June Something: Days 1 and 2

What's changed about your fandom life in the last 365 days?

I’ve unintentionally taken a big step back from active fandom life. SGA is still my fandom of choice and I still read fanfic constantly but I’ve let online friendships lapse, I don’t write as much and I’m finding it harder as each month passes to get back into it. A lot of it is down to having a much more demanding job these days which is great financially and professionally but has affected my down time. I miss it!

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? Bonus question: What about adding a third to your OTP from a different fandom? Who and why?

John/Rodney is my OTP (surprising no one). I have this thing where I ship Rodney with anyone and everyone but I seem to have a mental block with seeing anyone else with John which makes this a difficult question to answer. The people I can see being good for John wouldn’t be good for Rodney and vice versa.

If I had to pick someone it would probably be fanon Miko. I love fanon Miko. I love that fandom has taken a small character and turned her into someone awesome. She’s badass enough for John, can snark with Rodney and I can see her appealing to both of them.

Bonus: Ngl, I’m considering writing a fic where Booker from the Old Guard joins the guys in Atlantis and I can see him fitting in very well with both John and Rodney...

Day 3: What's a favorite, or at least memorable fandom meeting/interaction that you've had?

I think probably the first time I received fanart is what sticks in my mind.

I used to write in MCU fandom and, despite most of what I wrote in that period being absolute garbage, they are still my most ‘popular’ fics. I think a lot of that had to do with getting in the door of the Hawkeye/Quicksilver ship the very same day that Age of Ultron released tin cinemas. It was the first time I’ve ever been involved in a new ship that had just come along and I rode that wave hard for (checks AO3) 91 fics over the space of a year.

And someone drew fanart of one of my fics. And I remember how unbelievably happy it made me and how thrilled I was. I had been on the sidelines of fandom for a while and never thought I’d actually be in that position.

I’ve had a few more pieces of art for my fics since then and it never stops being the best thing ever.

Sadly, I’ve lost the link to that first piece of art I ever received due to various hosting sites going down but I will always treasure that memory!