The Friday Five

[galadhir]

Thanks to starandrea for pointing me to thefridayfive for this one.

1. What do you consider your current main fandom? (This can include hobbies and collecting. Anything you feel fannish about!)

It has to be belly dancing at the moment. I have that 'I want to spend every spare moment on it' rush. I am constantly going to YouTube to watch new-to-me dancers do their thing, and practicing my solos and trying to design new dances and costumes.

It's a grief to me that I don't really like classical style, but a joy when I find something I do like. I'm sure I'm going to attempt to make some hybrid that I do like, just as I do with canon and fanon when I meet it. I believe every dancer has to create their own personal style, so that's hopefully not as arrogant a prospect as it might be.

1. What was your first fandom?

If I consider fandom as a thing that I participated in alongside other people, then it was Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. If I consider it as solo pre-internet hyperfixation that caused attempts at fic-writing, it was A Wizard Of Earthsea as a child.

1. Do you have any favorite headcanons or fan theories?

Absolutely every one of my favourite characters are alive and happy, and most of them are also doing great things for their worlds according to their particular talents.

1. Have you ever created fanworks?

I certainly have. There are 98 of them on Ao3 and you can even consider my latest belly dance solo one of them, as it has a Stargate Universe inspired concept. I must write or podfic a couple more, to get to 100 ;)

1. Are you still active in any old fandoms?

Not really. I tend to be a serial monogamist when it comes to fandoms. I have never gone back to the same one twice (unless you count the SGU bellydance, or a Celeborn fic I wrote specifically for a friend who asked me to.) I remain extremely fond of them all, but when I move on I tend to do so absolutely.