Registration survey (aka getting to know each other)

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

Before we all meet (or meet again) at Sinpozium, we think it’d be great if we could all get to know each other a bit better (we're totally ripping off get__together). Plus it’ll help in planning, in terms of knowing popular fandoms etc. Feel free to skip not applicable points, of course.

Please reply in the comments to this post.

Preferred name/handle: what do you want people to call you?

Alternate usernames: if you have multiple journals/pseuds/handles

Location: Since this is an unlocked post, feel free to skip this or be vague, as you prefer.

Current main fandom(s): what fandom(s) are you actively involved in? Whether you determine that by what you’re reading more fic in, what are you watching, what are you most attached to currently?

Other signficant fandom(s): what are your past fandoms (whether you’ve broken up with them, drifted away, or just not spending as much time on) or otherwise significant fandoms for you?

What was your first fandom?: How did you get sucked into this crazy world?

Fanworks/fan activities: do you write, vid, create artwork, do recs, volunteer in fannish organisations?

Tell us something about yourself: what’s your favourite colour? who’s the best captain in Starfleet/your favourite Doctor? what’s the most unlikely fandom you’ve ever gotten involved in? have you ever accidentally stalked a celebrity?

Optional pre-coded headings for your reply:
<b>Preferred name/handle</b>: <b>Alternate usernames</b>: <b>Location</b>: <b>Current main fandom(s) </b>: <b>Other signficant fandom(s) </b>: <b>What was your first fandom? </b>: <b>Fanworks/fan activities</b>: <b>Tell us something about yourself</b>:

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[alasen.livejournal.com]

Preferred name/handle: Alasen (Alison)

Alternate usernames: alasen @ DW

Location: Sydney

Current main fandom(s) : Hawaii Five-0, Inception

Other signficant fandom(s) :(alphabetically) Due South, Merlin, Popslash, Smallville, Stargate Atlantis, Star Trek (2009), Supernatural RPF, many many tiny fandoms.

What was your first fandom? : Smallville (for slash anyway!)

Fanworks/fan activities: I have a couple of vids in Due South, I work for the OTW, and i read a lot of fanfic :D I irregularly bookmark stories i like on my delicious (alasen) which also has an LJ feed (alasen2), and in my ao3 account (http://archiveofourown.org/users/Yalasen)alasen (http://archiveofourown.org/users/alasen)

Tell us something about yourself: My favourite colour is teal. My favourite doctors are nine and eleven. I have a tendency to get into fandoms by reading fic and then never ever watch the actual source. I read het, femslash and ot3s occasionally in a few fandoms but you will rarely hear me say i have read a gen story in any fandom.

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

Preferred name/handle: Erilyn

Location: Sydney

Current main fandom(s): Glee, Soaps (As the World Turns, One Life to Live, some others), Sherlock, Who-verse, Inception, starting to dip my toe into Hawaii 5-0. Other shows that I'm watching (but not necessarily involved in fannishly so much) include NCIS (Original Flavour and Extra Gay LA), White Collar, Bones, Criminal Minds, and Castle.

Other signficant fandom(s): X-Files, Babylon 5, Sentinel, Highlander, Star Wars, Trek, Bandom, Popslash, Stargate (original and Atlantis), Smallville, Professionals, Buffy-verse, Supernatural, Due South, Sports Night, West Wing, Magnificent 7 (tv show), Queer as Folk, Harry Potter. This is not an exhaustive list, but I need to stop somewhere.

What was your first fandom?: First fandom I actually started getting involved in was Babylon 5, first slash fandom was X-Files (I ran out of gen and het Krycek fic to read, so checked out this slash thing, cause I'd been under the mistaken impression it involved cutting and bloodplay and violence - as this was XF fandom, I wasn't entirely wrong).

Tell us something about yourself: Four was the Doctor of my childhood, picking between Nine/Ten/Eleven is just too hard. Many, if not most, of my major fandoms of the last few years have involved music. I've been involved with Sinpozium since the first one. I like to take short walks on the beach (I'd rather swim), fruity cocktails and stories where people wake up accidentally married.

[awils1.livejournal.com]

I'm glad I'm not the only n00b that once thought slash involved horror!

*looks at young!Amy with love*

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

I've seen a worse misunderstanding - a girl joined an Aussie slash group thinking it was for self-harmers /o\

[vileseagulls.livejournal.com]

Preferred name/handle: Frances

Location: Sydney

Current main fandom(s) : Merlin, though I watch a large number of shows

Previous fandom(s) : Harry Potter, SG-1, SGA, Smallville, Star Trek (2009), Highlander, Phantom Menace, Eroica, and probably a few more I can't think of

What was your first fandom? : SG-1

Fanworks/fan activities: I mostly icon these days, though I've written a little in the past

Tell us something about yourself: My favourite colour is blue, I have deep and unabiding love for Martha Jones, and I have a number of shows I am/was obsessively interested in but have not fallen into fandom for various reasons (Fringe, Sherlock, Lost, BSG, etc).

[vileseagulls.livejournal.com]

Ahahahah AND SUPERNATURAL it was only my fandom for three years, that's easy to forget, right?

[nu-breed.livejournal.com]

Preferred name/handle: Yvette or nu_breed

Alternate usernames: I used to be Ice way back in the Jossverse/Smallville/Popslash days of yore.

Location: Seedney

Current main fandom(s): MERLIN. ALL MERLIN.ALL THE TIME.

Previous fandom(s): Jossverse, Smallville, Popslash, Supernatural, Friday Night Lights. I've also dabbled in LOTRips, Inception and White Collar.

What was your first fandom? : Jossverse. Buffy and Angel primarily and then Firefly.

Fanworks/fan activities: I write, all fics are here (http://nu-breed.livejournal.com/97705.html) as well as the podfics I've recorded.

Tell us something about yourself: I've recently quit full-time work to concentrate on my acting career, and my fiancee vileseagulls and I met through Supernatural fandom :)

Shows I love but am not fannish about: Nikita, Lost, Gossip Girl, Covert Affairs, Fringe and a ton more.

[nigeltde]

Preferred name/handle: Jessie, nigeltde, I really don't care

Location: Adelaide

Current main fandom(s) : Supernatural (DIE HARD MOTHERFUCKERS)

Other signficant fandom(s) : Due South and all those associated Canadians, Sports Night, Smallville, LotR/ips, House, Stargate-SG1, Harry Potter, Aubrey-Maturin (Master and Commander), Generation Kill, oh my god I was really into NSync for a time... There's a lot of TV I watch and discuss and have Opinions about but don't really search out fandom for.

What was your first fandom? : Doug Anthony All Stars (& c)

Fanworks/fan activities: I fic and beta occasionally and have tried but failed to vid

Tell us something about yourself: THIS IS GOING TO BE MY SECOND EVER CON, Y'ALL. But I'll behave.

[meelie.livejournal.com]

Preferred name/handle: meelie (amelia)

Location: Sydney!

Current main fandom(s) : Inception and Sherlock

Other signficant fandom(s) : Stargate Atlantis, Due South, Comics, Smallville, Stargate SG1, popslash, Supernatural. lots of other fandoms that I have dipped my toes into!

What was your first fandom? : Buffy for het, Smallville for slash

Fanworks/fan activities: I am terrible! I read lots but contribute little!

Tell us something about yourself: Donna is probably my favourite current series companion. Ace or Tegan for the original series. this is the best star trek macro you will ever see (http://pics.livejournal.com/meelie/pic/0009z79s). I read gen, but if a het or slash pairing story doesn't contain enough sexxin, you will often see me comment NOT ENOUGH MAKING OUT. I once ran into keanu reeves while he was filming the matrix in the back lanes near the qvb! I also served coffee to lana from smallville!

[talietha.livejournal.com]

WHOOOHOOO - someone else who likes Tegan

[awils1.livejournal.com]

Preferred name/handle: Amy

Alternate usernames: None! I'm some variation of awils1 everywhere.

Location: About an hour and a half south-east of Melbourne.

Current main fandom(s) : A-TEAM! *cough* And Pro-Wrestling.

Other signficant fandom(s) : Harry Potter, NCIS, Top Gear: UK, Law & Order, Smallville, House...

What was your first fandom? : Harry Potter, and the story (http://fanlore.org/wiki/User:Awils1) of that is on Fanlore! Hee.

Fanworks/fan activities: On the AO3, I beta occasionally, and read heaps. I do want to vid some time, but lack skills at the moment. I am the technical liason for Fanlore at the OTW, too.

Tell us something about yourself: I'm probably going to be the baby at the con? I'm only 19, and so often stick out in fannish greets :D.

[tawg.livejournal.com]

I got into fandom when I was 12, and was going to meets from 13, so I definitely feel for you. Still, at least you're legal :p

I don't know what a technical liason is, but it sounds awesome.

[awils1.livejournal.com]

Hee, I've been in fandom since then, but living where I do makes greets hard. But I'm simultaneously an old fandom queen and a young fan too, which is interesting :P

Technical liason means I look after the technical side of things on Fanlore...making templates, fixing bugs (not that there are many I can actually fix)...

[littlerhymes]

Preferred name/handle: ro

Alternate usernames: littlerhymes

Location: Sydney

Current main fandoms: a bit in between at the moment - I'm still halfway in bandom, dabbling a bit in tennis and The Vampire Diaries, and mostly waiting for Yuletide to roll around again, ha.

Other significant fandoms: popslash, Buffy, Harry Potter, Entourage, Hikaru no Go, and figure skating; and I've dabbled in lots more. LOTS.

What was your first fandom? : The X-Files introduced me to fanfiction and Buffy was the gateway to everything else.

Fanworks/fan activities: I write sometimes, occasionally rec and beta; mostly these days I read!

Tell us something about yourself: I really like taking photos of food. :9

[eggsbenedict]

Preferred name/handle: Pirotess

Alternate usernames: eggsbenedict, NeoHysteria

Location: Sydney

Current main fandom(s) : Yakuza, Nier, Tekken (so lonely ;_;)

Other significant fandom(s) : Phoenix Wright, Devil May Cry, Dynasty/Samurai Warriors, too many Japanese RPGs and fighting games to name...

What was your first fandom? : The King of Fighters

Fanworks/fan activities: I mostly draw and make terrible comics to convince other people to play games! :DDD I've started dabbling in creating visual novels (ie interactive fiction), too. I read fic whenever I can find it for my fandoms and really love collaborating with writers.

Tell us something about yourself: I read heaps of BL/yaoi manga which I wouldn't really count as a "fandom", but it definitely influences what I do!

[proteinscollide.livejournal.com]

Preferred name/handle: SQ

Alternate usernames: proteinscollide

Location: Sydney

Current main fandom(s) : White Collar, The Social Network FPS and RPS and I'm holding onto a section of bandom (mostly Pete Wentz, Panic! at the Disco, and The Academy Is... if they're still around). But I'm fairly multi-fannish in my reading and can be pimped into almost anything. :)

Other signficant fandom(s) : popslash, Harry Potter, Veronica Mars

What was your first fandom? : I discovered slash in Harry Potter via Lord of the Rings fanfiction on the TWOP boards, but thinking back I've been a little fangirl since I was six or seven and writing Mary Sue fic in my head for T-Bag (does anyone else remember this show?).

Fanworks/fan activities: I used to write more, but lately I read fic if I have time, sporadically rec, and mostly beta for littlerhymes.

Tell us something about yourself: I love puzzles and I really wish I was smart enough to actually help the FBI solve a cold case by breaking this code (http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2011/march/cryptanalysis_032911).

[tawg.livejournal.com]

What's the Veronica Mars fandom like? I loved the show, but somehow never made it into the fandom. And I remember T-bag, I think - there was a boy and a girl, and they had to collect things throughout the season, like pearls or bits of a jar or something?

[proteinscollide.livejournal.com]

I was very much on the edges of Vmars fandom, unfortunately. Mostly I was in it for the vids, and for recaps and discussions off-LJ (on TWOP boards and the like). It died out a lot as the third season dragged on and people a) could see the end was nigh and b) were increasingly disappointed in the storylines.

Tbh, that is about as much as I remember from T-Bag, but I would love to rewatch it for the nostalgia value. :)

[tawg.livejournal.com]

Preferred name/handle: tawg

Alternate usernames: adams ransom

Location: Adelaide

Current main fandom(s): Glee, Supernatural

Other signficant fandom(s) : Australian comedy RPS, Hot Fuzz/britcom, Dark Angel, Smallville, Star Trek (though that one is so huge I barely scrape the surface), The X Files/Millenium

What was your first fandom? : Auscom RPS, I got sucked in by watching Good News Week way back when it first started showing on channel 10

Fanworks/fan activities: Write, I've made one vid, used to do fanart back when I had free time, now I co-host a Glee, pairinf-specific podcast and take part in updating the gleenewsletter

Tell us something about yourself: I was a baby-fangirl, only 12 when I joined my first slash forum (because it was all back on ITW in those days, which lead to many awkward moments of "You're HOW old?", which I am now reliving from the other side. "Wait, the person who wrote this porn is still in high school? Great, now I feel bad-dirty." This is my first con ever.

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

Is the podcast posted publically? I'd love to check it out.

[tawg.livejournal.com]

It's over here (http://winnners.livejournal.com/tag/!winncast%20(the%20podcast)) at winnners (I'm trying to find the energy to get hosting and actually get the podcast up on iTunes, but for now it's megaupload all the way).

[engenda.livejournal.com]

Preferred name/handle: engenda

Alternate usernames: none

Location: Sydney

Current main fandom(s) :

Don't really have one. I'm currently watching SPN, H50, Merlin and huh, that's pretty much it.

Other signficant fandom(s) :

Oh, god. Where to begin. The West Wing, due South, Oz Stargate Atlantis,Supernatural, Sherlock BBC, Generation Kill and a few movies.

What was your first fandom? :

The West Wing - Damn fine television. I'm almost due for a rewatch.

Fanworks/fan activities:

Very, very occasionally write. Mainly lurk and meta - IRL Oh, and I read fic like you would not believe. Initially, in paper but now on my Touch or my computer.

Tell us something about yourself:

There's really not a lot to tell. I enjoy fandom so much and have met so many wonderful people. I even enjoy the wank - as an observer only. Fandom is a lot of fun and a marvellous place to meet people from different backgrounds and to learn. My god, I've learned so much.

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

firstly, yay! ;)

secondly, OMG the stuff I've learned from fandom. Completely opened my eyes to so much stuff that was out of my own experiences.

[elzano.livejournal.com]

Preferred name/handle: Zane

Alternate usernames: I'm just Zane :)

Location: Sydney

Current main fandom(s) : In the swirling vortex of fandoms I'd probably say my current is still Supernatural but there's lots of others clamouring for attention

Other signficant fandom(s) : You name it... I've probably pimped it or pimped by it. Buffyverse/Angelverse (I guess any of the Jossverseses), Supernatural, Smallville, Being Human (UK & US), Doctor Who, etc, etc...

What was your first fandom? : Buffy

Fanworks/fan activities: I'm kinda in hiatus... well my muse is...

Tell us something about yourself: I'm an actual real live male man person. I have the bits to prove it... and no, I will not be showing :P Don't be affeared though at SinPoz I'm just one of the girls :)

[hyarrowen.livejournal.com]

Preferred name/handle: Hyarrowen

Alternate usernames: None

Location: Gippsland

Current main fandom(s) : Henry V, Branagh's film

Other signficant fandom(s) : Currently, Lewis and Sherlock though I've been through Life on Mars, Tour of Duty, Stargate, Starsky and Hutch and Star Trek TOS

What was your first fandom? : Hm... Star Trek, I suppose, though my introduction to slash was via a book published in 1925 called The Flight of the Heron (which I maintain was the inspiration for Diana Gabaldon's books... and is much better than any of them.)

Fanworks/fan activities: I write, for Henry V

Tell us something about yourself: English by birth, Australian citizen though. I write slowly, am an obsessive researcher (odd when you consider what I do with the characters.) I've just had my first fannish get-together and am eager for more!

[awils1.livejournal.com]

Gippsland in Vic? Represent if you are :) Because I'm from the Latrobe Valley and have never met another fan in even the remote vicinity!

[hyarrowen.livejournal.com]

Yay! I live near Sale, though I'm actually in the UK right now. And like you I've never come across another fan, let alone a slash fan, in the area... though there must surely be more out there...

[awils1.livejournal.com]

My best friend (who lives in Hernes Oak, just outside of Moe/Newborough) is a different kind of slasher. More of a secret lurker than an out there flag-waving shipper like I suspect we are :)

[awils1.livejournal.com]

So yes, Gippsland slashers probably exist in more quantity. They are just underground :D

[hyarrowen.livejournal.com]

I've told precisely two people locally exactly what it is I write... One was startled but enthusiastic, the other couldn't quite believe her eyes!

[caleyndar.livejournal.com]

Preferred name/handle: caleyndar

Location: Penrith

Current main fandom(s) : I... Err. I'd say I'm really inbetween fandoms atm. Sad... T_T

Other signficant fandom(s) : TV: Merlin, SPN, Sherlock Anime/Manga: YGO, EVA, X/1999, HnG, Gravitation... There's probably more but my brain doesn't want to tell me.

What was your first fandom? : Probably Evangelion...

Fanworks/fan activities: I use to dabble in fanart...? And I read a ton of fics when I'm obsessing over a fandom. =D Yay for Merlin rec lists!!!

Tell us something about yourself: I write/draw original stuff for myself more than anything else. I dabble in writing/illustrating original BL/YAOI light novels, but actually, I am kind of looking for a writer to pair up with because I kind of take longer writing than I take to draw/colour something, and that's saying something since I have unfinished artwork dating back to 2006! (Indicently, I have unfinished writing from like 2001. See? I need help!)

[leyna55.livejournal.com]

Preferred name/handle: Leyna

Location: NSW

Current main fandom(s) : Supernatural. I'm in various Final Fantasy groups on DeviantArt, so that might count, too. I read/look at art in a lot of fandoms, but have only really been active in a few. You could say I'm active in parts of the general Fanart fandom

Other signficant fandom(s) : I used to be active (for various definitions of active!) in SGA, dueSouth.

What was your first fandom? : Dating me big-time *g*, but Blake's 7 back in the day.

Fanworks/fan activities: fanart - digital paintings.

Tell us something about yourself: Favourite colour is purple, ST Captain = Kirk, though DS9 is my Trek of choice, favourite Doctor? no real preference but I'm enjoying 11 so far...
Unlikely fandoms? Bring them on! I love Yuletide (and if I could write, I'd so be joining in) and I love the challenge of doing the multifandom art-exchange, Yuletart, each year (where I've ended up doing Chess the Musical, and Phryne Fisher among others!).

[talietha.livejournal.com]

Preferred name/handle: Lynette

Alternate usernames: talietha, i even answer to "Hey U"

Location: Sydney

Current main fandom(s) : Star Trek (reboot), Supernatural, Harry Potter

Other signficant fandom(s) : Due South, C-Files, Buffy/Angel, The Professionals, Stargate, Jane Austen thingys, Space 1999

What was your first fandom? : Blake's 7 - Oh those were the days...

Fanworks/fan activities: I read, I lurk, I drool, I comment, sometimes

Tell us something about yourself: I have absolutly no talent - no writing or drawing, tho' I'd kill to be able to do either, love Captain Picard and Drs Five and Ten, Companions Tegan, Turlough & Donna; Willow fan, love Doyle, I read gen, het & slash and am incredibly lazy - oh and that's leyna (blue) in the icon

[blademistress.livejournal.com]

Preferred name/handle: Linda

Alternate usernames: None.

Location: Auckland, New Zealand.

Current main fandom(s) : Sherlock, The Good Wife, Psych

Other signficant fandom(s) : Hot Fuzz, Doctor Who, Avengers, Fringe, White Collar.

What was your first fandom? : The Pretender, way back when.

Fanworks/fan activities: Reader mostly, occasional maker of pimp reels, very occasional writer.

Tell us something about yourself: I have a weakness for sci fi and shows with amazing ladies. The first ever book I read that contained slash was written by Orbson Scott Card, and I'm currently watching more shows I'm not fannish about than I am, which is a first.

[hyarrowen.livejournal.com]

Lewis, yay! I've recently been in the UK, which means I've watched the whole of S5 but missed almost all of S4. Win some, lose some.

[shinetheway.livejournal.com]

Preferred name/handle: Shine

Alternate usernames: shinetheway

Location: Inner West, Sydney

Current main fandom(s) : Bandom, Psych, White Collar, Fast and Furious, X-Factor, Merlin

Other signficant fandom(s) : practically all of them at one time or another

What was your first fandom? : The Sentinel

Fanworks/fan activities: I'm a writer, I just made my first fanmix, and I have lately been lurking due to various other distractions.

Tell us something about yourself: I'm a vegan wiccan bi slasher. Yes, my parents are very proud. :D I'm also American-Australian, and moved here last year.