Pokemon, I think

First fandoms by Tomash on 2020-09-02 21:37:15 UTC Reply

Since it's an interesting thing to talk about, what're y'all's first fandoms, in the sense of the first thing you did fandom stuff for (reading/writing fic, drawing art, etc.)?

(This question came up briefly in chat last evening, but I figured it could use a longer-form discussion)

For my, I'm pretty sure my first fandom was Harry Potter (which seems to be a pretty common answer around here) - been at least hovering around there and reading stuff for about a decade now. Although, if we go off of active creative output, the first things I wrote fic for were Young Wizards and Animorphs, and that was only last year.

Red Dwarf by To The Scapemobile! on 2020-09-13 12:06:34 UTC Reply

So waaaay back when I was a very tiny Scape, I was massively into Red Dwarf. I used to be able to recite entire episodes from memory. I was the Dwarfer equivalent of hS, and I don't say that lightly. However, I wasn't able to keep up with the newer stuff, nor have I read the novelizations after Better Than Life. There's a lot of stuff I missed. But I'm still a huge fan.

Also Robot Wars, which is a robot fighting program that was once described as the world's first vegan blood sport. But you all know about that already. =]
Oooh, I've got a few things. by Silv on 2020-09-04 19:20:16 UTC Edited Reply

First for me, in both creative output and time spent in the fandom, would have to be Pokémon. I tried copying the pictures on Pokémon cards and from a puzzle book I had in third grade, which eventually spiraled into me drawing gijinkas of the eeveelutions until I lost the folder I kept everything in on a field trip.

First thing I wrote for was actually The Giver, because an assignment in sixth grade had us writing possible epilogues.

The first thing I wrote for, though without knowing exactly what the concept of fanfiction was, was Warrior Cats. Just recently I found a tiny 2x3" notebook literally bedecked in glitter and sparkles containing a small sliver of the story I'd tried writing about my fan Clans, which I've actually sporked on the discord server a couple times.

The first thing that was knowingly fanfiction and posted online is a fic for Fire Emblem: Awakening, which I'm eventually going to get around to writing a mission for it.

edit for "oops, I forgot I have to italicize canons"
Pokemon, I think by Ozzielot on 2020-09-03 22:17:13 UTC Reply

I mostly drew pictures of Pokemon from a handbook.
Star Wars by Somariel on 2020-09-03 18:03:12 UTC Edited Reply

My sixth grade teacher did a literature unit on "Compare and contrast the Hero's Journey as seen in the Chronicles of Prydain and the Star Wars Trilogy" (this was back in '97-'98, so there was only one of them at the time), thereby introducing me to Star Wars. I discovered the Star Wars EU in the summer of '98 and stated writing fic for it later that year.
Definitely Percy Jackson by GeniusGamer on 2020-09-03 14:28:13 UTC Reply

I don’t write fic, but the first fandom I really entered was Percy Jackson and the Olympians. I also didn’t really read fanfiction at all until I joined the PPC.

Sometimes, I can’t believe I only started reading Harry Potter this summer. Then again, I’m on the last book already, which is good. I’ll finally be able to read missions again!
CWACOM, shortly followed by Person of Interest by SMF on 2020-09-02 22:15:21 UTC Edited Reply

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (specifically the movies) was the first fandom I ever wrote fic (and RP) for; Person of Interest was the fandom I first properly engaged with after that, on forums and such.

And then there's Young Wizards, where I first started considering Tumblr (and then Slack thereafter, fortunately) to be a social media of interest...

(This would have been 2012/2013, btw. I came into the actual creative mode of fandom rather late, at least going by my generation's norms.)