Day 11: What would make you leave a fandom, or prevent you from getting into it in the first place?
Mostly if I get angry with the way canon goes, or if a major person involved in canon turns out to be an asshole. Like
squidgiepdx I can't enjoy POI any more due to Caviezel being a dick. I dropped out of Sherlock after S3 when canon went badly off the rails, and The Magicians TV series after S2 when I heard they killed Quentin. Bastards. I mostly go off canon though, rather than fanfic, unless it's the actor in a key OTP role who's been a dick - then I can't unsee them in that role and don't care about the character any more.
Day 12: Who is someone that you share the most fandoms with?
That'd be
astolat if we're talking about reading rather than writing. I've followed her into so many fandoms, starting with SGA, including Fast and Furious, Transformers and Game of Thrones, etc. Only the fanfic though, as I struggle with NN's profic.
Day 13: Squicks - What are some things that squick you in fandom - not necessarily "icky", though it can be. From anything involving blood, to bad grammar.
I hate reading about teeth clashing during kisses - it's like fingernails on a blackboard for me. Also the USA usage of "shined" instead of "shone" - can't be doing with that. Epithets, or too many of them, is another bugbear, and odd, random tense changes and inconsistent POV. I'm also easily squicked by worms/maggots, and sputum. Blood, I'm fine with!
As in distressed me enormously so I was genuinely grieving for a while? None, really - I'm just not invested in that way, and as above, if a fandom fucks up I'm usually more angry than heartbroken. A few SGA fics have made me cry, but that's not the same thing. So no heartbreak from a fandom for me, although certainly all the feels.
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Date: 2021-06-14 02:00 pm (UTC)Not standard US usage! (I mean, as a US-vs-UK thing.) Not acceptable to my US ear! :)
Which is to say, there are some US-ian dialects where "shined" is common usage, but it is not as widespread as say, "pants" for "trousers."
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