June Something, June 19
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vivarocksteadyTrying out squidgiepdx's June Something posting challenge!
Day 4: What's your most treasured piece of fandom march?
I actually don't have much, if any, fandom merch. Unless you count DVDs, of which I only have a few. The only really fandomy thing I actually own is the Avatar The Last Airbender art book that I bought for myself.
Reading some other people's responses, it also made me realize that everything I do "own" isn't physical. Besides a very few DVDs, CDs, and records, everything I watch or listen to is digital. Even most (non-fanfic) books I read these days are in the form of ebooks, either bought or borrowed on an e-reader app, except for books people gift me.
I'm not a collector of anything, so I wouldn't have had a lot of fandom merch anyway, but it's sort of weird how I have nothing physical. It makes it easy to forget about things. Like, I do have this one CD from a Japanese rock band I randomly saw years ago, and when I come across it I remember that night and that show, even though I never actually listen to the CD. But at the same time, I've probably come across dozens of acts online and really liked them, but didn't listen to them enough for various algorithms to remember, so now they're just... gone.
Which I suppose is actually an authentic way to engage with art, now that I think about it.
Day 5: If you could go back in time and help create a foundational work (be it book, show, movie, etc.) what would it be and what would your role be?
I've been asked a variation of this question before, about which writers room of a classic (to you) show would you go back in time and work on? And my answer was The X-Files and Star Trek DS9, and it still is. But even though I have issues with how both those shows went, I don't know that I would have tried to change anything.
Also the X-Files answer was mostly so that I could have worked with a young Vince Gilligan and then went on to Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, and then I could be retired by now! (And as a writer on those last two shows, I would have given the female characters more interesting things to do!)
squidgiepdx's June Something posting challenge!Day 4: What's your most treasured piece of fandom march?
I actually don't have much, if any, fandom merch. Unless you count DVDs, of which I only have a few. The only really fandomy thing I actually own is the Avatar The Last Airbender art book that I bought for myself.
Reading some other people's responses, it also made me realize that everything I do "own" isn't physical. Besides a very few DVDs, CDs, and records, everything I watch or listen to is digital. Even most (non-fanfic) books I read these days are in the form of ebooks, either bought or borrowed on an e-reader app, except for books people gift me.
I'm not a collector of anything, so I wouldn't have had a lot of fandom merch anyway, but it's sort of weird how I have nothing physical. It makes it easy to forget about things. Like, I do have this one CD from a Japanese rock band I randomly saw years ago, and when I come across it I remember that night and that show, even though I never actually listen to the CD. But at the same time, I've probably come across dozens of acts online and really liked them, but didn't listen to them enough for various algorithms to remember, so now they're just... gone.
Which I suppose is actually an authentic way to engage with art, now that I think about it.
Day 5: If you could go back in time and help create a foundational work (be it book, show, movie, etc.) what would it be and what would your role be?
I've been asked a variation of this question before, about which writers room of a classic (to you) show would you go back in time and work on? And my answer was The X-Files and Star Trek DS9, and it still is. But even though I have issues with how both those shows went, I don't know that I would have tried to change anything.
Also the X-Files answer was mostly so that I could have worked with a young Vince Gilligan and then went on to Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, and then I could be retired by now! (And as a writer on those last two shows, I would have given the female characters more interesting things to do!)