How sad is it that I have to split this because my post is too large? ::rolls eyes::
1. Tell us something about yourself: I'm 24, single, bisexual, live alone in a tiny apartment, and work for a book publisher. Something a little interesting about me, I think, is that everyone in my real life knows that I write slash, and what slash is, and what CLex is, etc. I have a bumper sticker on my car that says 'got slash?' I.E. I am out. I think I'm the only slasher I know who is totally and completely out .
2. Likes (characters, ships, genres, TV shows, actors, real life stuff): Mmmmmm, CLex. SV is the only show still on the air that I watch. I'm head-over-heels for TW. I want to be Chloe's best friend, as she rocks. I'm addicted to sushi. I'm really impressed and excited about how SV came back from 4th season to do the incredible-ness that is 5th season. So, I guess I like successful comebacks. Ooh! And feedback! Feedback is luuuuuuurve, man. ::drool::
3. Dislikes (characters, ships, genres, TV shows, actors, real life stuff): SV's Lana. Sorry, I just--::shudder:: Lana. Kristen seems nice, though. I think the thing I dislike the most in fandom is when people (fans) bash SV. Whining that there's not enough CLex, or the show has lost appeal, blah, blah, blah, is so silly and annoying, really. Oh! But! Dangling plotlines. That irks me sometimes. Bigots. Oh, wow, do I ever 'dislike' bigots...
4. What got you interested in Smallville? Weird story. I didn't want to be interested in Smallville. ::pauses as the chorus of gasps go around:: Yes, I know. I should be flogged. I've been into slash for over eleven years, and I have always jumped around from fandom to fandom (often I'd be interested in slash couples that don't even have a fandom, but that's okay, because I play well alone). When SV started, people who were interested in whatever fandom I was in at the time would say, 'Oh, you MUST see this new show, Smallville! It's soooooo slashy and the boys are soooooo hot!' and I would roll my eyes, 'Yeah, yeah, whatever. I'm watching hobbit!luv right now, leave me alone.' I've always been that kind of person who can't be convinced into liking something by people who already like it. Have to find things on my own. Years went by, and I got to this weird point in my life--which had never happened before (or since)--where I didn't have anything to obsess over for months and months. If you've never had it, or you're not obsessive enough to understand what it can be like, believe me, it is a horrible, flailing feeling. Like... if you were pregnant, and at seven months, and all of a sudden, you woke up and it wasn't there . It was like I had nothing to latch onto, and I couldn't find anything to do so. Really awful, that, when you're an obsessive type like me. I'm a Netflixer from way back, and I saw SV there, and, sighing heavily, I decided to force myself to watch a disc. Hard work, it was. I think I had the disc home for a week before I even touched it. Well, the cinematography of the first ep blew me away! But I honestly didn't latch onto the slash right away. I had used to like Lois & Clark, and I love the Superman movies (Chris Reeve rocks!), so I was more interested in the Lana Lang character--but incredibly disappointed from the first second I laid eyes on her. Yeah, Lana's always rubbed me wrong--even right from the beginning, when I had no slash standing to encourage me to hate her. Anyway, I sent that disc back and a week or so later, itched for another--for all that pretty footage. When I got that second disc, something clicked. I zoomed through all three seasons in the space of a few weeks and started posting my first CLexy novel immediately after. If I had to bring it all down to one thing, though, that pulled me in, it wouldn't actually be the boys, or how pretty they are, or how incredible they are together. It was the cinematography that drew me in. It was the crew that snatched me into Smallville. (...this was a long answer ::is embarrassed::) ...and that's why I have to split it... if I can even post twice... which I don't know if I can...
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1. Tell us something about yourself: I'm 24, single, bisexual, live alone in a tiny apartment, and work for a book publisher. Something a little interesting about me, I think, is that everyone in my real life knows that I write slash, and what slash is, and what CLex is, etc. I have a bumper sticker on my car that says 'got slash?' I.E. I am out. I think I'm the only slasher I know who is totally and completely out .
2. Likes (characters, ships, genres, TV shows, actors, real life stuff): Mmmmmm, CLex. SV is the only show still on the air that I watch. I'm head-over-heels for TW. I want to be Chloe's best friend, as she rocks. I'm addicted to sushi. I'm really impressed and excited about how SV came back from 4th season to do the incredible-ness that is 5th season. So, I guess I like successful comebacks. Ooh! And feedback! Feedback is luuuuuuurve, man. ::drool::
3. Dislikes (characters, ships, genres, TV shows, actors, real life stuff): SV's Lana. Sorry, I just--::shudder:: Lana. Kristen seems nice, though. I think the thing I dislike the most in fandom is when people (fans) bash SV. Whining that there's not enough CLex, or the show has lost appeal, blah, blah, blah, is so silly and annoying, really. Oh! But! Dangling plotlines. That irks me sometimes. Bigots. Oh, wow, do I ever 'dislike' bigots...
4. What got you interested in Smallville? Weird story. I didn't want to be interested in Smallville. ::pauses as the chorus of gasps go around:: Yes, I know. I should be flogged. I've been into slash for over eleven years, and I have always jumped around from fandom to fandom (often I'd be interested in slash couples that don't even have a fandom, but that's okay, because I play well alone). When SV started, people who were interested in whatever fandom I was in at the time would say, 'Oh, you MUST see this new show, Smallville! It's soooooo slashy and the boys are soooooo hot!' and I would roll my eyes, 'Yeah, yeah, whatever. I'm watching hobbit!luv right now, leave me alone.' I've always been that kind of person who can't be convinced into liking something by people who already like it. Have to find things on my own. Years went by, and I got to this weird point in my life--which had never happened before (or since)--where I didn't have anything to obsess over for months and months. If you've never had it, or you're not obsessive enough to understand what it can be like, believe me, it is a horrible, flailing feeling. Like... if you were pregnant, and at seven months, and all of a sudden, you woke up and it wasn't there . It was like I had nothing to latch onto, and I couldn't find anything to do so. Really awful, that, when you're an obsessive type like me. I'm a Netflixer from way back, and I saw SV there, and, sighing heavily, I decided to force myself to watch a disc. Hard work, it was. I think I had the disc home for a week before I even touched it. Well, the cinematography of the first ep blew me away! But I honestly didn't latch onto the slash right away. I had used to like Lois & Clark, and I love the Superman movies (Chris Reeve rocks!), so I was more interested in the Lana Lang character--but incredibly disappointed from the first second I laid eyes on her. Yeah, Lana's always rubbed me wrong--even right from the beginning, when I had no slash standing to encourage me to hate her. Anyway, I sent that disc back and a week or so later, itched for another--for all that pretty footage. When I got that second disc, something clicked. I zoomed through all three seasons in the space of a few weeks and started posting my first CLexy novel immediately after. If I had to bring it all down to one thing, though, that pulled me in, it wouldn't actually be the boys, or how pretty they are, or how incredible they are together. It was the cinematography that drew me in. It was the crew that snatched me into Smallville. (...this was a long answer ::is embarrassed::)
...and that's why I have to split it... if I can even post twice... which I don't know if I can...