>"I was a massive Nick/Natalie shipper and know nothing about the fandom -- is it totally uncool to admit that?)"
Nope. Well, maybe just a teensy little bit uncool. ;-) Not because most of us don't have Nick/Natalie streaks; it's the most popular slant to this day, no question! Rather, the idea of affiliating by pairing didn't come to FK fandom until relatively late, after the online fandom had already affiliated by single characters for the purpose of making teams in a recurring, round-robin fanfiction game. So ever since people began affiliating by pairing (Nick&NatPacker = a Nick/Natalie shipper, Immortal Beloved = Nick/Janette, Unnamed Faction = Nick/Lacroix ... and on and on), some people have perhaps considered the original single-character orientations to be cooler than the couple orientations.
That has little to do with interpreting the story, of course. But you mentioned coolness, and the "factions" from the fic game are frequently FK fandom's first referent there.
More than you wanted to know, right? :-) If you feel any urge to wander around FK, please let me know if I can help! The whole series is out on DVD at last, most of the best authors are still available on the web, and the original mailing list still runs and is still the touchstone of the fandom.
>"Did I mention how hot he is? So, so hot. :-)"
My fannish triumph for 2007 was recognizing him by voice in his uncredited, almost off-screen cameo in the Nancy Drew movie this summer, and being the first to gleefully bring that news home to the mailing list. GWD's hotness is well-rounded, and much enhanced by his remarkable audio contributions. ;-)
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Date: 2007-12-19 05:47 am (UTC)Nope. Well, maybe just a teensy little bit uncool. ;-) Not because most of us don't have Nick/Natalie streaks; it's the most popular slant to this day, no question! Rather, the idea of affiliating by pairing didn't come to FK fandom until relatively late, after the online fandom had already affiliated by single characters for the purpose of making teams in a recurring, round-robin fanfiction game. So ever since people began affiliating by pairing (Nick&NatPacker = a Nick/Natalie shipper, Immortal Beloved = Nick/Janette, Unnamed Faction = Nick/Lacroix ... and on and on), some people have perhaps considered the original single-character orientations to be cooler than the couple orientations.
That has little to do with interpreting the story, of course. But you mentioned coolness, and the "factions" from the fic game are frequently FK fandom's first referent there.
More than you wanted to know, right? :-) If you feel any urge to wander around FK, please let me know if I can help! The whole series is out on DVD at last, most of the best authors are still available on the web, and the original mailing list still runs and is still the touchstone of the fandom.
>"Did I mention how hot he is? So, so hot. :-)"
My fannish triumph for 2007 was recognizing him by voice in his uncredited, almost off-screen cameo in the Nancy Drew movie this summer, and being the first to gleefully bring that news home to the mailing list. GWD's hotness is well-rounded, and much enhanced by his remarkable audio contributions. ;-)