reposted from an epic_recs fandom history thread

[healingmirth]

For the readers:
What was your first fandom? Veronica Mars
What was the first story you read in that fandom? I have no idea. I don't even know how I found VM fic to begin with, though I'm sure it was on livejournal somewhere.
What was your favorite story in that fandom? I remember being really in love with something that gertinator wrote (possibly one of her Lilly-is-still-alive AUs) but a quick scan through her fic index didn't make anything leap out. There was a hiatus project at vm_summer called All Fall Down that was pretty neat - a mystery arc written by 20 different authors.

What was your first slash fandom? I'm pretty sure I read some early Supernatural fic, but it never stuck. I didn't get into Stargate: Atlantis for the slash (I did most of my reading at lostcityfound, which is a gen and het community) but I kept seeing all this ranting about the McShep people who were taking over fandom, and eventually I had to go see what the fuss was about.
What was the first story you read in that fandom? I have no idea
What was your favorite story in that fandom? I am a big fan of Rebuilding Babel by fiercelydreamed

What was your first het fandom? (other than VM) Dark Angel, Max/Alec
What was the first story you read in that fandom? probably the Left Behind series
What was your favorite story in that fandom? Before I Sleep series by Wildsky: Chimera (complete), Damage (complete), and Whisper (WIP, presumably abandoned)

What was your first gen fandom? I don't know that I've ever been a fan of genfic, as a whole, for a fandom. The closest I typically get is canon relationships. However, miss_porcupine writes fabulous, fabulous genfic for SGA
What was the first story you read in that fandom?
What was your favorite story in that fandom? I don't know if I could pick one, but The Legend of Smedley Duckler, the Fighting Quacker sort of encapsulates the happy side of her Atlantis. She's also got an epic ongoing project in Qui Habitat, an Ori-based (later Season Stargate: SG-1 bad guys) sort of apocafic that I haven't managed to read all of yet.

What was the first explicit story you read? I'm sure it was something from loveathons but I haven't the faintest idea what.
Favorite kissing story?
What is your favorite story of all time? (If you can't pick just one, you can do a list, but try to keep it to under five stories)
Unidentified by fiercelydreamed SGA AU, John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Recovering the Satellites by synecdochic SG:1 Samantha Carter/Cameron Mitchell
That Guy series by utopiantrunks - particularly Point B Live Free or Die Hard John McClane/Matt Farrell

For the writers:
What fandoms have you written in? Veronica Mars, The Office, Stargate: SG-1 and Atlantis, Die Hard
Which was your first? Veronica Mars
What was your first story? Humor me Veronica Mars. I didn't stick around in fandom long enough to write any of the Veronica/Weevil in my head.
Which of your stories was the most popular? Er, maybe My Stupid Mouth The Office, Jim/Pam. Take as a given that "popular" is an extremely relative term.
Which story do *you* think is your best? I'm awfully fond of I'll be Home for Christmas - Die Hard, John McClane/Matt Farrell, featuring Lucy McClane and her boyfriend - but like everything else I've written, it was conceived and written in a couple of days, so, again, in relative terms... :)