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brightlotusmoon) wrote2012-04-15 06:08 pm
brightlotusmoon) wrote2012-04-15 06:08 pm
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Writer's Block: Fan Me
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, officially. But technically, My Little Pony came first, because I got Pony toys for my fourth birthday and didn't start paying attention to the Turtles until I was nine.
I started writing TMNT fanfic when I was eleven, before I even knew what fanfiction was. The first live action film came out on my eleventh birthday, which inspired my first novel-length fanfic. The following fanfics, over my teen years, were shorts and snippets that were stand-alone. I did a lot of "Scenes From" bits that never went anywhere.
I got my first computer at 14 and transitioned from electric typewriter to printer. But it wasn't until I was 18, in college, and participating in email mailing lists that I started getting into online fanfic publishing. I made a name for myself with two specific novel-length fanfics; apparently they're still mentioned in fandom 15 years later but they're hard to find now that their host sites are gone; I should have saved them. A few people in the fandom told me that my fics changed their perspectives about Michelangelo permanently, since I wrote him in such a unique way. The last time I read those stories I cringed in pain, because they were full of adolescent angsty fan stuff that I assumed was needed for all fanfiction. But writing them was a good way to hone my skills, especially with drama and suspense. In fact, I still have random dreams based around my own stories, which I use as fuel for stories with my own original characters. Giving Mikey psionic powers opened many creative doors in my brain.
I participated in online forums for a while until I couldn't keep up. When the 2003 re-launched cartoon aired, I watched it diligently and adored it in a way that never happened with the 1980s series. The 2003 remake was gritter and much more in tune with the original Eastman And Laird comics. I loved the portrayals of each character, the addition of Mikey's kitten Klunk, and the relationship between April and Casey. I was a major fab once again. However, the last season was a disappointment and I understood why it was canceled.
I keep hearing of a new TMNT cartoon being made and I'll totally watch it. I'll even watch the *grinds teeth* Michael Bay film, mostly so I can see how much Bay will destroy it. I stopped reading the comics a while back after Kevin Eastman left and Peter Laird made some bizarre changes. How is that going, by the way, fans who are still reading?
As for My Little Pony, I watched all the old cartoons and films, and I have three Year 2 toys from the 1980s (Skydancer, Glory, Windy), but I didn't rejoin the fandom until a few weeks ago, when "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic" came to Netflix. I had seen the premiere episodes in 2010 when they aired as a pilot movie, but didn't give it much thought afterward. Then one of my best friends mentioned that all the first season episodes were on Netflix, so I dove in. I was slightly creeped out by the animation at first, but I recognized it as being similar to other shows and quickly got used to it. I very quickly found my personality equivalents in Fluttershy and Twilight Sparkle. Before I could help myself, I was blogging gleefully about episodes, characters, quotes, and the concept of the "brony" and "pegasisters" fandom. I didn't realize that such a massive, loyal, and slightly rabid fandom had built in the last couple of years. I don't want to delve deeply, but I'm happy to skirt around the edges of this fandom.
TMNT and MLP are still fandoms I am active in to a degree, just not in any hardcore way. I don't post on forums or write fanfiction anymore, but I am always happy to discuss characters, episodes, and storylines with other fans.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, officially. But technically, My Little Pony came first, because I got Pony toys for my fourth birthday and didn't start paying attention to the Turtles until I was nine.
I started writing TMNT fanfic when I was eleven, before I even knew what fanfiction was. The first live action film came out on my eleventh birthday, which inspired my first novel-length fanfic. The following fanfics, over my teen years, were shorts and snippets that were stand-alone. I did a lot of "Scenes From" bits that never went anywhere.
I got my first computer at 14 and transitioned from electric typewriter to printer. But it wasn't until I was 18, in college, and participating in email mailing lists that I started getting into online fanfic publishing. I made a name for myself with two specific novel-length fanfics; apparently they're still mentioned in fandom 15 years later but they're hard to find now that their host sites are gone; I should have saved them. A few people in the fandom told me that my fics changed their perspectives about Michelangelo permanently, since I wrote him in such a unique way. The last time I read those stories I cringed in pain, because they were full of adolescent angsty fan stuff that I assumed was needed for all fanfiction. But writing them was a good way to hone my skills, especially with drama and suspense. In fact, I still have random dreams based around my own stories, which I use as fuel for stories with my own original characters. Giving Mikey psionic powers opened many creative doors in my brain.
I participated in online forums for a while until I couldn't keep up. When the 2003 re-launched cartoon aired, I watched it diligently and adored it in a way that never happened with the 1980s series. The 2003 remake was gritter and much more in tune with the original Eastman And Laird comics. I loved the portrayals of each character, the addition of Mikey's kitten Klunk, and the relationship between April and Casey. I was a major fab once again. However, the last season was a disappointment and I understood why it was canceled.
I keep hearing of a new TMNT cartoon being made and I'll totally watch it. I'll even watch the *grinds teeth* Michael Bay film, mostly so I can see how much Bay will destroy it. I stopped reading the comics a while back after Kevin Eastman left and Peter Laird made some bizarre changes. How is that going, by the way, fans who are still reading?
As for My Little Pony, I watched all the old cartoons and films, and I have three Year 2 toys from the 1980s (Skydancer, Glory, Windy), but I didn't rejoin the fandom until a few weeks ago, when "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic" came to Netflix. I had seen the premiere episodes in 2010 when they aired as a pilot movie, but didn't give it much thought afterward. Then one of my best friends mentioned that all the first season episodes were on Netflix, so I dove in. I was slightly creeped out by the animation at first, but I recognized it as being similar to other shows and quickly got used to it. I very quickly found my personality equivalents in Fluttershy and Twilight Sparkle. Before I could help myself, I was blogging gleefully about episodes, characters, quotes, and the concept of the "brony" and "pegasisters" fandom. I didn't realize that such a massive, loyal, and slightly rabid fandom had built in the last couple of years. I don't want to delve deeply, but I'm happy to skirt around the edges of this fandom.
TMNT and MLP are still fandoms I am active in to a degree, just not in any hardcore way. I don't post on forums or write fanfiction anymore, but I am always happy to discuss characters, episodes, and storylines with other fans.
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