Fan Girl Wannabe

Back on Oct 1, I listed out the fandoms I'm reading without knowing the canon.  There were 7 listed with zero exposure, 1 with half an episode, and 1 I had started reading at the begining of it's fandom, and finally started watching when the first season/series was nearly complete.  I tagged the entry with 2 others that for some reason didn't make it into the original post. So that made 10 fandoms without a basis in canon.

Last night I finally saw Live Free or Die Hard.  It's only been out since 2007, and I started reading the fic thanks to Nestra and Shrift and their Polyamorous Recs.  Some solid authors have written in this small fandom, and I enjoy it alot.

So, comments on the movie:
1) I saw it on FX and they have too many (naturally), too long commercial breaks. bleh.
2) I missed the first 10 min, but the next 5 resolved the "Daisy Duke" moniker issue - I always thought John calling Matt "daisy" in fic was just shorthand for him being an ass.
3) I missed (if it was there) the basis for Matt's Red Bull addiction so I still don't know if it's canon or fanon.
4) My favorite bit: "Did you see that?!" "Did I see it? I DID it!"
5) John's bad habits wearing off onto Matt (he tries to throw a punch, he smart-mouths the bad guys with the guns, etc) are love
6) Lucy is tough ("Daddy? ... There are only 5 of them now.") What I thought was dumb though, was John and Matt are sporting scrapes, scratches and bloodstains from the first action scene.  Lucy gets smacked around more than once and never has a bloody nose, split lip or even a bruised cheekbone.  Can't let the girl look mussed up, eh Hollywood?
7) The "dog fight" between the fighter jet and the semi? Utter bullshit.  It only would have been worse if McClane had jumped into the jet and landed it after the pilot ejected.
8) This was fairly early, which surprised me, I finally got to see John throw the car at a helicopter (#4) which gets referenced in most of the fics.  I figured it would be in the climactic fight scene.
9) Lucy is a brunette! In my mind she has always been blonde.  I thought maybe I was mixing her up with the daughter in 24, but no, wrong face. So it's going to bug me until I figure out who I was picturing as Lucy.

AAAAND, I've been reading Tony Stark/Steve Rogers fic, so I don't think I'm actually making headway on abolishing my canon-less reading list. *facepalm*

Day 15. A fic you've read more than 5 times 

Really, the answer is anything by my favorite authors - i am not afraid to reread something I enjoyed.  In fact, if I've rec'd it in this meme, I've most likely read it more than 5 times (except the white collar - haven't been reading that long enough to get to 5. Yet.).  So instead of pulling something random out, I'm gonna work on catching up a bit and do Day 16 as well.

Day 16. A fic people wouldn’t expect you to like

Die Hard - more of Yuletide treasure, specifically A Better Winter Holiday by healingmirth  for a shorter example and National Pastime by Dira Sudis for a longer, meatier example.  This is probably one of the first ones I read, and Dira is just wonderful, whatever she puts her hand to.

See, I haven't even seen the latest Die Hard movie yet.  And I'm pretty sure most people in RL would not expect me to be a fan of action
flicks, but I really am.  Some. The good ones.  But when I was looking at Yuletide for the first time, just a few years ago, I stumbled upon a few little gems. And now, I await them with glee every year.  Bruce Willis doesn't do it for me every day of the year, but in the dead of winter, yeah baby. He warms me up!  Die Hard is a pretty freaking small fandom.  Is that because it's a movie?  So little source material?  Too much Bruce? ::sigh:: I wouldn't mind a few more of these, but I'm surprisingly happy with the few I've found.


( The Whole List )