I wish I was a mermaid and was friends with all the fish

From 12_12_12 (and, well, everyone else, really):

I think we should all do this about whatever our fannish bliss is at the moment. Lets make it so that today it is impossible to turn around on LJ without running into a list of joy about some show or another. Who's with me? C'mon, I challenge you. A list of ten things that you love about your current fandom(s) posted to LJ and a challenge to all of your f'list to do the same.

It's not exactly my "current" fannish bliss - that changes monthly weekly daily hourly - but it's a fannish bliss, and it's what I feel like talking about right now, so here are my "ten things" about The O.C.

( Ten things I love about you )

I totally have not been putting off my heroes_bigboom fic. Not at all. And it in no way slipped my mind that first drafts are due in less than three weeks. I'm completely on top of it.

(I really should be working on it, though.)

But, first I have to write my Gilmore Girls WIP, which is so much fun. I'd completely forgotten how much I enjoyed working on a long fic; What Goes Down was my first series, and most of my fics are fairly short - I think around half of what I've written is under 1000 words. But I so love getting pulled into a world of my own, with its plot and relationships and everything else that comes with it. So, I suppose that's good, because once I've finished this, it shouldn't be too hard to really get into my Heroes fic. And I tend to write pretty quickly, so getting it done in time won't be a problem, provided I do actually sit down to write it.

Also, I created a new fanfic community:

fic_episodes

The basic premise is that you claim a set number of episodes within a fandom - a season, the entire series, episodes with a certain character, a plot arc, or anything else you like. And then you write one fic for each episode, somehow relating to that episode; missing scenes, prequels/sequels, alternate versions, picking up on something mentioned within the show and running with it, etc. I'm quite looking forward to it; I think it'll be fun, and like pretty much every other community I start, I created because I wanted to do it, which is probably a good start. And if it's fun for other people, too, so much the better :)

More random musings. Just thinking about the shows/fandoms I love, and things they have in common, and I came up with a very random list:

( We're the same, you and me )

Coming soon: A very bizarre definition of what makes my OTPs.

Earlier today, I came across an entry by misscam (here) via metafandom about why - not who - people ship. It's not, I'm sure, a new topic of discussion, but it did get me thinking - about what I ship, and more curiously, about what I don't.

( Cut for seriously tl;dr fandom meta )