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Tell me about your first time...
... Reading fanfic, reading slash.
I remember when I found fanfiction. It was after I read Goblet of Fire and was waiting for OotP to come out. I found a story, I don't remember how, I didn't know what "fanfiction" was, so I thought it was just someone writing how they wished/dreamed/thought the books would continue; a short story inspired by the books. And so read it.
In retrospect, I realise this was a Draco/Hermione story. It was PG (from what I recall) and it was good. I was a bit confused though, because I didn't understand why Draco was being nice all of the sudden, and why Hermione wanted to hang out with him instead of Harry and Ron. I didn't know what "ships" were either! But still, I thought it was a pretty nifty idea.
Went looking for more. Did some more searching and Ta Dah! Slash. Or rather: SLASH
I read my first slash fanfiction. It was Harry/Draco, NC 17 and a PWP to boot! It was pretty much the hottest thing I had read in my life, up to then. It was. . . it was like seeing life in colours, with the celestial illumination and miracle music and all. (For a more accurate illustration of my actual reaction, see here. Yes. That was me all right.)
I was all, "Oh, this is awesome. I wonder if there's more?" (Only, you know, in CAPS LOCKS and with a crazy/obsessed glint in my eyes.)
And thank you, Internet, because, yep, it turned out there was quite a bit more out there. :D
I found websites and slash web-rings. Eventually I made my way to the yahoo groups, which is where the Harry Potter community lived; slash, femslash, het, it all happened through yahoo groups, later on I found fanfiction.net (I still remember when ffnet was cool), and after a couple of years there, it all moved to livejournal. The rest, is history.
But man, what a thrill; finding, discovering! Opening your eyes to something new, falling in love with a fandom, finding people who loved something as much I did and created all these amazing stories and art, being part of something bigger. *happy sigh*
What about you? How did you find fanfiction? How did you find Slash? Was it Harry Potter first or a different fandom?
I remember when I found fanfiction. It was after I read Goblet of Fire and was waiting for OotP to come out. I found a story, I don't remember how, I didn't know what "fanfiction" was, so I thought it was just someone writing how they wished/dreamed/thought the books would continue; a short story inspired by the books. And so read it.
In retrospect, I realise this was a Draco/Hermione story. It was PG (from what I recall) and it was good. I was a bit confused though, because I didn't understand why Draco was being nice all of the sudden, and why Hermione wanted to hang out with him instead of Harry and Ron. I didn't know what "ships" were either! But still, I thought it was a pretty nifty idea.
Went looking for more. Did some more searching and Ta Dah! Slash. Or rather: SLASH
I read my first slash fanfiction. It was Harry/Draco, NC 17 and a PWP to boot! It was pretty much the hottest thing I had read in my life, up to then. It was. . . it was like seeing life in colours, with the celestial illumination and miracle music and all. (For a more accurate illustration of my actual reaction, see here. Yes. That was me all right.)
I was all, "Oh, this is awesome. I wonder if there's more?" (Only, you know, in CAPS LOCKS and with a crazy/obsessed glint in my eyes.)
And thank you, Internet, because, yep, it turned out there was quite a bit more out there. :D
I found websites and slash web-rings. Eventually I made my way to the yahoo groups, which is where the Harry Potter community lived; slash, femslash, het, it all happened through yahoo groups, later on I found fanfiction.net (I still remember when ffnet was cool), and after a couple of years there, it all moved to livejournal. The rest, is history.
But man, what a thrill; finding, discovering! Opening your eyes to something new, falling in love with a fandom, finding people who loved something as much I did and created all these amazing stories and art, being part of something bigger. *happy sigh*
What about you? How did you find fanfiction? How did you find Slash? Was it Harry Potter first or a different fandom?
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But during the conference I got my mind opened quite a lot. By the end of the conference I was toying with my first slash story-- Snape/James of all things--a bit of a Brokeback Mountain mashup--and was incredibly curious about slash. We stayed an extra day in New Orleans after the conference and my RL friend tied me to the computer and wouldn't let me out of the hotel room until I'd read Homefry Nazi (Snape/Harry) and Cheat (Snape/Lupin). I was smitten. ♥♥
Then I came home and devoured fanfic--mostly Ron and Hermione at the beginning because I had met a writer at the conference and fell in love with her Ron after... but when Deathly Hallows came out, I found Best Mates and that was it for me for a long time. I had my H/R for fluffy whatnot and my Snupin for the angst and that was all I needed for a really long time.
Still haven't come around to the Harry/Draco, but I think they're okay without me. ;) I'm just glad you took a detour there somewhere for some Best Mates love as I can't imagine living without you about as much as I couldn't imagine living without slash. UNACCEPTABLE!
♥♥♥♥
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And I can perfectly understand why your friend tried you to the computer to read some slashy stuff. :D It's like it changes one's life!
I did find slash reading H/D, but once I found about Harry/Ron, that was it for me. Those years I wouldn't read anything else. It was all about Harry/Ron. And then things slowed down in our ship, right? I had some issues, my mum passed and was away for a long time. I think I came back to fandom through the
But some of the most beautiful memories I have of my 'fandom life' was Terminus. And meeting you; the best thing in the world. You're my landmark. ♥♥♥
I love that icon! :D Oh! Remember Kerry's icon "my fandom has subtext/buttsex? LOL Good times!