Various ramblings by the small hobbit

Day 10: Drop your OTP or small ensemble from the fandom they're in into another fandom - how do they do?

The members of Call the Midwife would cope admirably and do their best to organise everyone they came into contact with.  Those from Hamlet would have varying degress of success and Gertrude and Ophelia would take every opportunity to improve their lives and refuse to be undropped.


Day 11: What would make you leave a fandom, or prevent you from getting into it in the first place?

The behaviour/attitude of a cast member could push me away from their part of the canon, but fanon would remain because if they exhibited such views in my fic they'd be out.  Lack of interest normally is what stops me getting into a fandom.


Day 12: Who is someone that you share the most fandoms with?

I wouldn't say I share a lot of fandoms with anyone, although stonepicnicking_okapi and I spend most time together in fandoms.  Different friends have different subsets in common with me.  And interestingly one of my main links is crafting, which could almost be another fandom.


Day 13: Squicks - What are some things that squick you in fandom - not necessarily "icky", though it can be. From anything involving blood, to bad grammar.

You do your thing, I'll do mine.  I may not read what you produce but that doesn't reflect on your choices.


Day 14: What fandom broke your heart?

The Hour.  A two series British programme which ended on a cliff-hanger and then wasn't renewed when the expectation had been it would.


Day 17: Do you prefer art, fic, or vids?  Why?  Bonus: If someone was to give you a fandom gift, what format would it be?

Fics, although I like art and vids.  As a fandom gift I always prefer fics.  I've received some great art, kat_lair made an awesome book cover for one of my Lewis fics, but I have a very clear mental idea of how people/things/places should look and an artist may not produce the same (since they can't see into my head).  For me vids are all about the music, and if I don't like the music, even if I like the pictures I'll back out rapidly.


Day 19: What is something that you associate with a character in fandom, but aren't sure if it's canon or fandom?

Lucas North's love of cake - not proven although we do see an earlier meeting where he's eating doughnuts.  Similarly he owns a lot of books, which is probably pure deduction from his character - he is a polymath.  And sometimes he's a werewolf...

Day 4: What are the origins of your penname/username?

Why am I the Small Hobbit?  This is because, according to The Daughter, I am a hobbit, being about six inches shorter than the rest of the family.  No, I am not a short woman, but the other three are all about six foot.  In fact Daughter was banned by Son from wearing heels to his wedding so that his little sister would not be taller than him.  Yes, they are both taller than their father.

The Daughter is also responsible for my Brownie name of Screech Owl, because she got all the brownies at the time to vote for it.

For those of you who also know me on Twitter/Instagram the name I use there is that of my maternal grandmother, although a slightly different spelling.  A woman who deserves to be remembered (it's her maiden name), because when she married in the early 1920s she regretted having to give up work as was expected at the time - her husband went on to become a headmaster.  And when she could have a bank account of her own she chose a bank at the far end of the high street from where her husband's bank was.

Day 2: You've got your OTP, you have to throw a third into the mix (from the same fandom), creating an OT3. Who is the OTP, and in your opinion, why would they make a perfect third for them?

My current OTPs are Lucas North/Adam Carter from Spooks, Sherlock Holmes/John Watson from ACD Holmes (retirement era) and Sherlock Holmes/Stanley Hopkins from BBC Sherlock (my river police 'verse).  None of them, for me, would work with a third.

Which isn't to say they don't have friends, but none would make it to a relationship in the OT3 sense.  But then a lot of the OTP I'm writing is more background within my fic than the focus point.

The closest I've ever managed to an OT3, was for Winnie-the-Pooh, where I sometimes write fic of a more adult content - or at least not quite the same as the books you loved in your childhood.  [So be warned.]  I can't find it now, but I did write for a prompt in which someone had 'outed' Piglet.  Owl was trying to explain to Pooh why Piglet would have to leave the Hundred Acre Wood, and when Pooh finally understands he exclaims that he and Piglet have a wonderful relationship and sometimes Tigger joins them as well.