Poll: Getting to Know You Even Better

[thefourthvine]

It's the end of the year. We all have millions of new stories to read, and will shortly have even more. Many of us are hanging out with our families, which kind of inhibits porn consumption. So, obviously, it is not a time for recommending. Which means that it is time for invasive, involved questions.

Today's edition: your fandoms and mine. Tell me what you read and I will tell you what to read. And we will all get to Scotland at roughly the same time. (Sorry, but it sounded like it needed a chorus.)

This is your opportunity to influence the future, folks! I mean, only the future of this LJ. And probably - let's be honest here - not all that much influence, given that I hardly have influence on the content of this journal. But it will be interesting. For me, anyway. And for you, there's shiny happy ticky boxes. Everyone wins!

[Poll #639824]

Comments

[nightengale.livejournal.com]

Couple comments.

I put about 30% read but it isn't a static number for me...some sets I'll read all of them, some I'll read only one. I've yet to find a set of yours that I have no interest in reading *any* of its stories, but when you throw Sentinel and Highlander and House at me and I haven't seen these things and I'm struggling to dive happily into SGA (I'm a spoiled-rotten SGA-fic newbie here)...I get distracted. ^__^;

Things you should read, then rec: I started a list in the box but really. Anime/manga/games. ANY anime/manga/games that catch your fancy, 'cause really...you'll find more readership no matter what you pick. On my own personal end of things, however:

You would appreciate the manga series Banana Fish. Really. It. Is. Worth. It. Its fandom is disgustingly tiny but my precious BF has two very pretty boys (who are so married oh my GOD) and are both rather mentally messed-up (Ash much more than Eiji). Ash runs a gang in NYC; Eiji's a Japanese journalist who gets wrapped up in Ash's gang wars and expose by total accident. Banana Fish has canon gay and canon UST and canon shota and canon guns and canon *everything* almost...set in New York 1980's with plot and eyecandy in equally large doses. Its fandom includes writers such as wildelamassu and sorchafyre...which are two names you'd recognize a little quicker if you were active in anime. So trust me that I'm throwing around Moderately Big Names. *G* The other thing is, a lot of other people would REALLY APPRECIATE it if they'd *read* it. If you rec it, they read. So this is me begging you to use your megaphone for my sadly neglected mangababy's sake.

And Saiyuki, too. Though I don't know what rock you've been under if you'd need me to go to square one, explaining that one. So I'll leave it at: everyone else is right about it. And just 'cause everyone and their uncle recs it...doesn't mean TFV shouldn't, too! ♥

And Monster. Anime series. Oh my GOD would you appreciate Monster...even though I'm betting the fandom is *TINY*. Haven't done a lot of digging, myself. It's a mindfuck of a show, and it's got pretty rabid fans, what few it does have. Dunno how slashable it is...and I know that's your specialty...but it has marvelous opportunities for hatesex/rivalsex/mindfucksex. ...and it's really about plot, here. Monster is about a very moral doctor in Germany who gets screwed over in his career, romance, whole *life*...and...then he gets screwed over again...and again... Nummy. ^_____^

Hmmm, let's think of something that would be easier for you to get your hands on; Monster and Banana Fish, while both SO WORTH IT, would give you a short runaround before you got hold of them - unless you just petition, acutally, 'cause people would probably copy their stuff for you. Duh. Anyways.

A really active, really fun, really easy-to-get-your-hands-on-it, REALLY slashy fandom that's big, strong, current, and needs direction-by-rec? DeathNote. Manga series about a couple really fucked-in-the-head kids, lots of death, the most dangerous notebook you'll *ever* see, and a really funny shinigami.

...I *like* fandoms where they're all mentally messed up, okay? :D

And what else.....Really. Anime. IN general.

As for what you *do* rec already? MORE ATLANTIS. *cough* Okay, I'm slightly rabid. But dude. Keep us up to date with the fresh-off-the-presses Atlantean best even as so many of us are catching up with the archives! ♥

And this was a very fun poll! *bounces* Happy holidays!

[anenko.livejournal.com]

I'm totally with you on Saiyuki. There are *awesome* writers in this fandom, and as many pairings as you could imagine. If you want to check out the fics, I'd start with louiselux; I also have a ton of fics bookmarked for future reading at http://del.icio.us/anenko/saiyuki.

Since we're talking slashy manga, I'd also suggest Get Backers. It's a 'boy's manga' which means that there's lots of fights, and women in skimpy clothing, but there's also a lot of intense male friendships (and the two main characters are totally my OTP).