An About Me thingish

[dani_meows]

The snowflake challenge wants me to update my fandom information

What can I say about myself? I should have an introduction page.

Hi, My name is Danielle. I go by Dani or Dani Rose. I turn 40 in May. I'm trying to find the enjoyment I used to get in blogging and making icons as well as participating in things but I haven't gotten to much of a start since one of my Cats is currently in the hospital.

I love Harry Potter fanfictions. I have mixed feelings about JK Rowling because I haven't read her essay myself and I've seen mixed opinions on her but Harry Potter was a great comfort to me as an abused teenager who wanted to kill myself until I finally ran away from home at age 18. I read almost anything. I have a soft spot for fanfictions where Harry gets the family he deserves.

I loved Bridgerton Season 1 but haven't yet watched Season 2 because Netflix raised their prices but I will.

I love Doctor Who. I haven't watched the series since Clara came on board although I've tried a few times it hasn't felt right.

I love videogames such as Stardew Valley, Dreamlight Valley, Banished, The Sims....

I still read the occasional MCU Or Miraculous Lady Bug fanfiction that catches my eye but I wouldn't say I'm actively seeking them.


I love languages and I study German on Duolingo, alongside Latin, Spanish and Italian. But mostly German because I took classes in my 20's and I know how to pronounce things.

Oh yeah, I'm married and have six cats. My childhood best friend is our roommate and we're a happy little family.

Sometimes a family is a girl, her husband, their five cats, her childhood bestie and her cat...

Comments

[immortalje]

I've kind of gotten out of Harry Potter some time before the thing with JK Rowling came to my attention (before it happened / got big?) and with all of that, I thought I'd be out of it for good. However, I've recently dipped my feet into that fandom. To be fair, I mostly read stories that fixes plenty of issues in the wizarding world including prejudices and adults that try to keep Harry from danger while not doing anything to actually prevent danger from going to Harry...

It's also been ages since I saw Doctor Who. I started the first season with the female Doctor (13th?) and then completely lost track of new episodes coming out. I liked Clara, but I struggled to connect when the 12th Doctor came along. I wanted to like that Doctor - the stories just didn't do it for me and I think it was kind of a death knell. I liked the companions of the female Doctor, but also didn't connect to all of the stories. There were some good ones. Just not enough to revive the dwindling interest, I guess.

Family can look whatever we want it to look like!

[dani_meows]

Harry Potter wasn't necessarily my first fandom if we go by things I wrote fanfiction and shared but most of the others were only shared amongst school friends. Written in notebook paper during classes and shared between them.

But Harry Potter was the first one I shared online that I grew and blossomed in, felt a sense of belonging in, looked forward to the new books and speculated with I don't think I could quit it.

I enjoy almost every variety of fanfiction but I have an extra soft spot for ones with a parental Sirius keeping Harry safe.

During 11's era as doctor I began to feel kind of frustrated and then bored with the stories. I really didn't like the story and the implications of River Song especially as she felt like a sociopath. But I didn't want to quit watching because Ian and I enjoyed watching it together... that after the first Clara episode when Ian said he was bored, I shared I was too and we quit watching.

I heard about some episodes and tried a 12 and Bill episode but the magic wasn't there. I heard about the Timeless Children episode during 13's run and was horrified at the idea that the Galifreyan's stole regeneration from the Doctor and that their were a ton of lives before the first one. I don't like them changing that much canon especially since the big finish stories apparently talk about the Doctor's family. Including his older brother.

Tried the new special. Even David Tennant and RTD didn't make me feel the magic. They are keeping the change as canon. Then I heard what Christopher Eccleston had to say about what would make him come back to Doctor Who and found out that Russel T Davies was okay with John Barrowman sexually harassing people by taking his penis out and hitting people's shoulders with it.

That horrifies me.

So for me Doctor Who is firmly the Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh Doctor's eras with a focus of fanfictions that center around the Doctor/Rose and Jack who I've separated in my mind from the actor that played him.

Thank god for fanfiction!

[immortalje]

I started out with posting Stargate stories and one Stargate/Buffy crossover (mostly in German with some translated) and at least some attempted Star Trek stories. However, Harry Potter really pushed me out there - trying out slash (although I do remember reading a rather explicit Fox Mulder/Tom Paris (X-Files/Star Trek Voyager) early on before I tried my hand at writing) and just jumping at the deep end with how varied my writing got - from plots to pairings to tropes. So, it kind of feels like a first because while it might not have been the first, it did lead to a lot of fandom firsts.

Maybe it already started in the late 11th era. I do remember a lot of WTF moments when it came to the 12th Doctor and I hated how they dealt with Clara leaving.

Wow, I hadn't heard anything about John Barrowman sexually harassing people. Not sure if I'm just that far away from any Doctor Who related news or if he just isn't well known enough in Germany to make it into the news. Not that I'm typically that current on any kind of news. Then again, I'm not sure when I last heard anything related to John Barrowman. Probably while I tried watching the third season of Torchwood and just couldn't bring myself to care about the storyline at all.

Not sure if it's just me or not, but whenever people boycott a movie / TV show or whatever due to one actor / actress doing something bad I feel kind of weird. I get not wanting to support someone depending on what they did (how bad it is and whether it was accidental/intentional) and everyone can do whatever they want on that front - still, there are all the other people involved with a movie or TV show. Should they be punished as well? I can't quite believe that everyone would be aware of everything a coworker has done or has the power to do something. Maybe I'm too good at separating a fictional character from the actor/actress behind that role. Or too invested in those fictional characters...

[dani_meows]

I ended up hearing about it and reading about it when around the time of the second special Billie Piper and Christopher Eccleston did a fan convention and he was asked what it would take for him to come back to Doctor Who and he said it would take firing Russel T Davies and all of the producers that worked on season 1 and have now come back.

It was a scathing interview and in the comments and on Reddit people linked to older information about John Barrowmen's behavior on set and how those in charge laughed it off.

I felt season 2 ended my interest in Torchowood mostly because Tosh and Owen were my favorites and without them I wasn't interested.

I think it depends on whether or not I can separate the two. When the news about Bill Cosby came out I couldn't watch his shows or read his comedy book that had always made me laugh because his character was part of his persona.

With John Barrowman I don't think I have that problem as much because he's more Jack to me than he is the actor. Not really paying attention to the actors most of the time comes in handy!

A cute part of the interview was when Chris advocated that Billie should play a version of the Doctor in the future! That could be fun especially if they show the doctor noticing that he now looks like an older Rose!

[immortalje]

I guess it helps that I rarely if ever get invested or even read about an actor's / actress' private life enough to even know how much of them goes into a role...

The laughing it off is the worst part. There are people that are shameless and some that probably take nude scenes (and there had been one, although I'm not sure if that's when it happened) with some kind of humour. There's also crossing the line and there should have been consequences for it. It's only fun when everyone is laughing/amused. Good for Christopher Eccleston to sticking to his convictions though.

A Doctor that looks like Rose would be a lot of fun! My first thought was to write "Rose as the Doctor" and - well, we've got the Bad Wolf. Everything is possible :D :D

I wasn't too keen on Owen if I remember correctly, but I loved Tosh. I hated that they killed both of them at the end of Season 2. That probably didn't help on top of the plot for Season 3 - or that the season was pretty much a multi-parter with nothing else.