Big poll of bannish enthusiasm! (Plus bonus non-bandom question)

[scribblinlenore]

I've been curious about what people's bannish preferences are, and it's Friday, and I thought: Hey, why not a poll? For my friends who are muttering "dear God, here we go about bandom again," I have a special question just for you. :)

Also, I wanted to thank sanami276 for the icon I'm using. It's lovely and it makes me happy and thank you!



[Poll #1271834]

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[amberlynne.livejournal.com]

OMG NKOTB 4EVA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[scribblinlenore.livejournal.com]

By all rights, they're who I should be fangirling, since they're actually of my generation! *g*

[vic-ramsey.livejournal.com]

GSF PANIC ALL THE WAY! But if I had to pick a pairing? Spencer/Brendon, although Jon/Brendon is no too bad either.

[scribblinlenore.livejournal.com]

This is why I wanted to do this poll, so I could learn about important things like Panic GSF! Which, now that I'm thinking about it, really makes the only sense for this band's OTP. :)

[elucreh.livejournal.com]

PANIC GSF, HELLOOOOOO! You can't separate them like that, they'll all cry! THEY'RE TOO PRETTY TO CRY UNLESS IT IS FOR PLOT-RELATED PURPOSES THAT END IN CUDDLES AND SEX.

Also, the best fics are where they are all oblivious and piney and obvious and adorable!

[scribblinlenore.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry! It was only my bannish noob-iness that caused me to separate them. I totally see the error of my ways now! *g*

Ah, pining. I knew I was forgetting something! Those are always good stories.

[monroe-nell.livejournal.com]

Actually, I'm more any mcr-fob-patd member/any mcr-fob-patd member.

In band, I have a huge adoration of pete/patrick or patrick/joe, ryan/spencer, and, uh, mcr member/mcr member.

(True to my heart xover pairings - Patrick/Bob, Patrick/Gerard, Pete/Gerard and Ryan/Gerard fills me with gleeeeeee)

[elucreh.livejournal.com]

Do you know of any Gerard/Brendon? I scour the internets in my looking!

[linaerys.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you're enjoying yourself, and I'm glad we still share so many fandoms.

I know you'll come back to the fiction side of the house at some point. :)

[scribblinlenore.livejournal.com]

The whole bandom thing is HIGHLY entertaining, Lin. It really, really is.

And yes, with my fannish ADD, you know it won't be long before some other shiny thing catches my attention. *g*

[linzeestyle.livejournal.com]

While I'm primarily fannish about Fall Out Boy, my heart truly belongs to Cobra Starship. Because Gabe Saporta is the most precious, adorable, wonderfully sweet bandboy. Do not buy into the hype that he is evil and locks people in his basement! Because he is not -- he is wonderful and sweet and stands outside in the cold until every fangirl has a chance to say hello to him! I CHOSE HIM OVER PATRICK IN YOUR POLL, LENORE. Do you have any idea how much that means I must love him?!

(Patrick, however, has my heart because when I went to the "no frills" semi-interactive-signature-acquiring-experience for FOB, Patrick got yelled at with Every. Single. Person. because he refused to not talk to people as he signed their albums, insisting on asking them their names and how they were doing and thanking them for being there. He wrote in Spanish on piper47's Spanish homework! He's so adorable.)

My favorite pairing is still the first pairing I found -- Pete/Patrick. I just...they're so perfect. They're one of my few All Time Fannish OTPs, of which there is Mulder/Scully, Clark/Lex, and now Pete/Patrick. But I am also sad because your poll did not have my pet pairing in it - Gabe/Patrick. Because they fangirl each other mutually and also because, well, precious. And because Patrick totally wears the pants. As seen in 'Sass Attack!' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUYJiEzD1go) And also because Gabe may or may not have gotten Patrick to make unbelievably dirty gasping noises on his album.

I am so happy you have come to play in our sandbox. I will just keep repeating that over and over! :D

Linzee

[scribblinlenore.livejournal.com]

Linz! That is true love if you chose Gabe over Patrick. (I actually couldn't answer that question--I know! it's my own poll! But I just couldn't!--because the idea of splitting up Pete and Patrick was too much for me.)

It's interesting to get another perspective on Gabe, because all I know about him I learned from fan fic, and that involves him being a manslut and locking people in his basement and Pete having a heart attack when he sees Patrick going to the back of the Cobra Starship tour bus with him. But I can't not love a bandom guy who's good to the fangirls!

Or who:
may or may not have gotten Patrick to make unbelievably dirty gasping noises on his album.

*g*

Thanks for making me feel so at home in the bandom sandbox. I really am having a fantastic time!

[swanswan.livejournal.com]

First off, I LOVE YOU JUST AS YOU ARE. Like Mark Darcy loves Bridget Jones.

Second:
Somebody is older and somebody is younger and somebody is losing some kind of virginity.
HAHAHAHHAH OMG BULLLLLLLETPROOF hotness. I picked the romantic first time thing because usually my favourite favourites are more about equal partners than total filth, but if i'm looking for total break-my-brain hotness, then yeah, make him 15 and quick to blush. Hee. Hell!

Also, I dunno how exactly you define "fannish" so i went with "would seek out stories where a member of this band is the main character" - ie i said i'm not fannish about Gym Class coz I don't go hunting up Travis/Matt and I am fannish about PATD even though I don't love them because I do love stories about their ridiculous gay love.

I enjoy explaining these things!!!

[scribblinlenore.livejournal.com]

First off, I LOVE YOU JUST AS YOU ARE. Like Mark Darcy loves Bridget Jones.

Awwwww! *beams*

OMG BULLLLLLLETPROOF hotness.

Isn't it, though??!!! I mean, I probably also prefer romantic first time stories, preferably wrapped around some plot, but my weakness, my absolute weakness is definitely all about the blushing besmirchment. It's why I stayed so long with Smallville.

Also, your take on "fannish" works for me! :)

[squigglepie.livejournal.com]

PANIC GSF!!!!
But if necessary, Spencer/Brendon. *_________________*

[scribblinlenore.livejournal.com]

I totally see the error of my ways about the Panic GSF! Nothing else makes any sense at all! :)

[athenejen]

Gah. That was the most difficult poll I've taken in a long, long time. I like all kinds of stories! And I'm just not an OTP sort of person! (Runners up for the pairing: Pete/Patrick and Patrick/Bob; I also really like rare pairs.) And at various times I actually love Bob, Frank, and Mikey more than I love Gerard (though I do adore Gerard!), but Gerard is the most necessary, somehow.

Re: "fannish" -- I picked the ones I'm fannish about in terms of seeking out fic and being reasonably interested in some amount of canon; if we're talking bands that I'm really fannish about the actual music for (love rather than only like), the My Chem is probably it, plus the Dresden Dolls, who I adored long before I'd ever heard of bandom.

[scribblinlenore.livejournal.com]

A poll about all of bandom is pretty broad ranging. It's no wonder it was hard! There was at least one question I couldn't answer, and I wrote the poll. *bg*

Hey, I'll have to check out the Dresden Dolls. One of the thing I really like about getting into bandom is that it's introduced me to new music.

[sparklewitch.livejournal.com]

My OTP is Brendon/Spencer or it's Panic GSF. That's my happy place now.

[scribblinlenore.livejournal.com]

Now that I have been educated about Panic GSF, that is probably what I would choose for that question! :)

[elisabeth-438.livejournal.com]

Brendon/Spencer is my total weakness. I'll always, always read about those two adorable failboats. For sure you should check out skoosiepants's bandom stuff. It is hilarious and adorable and sealed my fate as a brendon/spencer 'shipper.

[scribblinlenore.livejournal.com]

I love skoosiepants's writing! And I read one of her Pete/Patrick stories that I really enjoyed a lot. I'll be sure to check out the rest of her stuff!

[stormcloude]

If the Rolling Stones were in some of these poll questions, I might have had better answers. =P

[scribblinlenore.livejournal.com]

Hee! If the Rolling Stones were in some of these poll questions, maybe I wouldn't feel like such a dirty old lady.

[rosiespark.livejournal.com]

Hi! I'm a complete stranger who stumbled on this entry through friendfriends and couldn't resist the poll. :)

And it warms my fannish little heart that MCR and Gerard are currently coming out ahead in the first three questions - YAY! The fourth question was tricky because I can't imagine Gerard existing without Mikey, but in the end I had to vote for Gerard/Frank because I think they own my soul...

[scribblinlenore.livejournal.com]

I'm just getting into bandom, and I'm more familiar with Fall Out Boy than MCR. But someone recommended that I go watch some MCR interview on YouTube, and I did, and I was just so charmed by Gerard Way it wasn't even funny. And all the rest of them too. But especially Gerard.

I haven't started reading MCR fan fic yet, but I'm sure I will! :)

[ohfreckle.livejournal.com]

Once again, you're welcome. It was my pleasure to stare at them while I edited out the watermarks *g*

You know, this poll is horrible. I'm normally a one OTP person, but bandom is making this really difficult. Pete/Patrick is definitely my big love, but I also enjoy Jon/Spencer and Gabe/William.
Even more difficult, choosing only one. On a scale of 10, I'll give Patrick 11, Pete 10 and 9.5 to Spencer and Gabe.
Speaking of, Gabe is sad because there's no ticky box for William.

[scribblinlenore.livejournal.com]

I fail at taking my own polls. I couldn't even answer the only one question. I mean, I guess it would have to be Patrick, but not being able to pick Pete too was just...well, I couldn't make myself do it.

Speaking of, Gabe is sad because there's no ticky box for William.

My apologies to Gabe! LJ's Poll Creator was seriously not up to the task of letting me ticky box all the gorgeous boys in bandom. *g*

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

People write fanfic about bands?

Just kidding. *g*

[scribblinlenore.livejournal.com]

LOL!

[murklins.livejournal.com]

I agree with the person who said pining. If I can get pining with besmirching, I think that wins over everything. And a new one I have is people making Brendon sad, and then making him less sad.

And I am not really into The Hush Sound fanfic, but I am fannish about Greta in that I seek out vids and interviews and pictures of her more than I do with the bands that I read fic for. Possibly because FOB, MCR and PatD articles and media all get dropped into my flist, but The Hush Sound updates are more elusive, so I sometimes brave buzznet.

[scribblinlenore.livejournal.com]

Pining with besmirching is definitely a winning combination!

After I made this poll, I realized that I didn't include any girls in it, which is wrong, because Greta and Vicky T are very hot.

[ix-tab.livejournal.com]

Eeeee! Oh bandom,fandom of my heart. I am so MCR based, and more importantly Ray Toro focused. I love him and his stupid hair.

Also, I am a big fan of bands on the edge of bandom, like Mindless Self Indulgence, and Thursday.

I started off like Pete/Patrick, and slowly became more specialised until I liked Geoff Rickly (from Thursday)/Mikeyway.

[scribblinlenore.livejournal.com]

I watched an MCR interview on YouTube yesterday, and the interviewer asked about fan fiction, and Ray talked about how he supported people being creative, and I was totally charmed by him.

MCR's music has been a big revelation to me. I've been listening to it incessantly. And it's put me in the mood to find even more new music. I'll check out Mindless Self Indulgence and Thursday. Thanks!

[untappedbeauty.livejournal.com]

This was really hard to fill out! I'm so bad with radio buttons in bandom because my love is too expansive. But I do have to back the people who are declaring their love for Panic GSF, because they work so well in all combinations for me. :)

I also love Bob/Frank. And I'm probably a little too excited about you showing interest in this fandom, because I love your writing and would love to see you write something in bandom!

[scribblinlenore.livejournal.com]

That is one of the beautiful things about bandom. There are so many possibilities, so many pretty pairs, something for everyone!

And I'm probably a little too excited about you showing interest in this fandom, because I love your writing and would love to see you write something in bandom!

I haven't had any inspiration yet, but I'm still hoping! :)

[shaggirl.livejournal.com]

I selected Ryan/Brendon because they're sort of my OTP (actually Panic GSF is my OTP), but am sad you didn't have a Spencer/Brendon option, because they are awesome together.

[scribblinlenore.livejournal.com]

Poor Panic! I didn't do too good by them in my poll. But it's been a learning experience! Panic GSF all the way! :)

[margueritem.livejournal.com]

Having to choose made me saaaaaad!

Bandom is such a happy place; there's (hopefully) something for everyone. ♥

Panic!GSF is very important as many pointed out. They're like puppies and rainbows and sugar and molasses. ♥

[scribblinlenore.livejournal.com]

I really gotta love a fandom where there's something for everyone! And I promise I'll never break up the Panic boys again! *g*

[eruwenfuin.livejournal.com]

*bit more than just random*

Seeing as how I'm a fiction *slut*, and really need it to sustain me, I'm not that picky about anything.

But I must say that I have a mile long soft spot for anything Bob Bryar induced. And Epic fics that are really well written (Big bang bandom :D), those just take my heart away. There's this amazing one about My Chemical Romance. I don't know if you've read it, but if you haven't it's definitely a recommendation

The Fall and Rise of The Black Parade (http://wordslinging.livejournal.com/13483.html)

[scribblinlenore.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much for the rec! I'll definitely check it out. I've been watching interviews of MCR, and they have totally charmed me. I'm going to have to branch out in the my fan fic reading.

[liamar13.livejournal.com]

you are an evil evil hoar who made me chose between patrick stump and gerard way in 'there can be only one'. how could you do that! do you really want to make gerard cry?! you big meanie!

haha um in other news, pete/patrick are the ultimate otp because they are just so adorable and patrick stump makes the world brighter with his voice and they cannot stop proclaiming how awesome the other one is to the entire world ♥

and because they are the awesome otp it makes me happy when i read anything with them. all of the above should have been an option in the second to last question because as long as they are ridiculously in love and being themselves (i.e. dorks!) i will adore that story.

honestly, i found this poll very hard because the thing i love most about bandom is that you dont have to chose and all pairings are love e.g. runners-up for otp include gerard/frank and ryan/spencer (though i think for sure panic gsf should have been an option). its what makes bandom so much fun for me :D

btw you didnt tell us what your answers would have been to the questions. im very curious

[scribblinlenore.livejournal.com]

Hee! I like to create these polls that force people to make Solomon-like decisions. I'm totally MEAN!

I did fill out the poll. I picked FOB and MCR for #1. FOB for #2. I left #3 blank, because probably my answer is Patrick, but the thought of Patrick without Pete made me too sad to actually click on the radio button. Pete/Patrick is definitely my OTP. And besmirching is my total kink, so I picked "somebody is older and somebody is younger and somebody loses some kind of virginity" for my favorite story type.

I've had so much fun with this poll. And learned a lot! I would never leave Panic GSF off a poll ever again! *bg*

[anansigirltoo.livejournal.com]

*g* you missed off empires! Which is kind of a good thing, actually, because all my poll answers would be empires-based so I don't have to go through the angst of picking my absolute favourites. And speaking of empires (I could do it all day but I won't) if you haven't heard them before their album Howl is available completely free to download at weareempires.com. /pimping

I'm sorry, I can't pick a Panic pairing to save my life so it's got to be GSF all the way (my life, so hard!) but my major bandom OTP this week is Gabe/William. It's very hard not to tinhat a pairing for which there are actual pictures of kissing and eating chocolate out of belly buttons and holding up of signs that say 'I love Gabe/Bill'...

Also if you're after reading material, there's a ton of manifestoes and recs over at bandom_ships, and they cover all sorts of pairings including gsf (especially panic gsf, loooots of recs :D)

[scribblinlenore.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much for turning me onto Empires! I downloaded their free album, and I've really been enjoying the music. And thanks too for reminding me about bandom_ships. I want to do much, much more researching! :)

[lokte.livejournal.com]

I answered with respect to what my current preferred reading is i.e. PATD but I pretty much equally love MCR and FOB.

Fave Panic pairing: any combination of Spencer, Brendon and Jon. I really don't have a OTP in bandom - there are so many pairings I love to read (Frank/Bob, Frank/Gerard, Spencer/Bob, Frank/Patrick, Patrick/Mikey etc etc etc. Oh and I am starting reading Cab fic now too!)

[scribblinlenore.livejournal.com]

That really is the beautiful thing about bandom. There are so many possibilities! And it's all so pretty! :)

[anitac588.livejournal.com]

Dude bandom, seriously? I feel the world is coming to an end...
Eh. But you made me LOL with raising vegan children.

[scribblinlenore.livejournal.com]

I know, Anita, I know! I never would have expected it. But they're so cute! And the fandom is full of good stories. I posted a ton of recs if you want to join me in my bannish glee. *smiles temptingly*