arenee1999 | 5 Topics

Comment on this post asking for topics and I will give you 5 subjects/things I associate you with. Then post this in your LJ and elaborate on the subjects given.

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Blake's 7
dragcave
Doctor Who
Carson Beckett
Icons

Blake's 7 - I first saw Blake's 7 around October of 2007. My boyfriend liked the show and a got copies of all 4 seasons. I wasn't too impressed with the first episode (it's a bit boring for a first time watcher, IMO). By the 4th episode, however, I was hooked. Avon quickly became my favorite character (oh, how I love intelligent, snarky characters). I immediately saw the possibilities of Blake/Avon as a pairing (one of my main pairings being Spike/Xander I'm no stranger to impossible pairings with characters the hate each other) and quickly checked to see if there was fic for the pairing. For about a month or so I was determined to stay away from actually reading any of the fic I found, but eventually caved in. :) After watching all 4 seasons, I immediately watched them all again and liked them even better the second time around. A new obsession was born...

dragcave - I actually noticed dragcave for the first time abut two years ago when

scratchingpost1 started posting eggs/hatchlings in her journal. I didn't pay too much attention, although I did click on them. Then I noticed them popping up other places. Finally in September (2008) I got curious enough to created an account and get a couple eggs. The hatchling were so adorable and the adults are quite pretty (most of them). I just couldn't help myself. I decided I wanted all of them (I still haven't managed that, but I'm working on it). I have about 100 dragons now and I haven't had a single egg or hatchling die. I'm having a great time coming up with names for all of them. What started as a way to pass some time while I was bored has turned into a major undertaking that eats up quite a bit of my time. But I love my dragons, so it's worth it. :)
Whlie we're on the subject; has everyone seen the two new dragons here and here. There was also a Valentine's Day dragon. I didn't manage to get one of those though, they're breedable so maybe next year.

Doctor Who - This show brings out my OCD big time. Classic Doctor Who was always one of those shows I avoided at all costs. The sets and the costumes are absolutely craptastic and I really don't like Tom Baker all that much. Then Sci-fi channel started airing the new series and I loved it. Nine was my 'first' doctor and he will always be my favorite. Unfortunately, I'm very particular about television shows. If I watch a show I HAVE to watch it from the beginning (this is where my OCD comes in). I didn't really matter that I didn't actually want to watch the original series, if I was going to keep watching the new stuff eventually I was going to have to watch the old. I put it off for as long as I could. Then Van got me interested in the idea of Two/Jamie. Finally, a reason to watch it that made me interested in watching it. Of course I still had a small dilemma. I can't stand watching series out of order and I was more interested in watching Two's serials as opposed to One. I got around that bit by watching them simultaneously. I still haven't caught up with the classic serials (I'm still at the beginning of Four's run). Two and Nine are definitely my favorite Doctors. Yes, I like Rose. I didn't really care for Martha that much until we saw her again in series 4 and in Torchwood. I hated Jack Harkness the first time we met him, eventually I came to love him though. My favorite Master is Roger Delgado. A quick side note here; Cliff Simon would be brilliant as the Master.

Carson Beckett - I absolutely loved him from the moment he appeared. I grin like an idiot every time he's on the screen. That Scottish accent is just lovely and Paul McGillion is rather gorgeous. :D That Carson is my favorite SGA character doesn't really surprise me. It's actually my second favorite that astonishes me, especially considering I originally despised him. Yep, you guessed it. It's Rodney. Not surprisingly McKay/Beckett has become my favorite pairing (with Rodney/Radek coming in a close second). I haven't seen season 5 of Atlantis yet (although I have finished season 4) and I have remained almost completely unspoiled. I would very much like it to remain that way. I know we see Carson again, but that's about all I know and I know even less about the rest of the season.

Icons - Originally I started making icons (and desktop wallpapers) because I was bored and had no inclination to write (and even less talent at writing, which shows in the few things I've managed since). I am, however, occasionally good at craft/art projects. I wanted to actually make a contribution to the fandoms I was in though, so I turned to wallpapers first, then after I joined LJ I began making icons as well. The first icon I ever made was this one of Amanda from Highlander. Surprisingly it came out pretty much the way I wanted it to (even though it probably doesn't look it). It was made almost entirely with MS Paint with a few touches added using Borderbund's Print Shop 20. Until recently those were the only graphics programs I had to work with. I still use them, however, I also have Photoshop Elements 5.0 now. (Which is what I used to make the icon I'm using for this post) For some reason I can't quite figure out, In January I got an itch to create icons. Lots of them. I didn't want to end up making a bunch of random icons which is why I came up with the idea to make ~~massive~~ batches of some of my favorite (or not so favorite, in a few cases) people and post them on that persons birthday. (Which was probably one of my more insane ideas) By participating in

stargate_stills and

tinman_stills that almost certainly guarantees that I will make at least 4 icons every week for those challenges as well. I've decided to post my Stargate and Tin Man icons once a month instead of every week. I'm getting a bit worried that all these icon posts will start to annoy people, especially if hey are so close together. My next post of those icons will be in 2 weeks (which will include the icon I'm using on this post) and my next post from my goal list will be on Sunday. After that there won't be another post from that list until May.

I was going to add the Fannish Friday 5 to this post, but the question this week is back-assward.

Name 5 characters you initially found appealing, but eventually came to hate.

With me it's always the other way round. I start out disliking/hating a character then gradually begin to like/love them.