Current fandoms: going by what I'm writing in, the Borderlands series and Detroit: Become Human.
Borderlands is...fascinating. One of the most violent FPS video game series in the world, if not the most, but I got into it via the (hopefully soon available again) Telltale game 'Tales from the Borderlands'. And I fell in love with one Handsome fascist, and one twink who sticks the fascist's AI copy in his own cybernetics. There's also a decently racially/gender diverse cast - e.g. the latest installment, Borderlands 3, has a non-binary playable character - which I tend to need in a fandom.
Detroit: Become Human is probably the most problematic modern thing I like; but sadly I'm helpless in front of hot twink androids. It's basically 'what if robots could be alive and were oppressed like some human beings currently are??', the video game. I would recommend watching a Let's Play or a cinematic on Youtube rather than buying the game if the topic interests, as large parts are deeply offensive. E.g. androids wearing armbands and triangles reminscent of N*zi laws, android concentration camps later on, a Black Lives Matter analogy, that sort of thing. (The nice thing about the fandom is that most people dislike those elements of the game too, otherwise I would not be writing fic for it.)
I also love superhero comics (Marvel and DC) along with a bunch of the TV shows, cartoons and films based on them.
Harry Potter used to be a standby, but since the author finally came out as a TERF I have had little desire to engage with that fandom (I'm a trans man.) I may want to sometime in the future.
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Date: 2020-04-26 08:25 pm (UTC)Borderlands is...fascinating. One of the most violent FPS video game series in the world, if not the most, but I got into it via the (hopefully soon available again) Telltale game 'Tales from the Borderlands'. And I fell in love with one Handsome fascist, and one twink who sticks the fascist's AI copy in his own cybernetics. There's also a decently racially/gender diverse cast - e.g. the latest installment, Borderlands 3, has a non-binary playable character - which I tend to need in a fandom.
Detroit: Become Human is probably the most problematic modern thing I like; but sadly I'm helpless in front of hot twink androids. It's basically 'what if robots could be alive and were oppressed like some human beings currently are??', the video game. I would recommend watching a Let's Play or a cinematic on Youtube rather than buying the game if the topic interests, as large parts are deeply offensive. E.g. androids wearing armbands and triangles reminscent of N*zi laws, android concentration camps later on, a Black Lives Matter analogy, that sort of thing. (The nice thing about the fandom is that most people dislike those elements of the game too, otherwise I would not be writing fic for it.)
I also love superhero comics (Marvel and DC) along with a bunch of the TV shows, cartoons and films based on them.
Harry Potter used to be a standby, but since the author finally came out as a TERF I have had little desire to engage with that fandom (I'm a trans man.) I may want to sometime in the future.