Poll: What's making the fangirls squee these days?

[scribblinlenore]

I've been having this conversation lately with fangirl friends about how nothing is really lighting the old fannish fires lately. And it made me wonder: What is everyone else watching? What are other people fannish about? So...a poll! Feel free to give details in the comments.




[Poll #1304108]

Comments

[amberlynne.livejournal.com]

I am rewatching Alias right now for some reason! And I picked pining for John and Rodney, as there was no "stupid boys being dorky and then realizing they are MFEO in addition to being BFF!" But pining would obviously factor in, so it's all good. ;)

[linaerys.livejournal.com]

Merlin would be a short period of pining, then coming to grips with the fact that Merlin's a serf and a magician, then domestic bliss and curtains and adventures. Then some jealousy because Arthur is going to have to marry a girl at some point.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

I put down Soap Opera slash even though my boys aren't on right now (well, one of them is, the other's doing a concert tour or a play or something for the next two months so no gay German boys for me), and there wasn't a Whatever Competitive Reality Show Bravo's Currently Airing category so I was stuck. :) (Right now, that's Top Chef, which thanks to PR sucking during the last season has become the best show they've got, hilariously enough.)

[murklins.livejournal.com]

I am never caught up on TV, so it's hard for me to be fannish without getting tragically spoiled. Still, I find myself really wanting a lot of Chuck/Blair Gossip Girl love/hatesex. I also have lots of Office stuff bookmarked and annotated with "read after watching ep xxx". And I'm not watching SGA, but I'm still reading it with great enjoyment, which has always been how my fannishness for that show has been expressed.

I'm a little fannish about Twilight right now, in that I like talking and laughing about it, but have yet to see the movie. Also, I only *barely* made it through just the first book.

[mecurtin.livejournal.com]

I predict the Next Big Slash Thing will be "Merlin". It has a high squee-per-ep rating right now, I observe.

[medie]

You know, I'm not sure I feel fannish (in the zomg, must take part!) sense about anything. I could go there with Merlin, but they, er just irked me with an episode and I have to fanwank it before I can be, same goes for SCC. I keep getting hung up on whether or not a movie character will be part of the mythos and...It's one of those splinter type annoyances that you can't really ignore.

A friend and I were discussing that the other day. The fact that we're not heavily hooked into one thing right now. I still have my long term interests that I have fondness for, like I plan on picking up a McShep genderbender after I finish NaNo and my NaNo is a fannish one (Indiana Jones/SPN for the win) but...I'm not in the fannish love stage. Nothing's really grabbed me for it lately and the same goes for her.

I hate this stage. I generally have a bunch of fandoms I'm hooked into at any one time and, right now, I have none that I'm in that stage with an it's annoying.

As for the subtext becoming text. ERR. I kinda like dramatic domestic. Matt/Mohinder from Heroes S2 but with actual on screen sexing? That'd be it for me right there. I can't go in for cloying fluffiness, but overblown subtexty melodrama drives me nuts too so...happy medium it seems.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Yes, but if Arthur follows tradition he'll be marrying an AWESOME girl. So there's that. :)

(And okay, now I think I want to see Gwen finding out that her husband and the court magician are having an affair and wanting to join in. 'Cause I firmly believe she's just that cool.)

[abbylee]

I think you missed Dexter and How I Met Your Mother. Also, alphabet makes things easier :) And, did you know that you can put more than 15 choices in a poll if you do it manually (ie, edit the code)?

I defined fannish as "any show I watch regularly" and/or "any show I read fanfiction from authors not on my flist". ie, those are not necessarily overlapping - I read Smallville fic but have never even seen a scene and Pushing Daisies is one of my favourite shows but I haven't sought out any fic.

My ideal onscreen romances are long periods of happiness with short periods
of angst.

[drkcherry.livejournal.com]

Before I can answer, can you explain what you mean by fannish?

Do I watch some of those shows? yes
Am I rabid about watching some of those shows? no
Do I read fic of some of those shows? yes
Am I rabid about reading fic from those shows? no
Do I have OTP and no other can do? no

I am kind of fandomless, and have been since my break up with SV during season 4. There is no one show out there that I just have to watch or read about.

[drkcherry.livejournal.com]

Ok I like your answer for fannish as the 'any show I watch regularly'.

I asked for a definition of fannish, because I'm not following any fandom right now, and didn't know if I should answer them as 'shows I watch more times than not'. Half the shows I watch I download.

[pinkfinity.livejournal.com]

I think people are still fannish about Harry Potter - I know I am and there will be a small uptick next month, I'm sure, when Beedle the Bard comes out.

[lavvyan.livejournal.com]

The show I love most these days is Dexter. It has interesting characters, continuous storytelling, people of colour, women in positions of power, not to mention the awesomeness of being encouraged to identify with a serial killer.

[slodwick.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed True Blood, and I'm getting slowly caught up on Deadwood.

[rain-dances.livejournal.com]

I'm always fannish about bandom, simply because there's always SOMETHING going on. And SGA is just...well, SGA. ♥

I selected 'pining' for the last question, because I was obviously thinking about John and Rodney and pining!John is my faaaaaavorite. Of course, I'd love to see the pining end eventually and have some happy. :)

[georgia-s-brown.livejournal.com]

Dangit! I forgot to check Supernatural. SPN is now second runner up to Chuck. I love that show.

[bitchygrrl.livejournal.com]

Smallvilee is sort of luring me back also I never tire of Harry Potter because talk about some grown-up with issues for days that you can play with . . .
Okay Gossip Girl pretty much owns me I started watching to mock it but to my surprise the subtext on this show blew me away. It's smarter than it ought to be and the pretty boy sort of suckered me in. So yeah that's my main right now. The Chuck/Nate is just . . . reminds me of the golden days of clex. SPN is back in my good graces and Fringe is really good. I'm digging the characters and love the father-son stuff with Walter and Peter. It's really interesting to see their issues play out little by little. Ditto the growing UST between Peter and Olivia. My PB love has been rekindled and well Michael goes with everyone.

[sparky77.livejournal.com]

I am so far behind on television right now that I'm kind of in fannish limbo. I am still all about the Chuck/Bryce and I am still madly in love with Generation Kill. I am hoping to get into Merlin... I have the first four episodes downloaded. I need crack in my life and it sounds like the perfect crack.

As for the epic love story, there needs to be lots of rescuing each other and being super protective of one another.

What are you fannish about right now?

[drkcherry.livejournal.com]

WATCH LIVE:
American Idol: only the tryouts

RECORD:
Bones
Burn Notice
BSG
My Own Worst Enemy
Sarah Connors Chronicles
SGA
The Unit


DOWNLOAD:
Doctor Who
Life
Sons of Anarchy
Supernatural
The Mentalist
Torchwood


READ
Actor RPS
Smallville

[ratcreature]

You forgot comics. Also Friday Night Lights.

[squigglepie.livejournal.com]

High School Musical fic! Uhmm.... I can't help it. /o\

Also, already-married fics! Where they don't realize they're practically married anyways, combining domestic bliss with pining, jealousy, sexual tension. :] <3 <3 <3

[linaerys.livejournal.com]

I predict Merlin will be decent sized, but no bigger than Torchwood.

[linaerys.livejournal.com]

Ooops, I thought you said "what are you most likely to see".

What I would most like to see (you write! *g*) is something super hot and porny and they can't get enough of each other, because as much as I would like to write that, I can't seem to get myself there. yet.

[monroe-nell.livejournal.com]

This. It doesn't matter what fandom or show - I love that trope like BURNING.

[tehomet.livejournal.com]

The Burn Notice issues I have now, I totally blame on you! :) That was a cracking FOB/BN fic you wrote, and eventually I will be able to form sentences again.

[scribblinlenore.livejournal.com]

I should check out Alias. I don't know why I never watched it. I'm sure I'd like it!