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[china_shop]

Preferred first name: China (or my real name if you know it). I like being called China, tho. <3

Reader/Writer/Vidder/All of the Above: reader/writer/comm mod/con wrangler/occasional icconer/beta

My primary fandom: Due South!!! (That would be, what, 5 yeas in a row? Score!)

My secondary fandom(s): Canadian RPS, Flashpoint, Outrageous Fortune (I haven't seen any of season 5 -- spoil me at your peril), Hard Core Logo, sundry other Canadian 6 Degrees things, Daily Show, Being Human, Shelter, Fame.

OTP forever: Fraser/Kowalski/Vecchio and all permutations thereof (F/V, F/K, K/V), Callum/Hugh

OTP sometimes: Jon/Stephen (mostly BFFshipping), Van/Munter, Ed/Greg, Mitchell/George, Joe/Billy, Bruno/Leroy, Lydia Grant/Elizabeth Sherwoood

My definition of slash is: THEIRLOVEISSOGAY! SMOOOOSHCAKES!!!

I like slash because: To generalise wildly, men are sexually easy and emotionally difficult. Also teh hot.

I discovered slash by: Reading eliade's BtVS fic -- first Spuffy, then Spander. At the time (2002) I said, "I just have to accept that I'm not a slash-fan: I try, but it doesn't do it for me the way its, uh, extreme level of detail suggests that it should." Ha!

My bullet proof kink: Equality and genuine like. Humour, esp private jokes.

My major league squick: Power imbalance. Dub- and non-con for any value of dub or non. OOC kinkfic.

My guilty pleasure: Writing RPS. I still have qualms about it, but I can't help myself.

I first found out about (my first) g/t from/by: We made it up!

Coke/Coke Zero/Sprite/Juice: Juice.

Tea/Coffee: n/a

Indian/Thai/Italian: Mild preference for Thai.

I would like 15 Minutes of Fame: Oh man, I was going to pimp EVERYTHING this year! I was going to do Due South and Outrageous Fortune (it pimps itself!) and all manner of Candiana, but I'm having computer issues of epic proportions and I have no idea what I'll manage. Depends how soon I get my new machine. But I'll definitely do something, possibly with old skool paper handouts.

I will use it to: At the very least, run a discussion about what we want from canon, and probably also something about writing (any suggestions?). Also, slash pictionary!!! \o/

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[katrin.livejournal.com]

Preferred first name: Rachel or Kat

Reader/Writer/Vidder/All of the Above: reader/writer

My primary fandom: bandom

My secondary fandom(s): at the moment: Leverage, NCIS, Bones, Greek, Psych, Doctor Who, and a million others I'm forgetting. Historically: SGA, dS, lotrips, U2, Harry Potter, Star Wars, and a million others I'm forgetting.

OTP forever: Panic at the Disco in any combination, Sheppard/McKay

OTP sometimes: any combination of the kids in Hey Monday, Nate/Sophie, Eliot/Parker/Hardison, Bones/Booth, Fraser/Kowalski, Remus/Sirius, anything that takes my fancy

My definition of slash is: fanworks featuring same sex relationships (blatantly stolen from stickmarionette; I like it, I'm sorry! <3)

I like slash because: I came for the boys kissing boys and girls kissing girls, stayed for the community.

I discovered slash by: the first time, looking for Star Wars fanfic on fanfiction.net. The second time, because shihadchick made me.

My bullet proof kink: fluffy fluff, awkwardness, genderfuck in all its definitions (though nothing is truly bulletproof if it's written poorly enough).

My major league squick: incest. noncon. Andy Hurley.

My guilty pleasure: really really really improbable AUs and crossovers. Though “guilty” is entirely the wrong adjective.

I first found out about (my first) g/t from/by: this will be my first, though I've known about it as long as shihadchick and the_antichris have been going.

Coke/Coke Zero/Sprite/Juice: juice or Coke Zero (or Diet Coke) depending on my mood, though any, really

Tea/Coffee: coffee.

Indian/Thai/Italian: yes.

I would like 15 Minutes of Fame: noooo thank you.

I will use it to: listen politely to everyone else!

Estimated times of arrival

[arysteia.livejournal.com]

Please comment to this post with when you will be arriving in Wellington. Be clear about which day you get in, and what time. Not because I'm Big Brother, but so we can organise transport, facilitate entertainment/liaison for those here on Friday, dinner for those in the mood etc, before we have our grand opening Saturday morning.

I'll be updating this post as info comes in, so let me know if anything changes too, please.

Awesome.

I have entered terminal excitement phase. Yuss!

*****

Wellingtonians:

arysteia --> off work Friday
china_shop --> off work Friday
vaudevilles --> free for lunch
ariadne83 --> dinner Friday
nishatalitha -->dinner Friday
maudlinrose -->dinner Friday
morebliss
woolly_socks

Wairarapa and points north:

mab_browne and cross_stitchery (honorary *g*) --> 6pm Fri
blue_raven --> 10am Sat

Aucklanders:

shihadchick and katrin (honorary *g*) --> 9pm Thurs
missiedith (honorary *g*) --> 5.45pm Fri
blademistress and stickmarionette --> 6/7pm Fri
the_antichris --> 6/7pm Fri
prudence_dearly --> 7.35pm Friday (dessert?)
sethra2000 --> 8pm Friday (dessert?)

Dunedinites:

dewey3067 --> 6pm Fri

Sydneysiders:

alasen and meelie and sinden --> 2pm Fri
engenda --> 4pm Fri
erilyn --> 11.59pm Fri (yes, that's what it says!)

Here I am

[engenda.livejournal.com]

Preferred first name: Libby

Reader/Writer/Vidder/All of the Above: reader!

My primary fandom: I'm so polyfannish it's not funny at the moment. Fandoms close to my heart though are due South, SGA, SPN, Generation Kill, Sports Night

My secondary fandom(s): Star Trek (reboot), Kings, Southland. I'm also going through an The OC reconnaisance

OTP forever: rayk/fraser, mckay/sheppard, J2 Dean/Castiel, Brad/Nate, Casey/Danny - really pretty much each fandom has an OTP.

OTP sometimes: hard call, really. I rarely stray from my OTP

My definition of slash is: 2 people of the same gender ... you know *winks*

I like slash because: because hot guy, yum. 2 hot guys together...YUMMO

discovered slash by: trying to findout what happened in an episode of The West Wing and ooooh, what's this...and then my eyes were opened.

My bullet proof kink: when the guys are affectionate with other without being OOC. Hands.

My major league squick: humiliation.

My guilty pleasure: H/C, angst, "for reasons that don't need exploring at this juncture", domestic fic, long...

I first found out about (my first) g/t from/by: Wow. It's like I've always known.

Coke/Coke Zero/Sprite/Juice: all of the above and water...lots of water.

Tea/Coffee: Do not come between me and my coffee in the morning. It's dangerous.

Indian/Thai/Italian: Yum

I would like 15 Minutes of Fame: I prefer to be behind the scenes.

(no subject)

[missiedith.livejournal.com]

Registration Form 2009

Preferred first name: Jasmine. Will also respond to 'Missie' and 'Hey you'.

Reader/Writer/Vidder/All of the Above: Reader, and once upon a time a writer.

My primary fandom: Err, not very good at sticking to just one. Last month or so it's been Torchwood.

My secondary fandom(s): SG1, SGA, BtVS, Firefly, LotR, Lotrips, Harry Potter, Supernatural, Due South, House, Veronica Mars, DC comics, Pride & Prejudice, History Boys, and far too many others to even bother noting

OTP forever: I have none. I will head straight for the rare pairings page of a site every time.

OTP sometimes: Nope, still nothing.

My definition of slash is: same-sex text or subtext in either canon, fanwork, or discussion

I like slash because: it makes writers push the boundaries of what is believable in a canon. also, it has fewer mary-sues.

I discovered slash by: someone online trying to embarass me while I was on a school computer in a library.

My bullet proof kink: genderbending, bodyswapping, thoughtfully written bdsm

My major league squick: torture/rape/gender stereotyping/character bashing used as a plot device

My guilty pleasure: crossovers, obscure characters, backstory, and Torchwood.

I first found out about (my first) g/t from/by: china_shop!

Coke/Coke Zero/Sprite/Juice: Juice.

Tea/Coffee: Hot chocolate.

Indian/Thai/Italian: Italian, but I quite like the other two as well.

I would like 15 Minutes of Fame: Yes.

I will use it to: Travel back in time to work out what on earth I could possibly use 15 minutes of fame for. So that's a no, then, but I look forward to watching everyone else's. I did live in Cardiff for 5 years, though, so if anyone wants to know what really happens when you order pizza under the name Torchwood I may be able to help.

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[nishatalitha.livejournal.com]

Registration Form 2009

Preferred first name: Katrina

Reader/Writer/Vidder/All of the Above: Reader

My primary fandom: I'm a fandom whore - I'm not even a serial monogamist. I've mostly been reading bandslash and Merlin lately, I guess.

My secondary fandom(s): Stuff I have read as primary fandoms in the past and skim now or read what I can find: Saiyuki, Smallville, Star Trek, Supernatural, Supernatural RPS, Bujold, Die Hard 4, Pirates of the Caribbean, Devil Wears Prada, Petshop of Horrors, Harry Potter, Gordan Korman, NCIS, due South, Sentinel, Highlander, Rurouni Kenshin, Ironman, BtVS, Stargate 1, Stargate: Atlantis, Lord of the Rings (Simarillion).

I tend to fail at canon for TV and movies, books not so much. Rec it well enough and I may end up trolling FFnet for something else. The fandom matters less than the story.

OTP forever: ...seriously?

OTP sometimes: Arthur/Merlin, Frank/Gerard, Pete/Patrick, Sanzo/Goku, Hakkai/Gojyo, Kirk/Spock, Dean/Sam... Will happily read OT3 or OT4 at least once. I tend to read a lot of one pairing in a fandom first and then try others. Sometimes I just read whatever. It depends how the characters work. I'll read anything at least once. If I like it, I'll look for more.

My definition of slash is:stories about a fictional relationship between two (or occasionally more) characters of the same sex, written by fans and readily found on the internet.

I like slash because: It's pretty awesome and some of it is pretty damn hot. It can be everything that published fiction can be and more, plus it's free and easily available. I read fast and read a lot, so a constantly renewing source of fiction is a really really good thing. Replaced my Mills&Boon reading habit with something a lot cheaper.

I discovered slash by: maudlinrose making me read Mercedes Lackey fic and then Harry Potter at FFNet. Some of those author wrote Gundam Wing, I was distracted, I never looked back. It's all her fault.

My bullet proof kink: None of them are bullet proof because it all depends on the writing and the characters, but mild bondage, great dialogue, awesome character interaction, and soul bonds. People loving math.

My major league squick: humiliation, embarrassment, dubcon

My guilty pleasure: crossovers

I first found out about (my first) g/t from/by: arysteia at a fandom dinner thing

Coke/Coke Zero/Sprite/Juice: Juice

Tea/Coffee: Tea, coffee if it's not expresso and its either first thing in the morning or I'm really tired

Indian/Thai/Italian: Sounds good

I would like 15 Minutes of Fame: No

I will use it to: Can we talk about how slash is becoming increasingly mainstream and how fic writers are now building a fan base as published authors starting from a fandom base and how this can possibly change the writer/fanbase interaction instead without me having to stand up anywhere and talk because that would be more interesting.