GIP and a fanfic question.
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suki_blueI was having a look through some of the old files on my laptop and I came across a few caps that I'd done of the first season of 21 Jumpstreet - my original obsession and the series that kicked off a Johnny Depp fixation that spanned 14 years.
And the only thing to break that obsession was ~drum roll~ you guessed it, Buffy. Or, more specifically, Spander.
So, in fond memory of a TV show long passed but much loved, I made an icon. ~points~ Totally sharable. Feel free to snag.
Now, that brings me to something else.
I wrote a heck of a lot when I was very young, but for reasons that I wont go into - because it would probably involve pages and pages of babble and the possible need for a head doctor - I stopped writing around the age of about 14. Shortly after, I discovered 21 Jumpstreet, and , as I said before, it kicked off a mammoth obsession with the show and with Johnny Depp.
Then, several years ago, I discovered The Matrix. Cue another obsession. But instead of replacing my Johnny kink ~cough~ it merely extended it. I began to fantasise about Tommy from Jumpstreet, who by this point was so much more than an undercover cop - in my head - and Neo with his dark glasses, long coat and Big Fucking Guns. Yep, in my head, I crossed them over.
I will also admit to dreaming about Johnny Depp/Will Smith, although it came nowhere near to the utter joy of Tommy/Neo. I even had T/N Sims.
And the rest is History, or if you'd like a slightly longer version: Along came Spike and Xander and within a week poor old Johnny Depp and Keanu Reeves were out on their unwanted, discarded, frankly-not-interested backsides. Two months later I was writing again.
This got me to wondering, if I'd known about fanfiction all those years ago, would I have written Jumpstreet slash? Or Matrix slash? Would I have written a really weird Jumpstreet/Matrix hybrid crossover? Or, if we go back a little further, Doctor Who slash? Or ~gulp~ Neighbours slash? (And yes, you may bitch-slap me for my Jason Donovan phase)
So, what about you? What would you have read, searched for, or written if you'd known about slashfic/fanfic a decade or more before?
And the only thing to break that obsession was ~drum roll~ you guessed it, Buffy. Or, more specifically, Spander.
So, in fond memory of a TV show long passed but much loved, I made an icon. ~points~ Totally sharable. Feel free to snag.
Now, that brings me to something else.
I wrote a heck of a lot when I was very young, but for reasons that I wont go into - because it would probably involve pages and pages of babble and the possible need for a head doctor - I stopped writing around the age of about 14. Shortly after, I discovered 21 Jumpstreet, and , as I said before, it kicked off a mammoth obsession with the show and with Johnny Depp.
Then, several years ago, I discovered The Matrix. Cue another obsession. But instead of replacing my Johnny kink ~cough~ it merely extended it. I began to fantasise about Tommy from Jumpstreet, who by this point was so much more than an undercover cop - in my head - and Neo with his dark glasses, long coat and Big Fucking Guns. Yep, in my head, I crossed them over.
I will also admit to dreaming about Johnny Depp/Will Smith, although it came nowhere near to the utter joy of Tommy/Neo. I even had T/N Sims.
And the rest is History, or if you'd like a slightly longer version: Along came Spike and Xander and within a week poor old Johnny Depp and Keanu Reeves were out on their unwanted, discarded, frankly-not-interested backsides. Two months later I was writing again.
This got me to wondering, if I'd known about fanfiction all those years ago, would I have written Jumpstreet slash? Or Matrix slash? Would I have written a really weird Jumpstreet/Matrix hybrid crossover? Or, if we go back a little further, Doctor Who slash? Or ~gulp~ Neighbours slash? (And yes, you may bitch-slap me for my Jason Donovan phase)
So, what about you? What would you have read, searched for, or written if you'd known about slashfic/fanfic a decade or more before?
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Date: 2006-05-03 07:21 pm (UTC)For me, ten years ago I'd have been 17--so I'd have been writing X-Files, Star Trek, Days of Our Lives (ducks *g*), Friends, Frasier, and possibly Family Ties 'cause me and my girlfriend Jouida used to rock out to some Michael J Fox. LOL
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Date: 2006-05-04 02:34 am (UTC)They've been showing all three Matrix films over here and it just got me to thinking. I'm convinced that I would have written Matrix fic if the little lightbulb in my head had gone on. Strangely, there were no lightbulbs until I became single again. Figure that.
OMG, I am so with you on X-Files, Friends, Frasier and Family Ties. In a way I'm quite gutted that I didn't write fanfic back then. It's stupid that I didn't! I've always loved writing, but somewhere along the line my confidence went and I was convinced that if I couldn't write something perfectly then there was no point.
I blame my teacher for that.
Days of Our Lives. ~snerk~
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Date: 2006-05-04 11:25 am (UTC)