Very belated fannish Friday Five
Sep. 8th, 2003 07:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
altariel1. What celebrity would turn you into a complete and utter fangirl/fanboy if you met them in person?
Well, Tanith Lee, it transpires (see question 5). Bujold, I imagine.
2. What is the MOST fannish thing you have on public display in your home? In your office?
I suppose, if I were pressed to choose, I would say that the most fannish thing in the house is the full-size Dalek in the living room. My office (bear in mind I work at home) is full of fannish things. I'm particularly fond of the CyberMen screensaver which I've printed out and stuck on the wall.
3. What is the most public space you've read fic? Did anyone notice?
On the train? On the bus? Starbucks? All places where I write fanfic too. No, nobody noticed, no-one ever pays me any attention. There's a photo of my first encounter with slash, reading a zine on a train to Worthing, with a thoroughly priceless expression.
4. What is your most embarrassing moment when you had to explain something fannish to a mundane?
I've always been perfectly frank about fannishness. I'm sure other people have been embarrassed on my behalf, but I appear to be entirely free from shame. I guess I'd say appearing in Varsity under a headline which amounted to Altariel Is Sad: It's Official - but I then spent the following week having people come up to me and telling me how cool Blake's 7 was and being nice to me. Ah, that fifteen minutes of fame.
My most embarrassing fannish moment amongst fans was when I showed Our Man, Bashir to some friends and admitted I nearly hadn't shown it to them because "I wasn't sure whether it counted as slashy." Yes, they mocked.
5. Name a fannish moment for which you wish you could have a "do over" and fix.
I was excruciatingly fannish when I met Tanith Lee earlier in the year, gushing like a fool and thanking her for writing Sarcophagus. Smooth, huh?
Well, Tanith Lee, it transpires (see question 5). Bujold, I imagine.
2. What is the MOST fannish thing you have on public display in your home? In your office?
I suppose, if I were pressed to choose, I would say that the most fannish thing in the house is the full-size Dalek in the living room. My office (bear in mind I work at home) is full of fannish things. I'm particularly fond of the CyberMen screensaver which I've printed out and stuck on the wall.
3. What is the most public space you've read fic? Did anyone notice?
On the train? On the bus? Starbucks? All places where I write fanfic too. No, nobody noticed, no-one ever pays me any attention. There's a photo of my first encounter with slash, reading a zine on a train to Worthing, with a thoroughly priceless expression.
4. What is your most embarrassing moment when you had to explain something fannish to a mundane?
I've always been perfectly frank about fannishness. I'm sure other people have been embarrassed on my behalf, but I appear to be entirely free from shame. I guess I'd say appearing in Varsity under a headline which amounted to Altariel Is Sad: It's Official - but I then spent the following week having people come up to me and telling me how cool Blake's 7 was and being nice to me. Ah, that fifteen minutes of fame.
My most embarrassing fannish moment amongst fans was when I showed Our Man, Bashir to some friends and admitted I nearly hadn't shown it to them because "I wasn't sure whether it counted as slashy." Yes, they mocked.
5. Name a fannish moment for which you wish you could have a "do over" and fix.
I was excruciatingly fannish when I met Tanith Lee earlier in the year, gushing like a fool and thanking her for writing Sarcophagus. Smooth, huh?
