn’t one of your faves. (Characters you’re neutral about are fair game, as are characters you dislike or even loathe.)
    
22. Name a character that you’d like to have for a friend.
    
23. Your rarest fandoms.
    
24. A fandom you’ve abandoned and why.
    
25. Do you have any hard and fast headcanons that you will die defending?
    
26. A trope which you are virtually certain to love in any fandom.
    
27. A trope which you are virtually certain to hate in any fandom.
    
28. How did you first get into fanfic, and what was the first fandom you wrote fic for?
    
29. Have you ever tried to write for a fandom or ship, and found you couldn’t?
    
30. Name three things you wish you saw more or in your main fandom (or a fandom of choice).