Wanted: One fandom. Well-used...

[jasmasson]

I need a new fandom to make me happy. I’ve got JoBros but the problem is that SPN has completely spoiled me, because it was such a huge fandom, with new fuel for the fire weekly for most of the year. There was always something to keep me going, but JoBros is so small and I was too late t be a member of CUF, so I don’t get a lot of delicious JoBros goodness delivered to my flist. :(

How’s fandom life for you? What shall I go into to supplement my JoBros love? Fandom specifications, 1) A strong, interesting relationship with slashy subtext (that’s just the way I roll) 2) I like a little angst, but not unrelenting – just enough for a good level of intensity 3) I must find at least one of the ‘ship characters very, VERY attractive.

Candidates for me right now (and why I’m not in really in them yet) are – Leverage (perhaps not intense enough for me?), Merlin (see Leverage), NCIS ( I’m not really very attracted to any of them), White Collar (see NCIS – I KNOW! He’s so PRETTY! I dun understand why my hormones are not cooperating!!), Criminal Minds (too ensemble based – none of the real relationship focus that I need), Sherlock Holmes (I need more fuel than a one-off film).

SPN has totally spoiled me *pouts*! What I really need is to just go back to 2006! Then I could be squeeing to my heart’s content! ;)

Help me, Flist! What should I get into?

[Poll #1549871]

Comments

[cordelia-gray.livejournal.com]

Hi! This just popped up in my box, so I'm going to drop in & be opinionated - hope you don't mind!

SPN fandom is still amazing, there is a vast amount of great stuff being written in it all the time. And if you're tired of the same old pairings, there are new crackier ones to be found - allow me to recommend sassy_otp (sam/castiel). There are unicorns and rainbows! The quality of the show itself has been really uneven of late, but when they're on, they're on , and the angst is epic. I really am kind of OTP about Sam/Dean in spite of everything, and it's interesting to see them go through hard times and try to find their way back to each other. Though I totally understand why someone might give up on it :(

Also like to put in a plug for Sherlock Holmes. Probably worth it just for candle_beck's stories alone, but check out the activity on the Holmes sherlockkink. And while there is only the movie currently, there are years worth of TV shows, older movies, and of course the books themselves. People have been writing Holmes fic for decades, so the fandom goes deep even if it's not as broad. Here (http://liquidfic.net/Holmes_Watson.html) is a great round-up of links to older fics. I particularly recommend katieforsythe's - if at least one of her stories doesn't make you cry, then your tear ducts are probably defective!

Merlin's fun, and the fandom seems very active, but I find the show itself just a little too silly to really get into. Leverage is great, but I agree about the lack of intensity, and while Eliot/Parker/Hardison is fun, there's not a lot of angst potential. And Nate, as mentioned, is just too Dad-like to be really shippable for me.

Have you looked into The Vampire Diaries? I actually don't know much about the fandom, but the show is surprisingly good. It's super-soapy and kind of ridiculous in that special CW way, but appearances to the contrary, it is not actually "Twilight the Series". Yes, it features a high-school girl in love with a vampire, but she's not an idiot or a doormat. And there's a strong case that the primary relationship on the show is actually that between the (scorchingly hot!) vampire brothers. They have an incredibly strong love/hate bond, more than a hundred years of angst, a history of being in love with the same woman, and they frequently kill people for each other. Oh, and they have a distinct lack of personal space, as demonstrated in this (possibly spoilery) picspam (http://community.livejournal.com/salvatoreslash/1714.html#cutid1/). What more could you possibly want?!

I will go away and stop babbling long-windedly now.

[jasmasson.livejournal.com]

YAY! Give me your opinions *chin hands*

Sherlock Holmes is delightful - I'll definitely check out your recs, THANKS.

You know, I do fancy The Vampire Diaries, but I missed that start... looking at your picspam I think I might have to check it out. Yes indeed. *g*

[cordelia-gray.livejournal.com]

That picspam is remarkably compelling, isn't it? *Goes to study it again* Yep, definitely slashy!