Snowflake Challenge - Day 9

[angenoir]

Day 9: In your own space, talk about what surprises you about fandom. It could be a pairing or fandom you never thought you'd like. A fanwork type you never knew existed.

I think the biggest surprise being in fandom was just how varied and interesting everything was. Slash was the first big surprise, then came the tropes like love potions (Harry Potter), mpreg (Harry Potter introduced it), Sentinel/Guide, learning about A/B/O, and honestly, at the start Severus/Harry was a surprise that I ended up liking, and then Danny/Steve from Hawaii 5-0 (especially since I don't even watch Hawaii 5-0). Then there was Clint'Coulson, which really took me by surprise.

I was surprised with how many plots I could come up with, and how my adolescent crush manifested into a type that followed me through every fandom I entered. I became that friend that drifted away from many people, and who found roleplaying a way to build plots.