I was gonna say Suikoden, but that can't really be considered an OLD fandom.

But yeah, Houshin Engi. So seconded. <333

and SLAM DUNK. Inoue is still forever.

HE! There's love from me but it isn't the one for me. But it is such an awesome series!! TAIKOUBOU!!!

Hikaru no Go can definitely be considered an old fandom (and it is the one series that continously send me into a mood of glee).

True. I think HE went over the 200 mark. (I can't remember how many people were on the Houshin list. It has been a long time since I last read the series). But you are right, it is hard to decide who's my favourite, however, that LAST scene in the manga of Taikoubou (well, Fukki) staring into the distance. Oh gods, my heat breaks).

I adore Roushi. Shinkouhyou made my life whole. Fugen broke my heart
Tenka stepped on the pieces. And Gyokutei Shinjin's faet pretty much sucked all teh joy out of my life for a very long time.

Then there's Dakki >_>

I know! The amount of Good HE fanfics lately have been absolutely inspiring. I have been so happy ^_^

*laughs*

I actually expected that!

*whispers* Crawford/Ken.

The TROOPERS! OMFG! I didn't think that many people knew them. Loved them as kids. They were the best! (though they did often compete with my other viewings. 'Transformers' and 'City of Gold' were some heavy competition.

SEIJI!!! (You can tell which Trooper fan I am... >_>)

YES! LOVE THEM!!! I only have ever seen them dubbed in Mandarin. Have no idea what they sound like in English or Japanese. You know, one day I really need to to watch the series in Japanese.

Ryou is my second favourite. I'm a sucker for the shounen hero >_>

I have never seen the OAV, you've got to expand on that now.

The slash is not just you. God knows I was slashing Ryou/Seiji left, right and center *koffs*

YES! RYOU! *happy sigh* I wish the damn kid died, hell I can't even remember his name anymore.

I did like the tiger ^_^

OHHH! Touma/Seiji! I just never got into Shin for some reason. I suspect it is the lack of screen time. But yes, Seiji is indeed quite slashable. You can pretty much slash him with anyone, including the bad guys.

Oh yeah. The first time Saitou appears, and teh fight between him and Kenshin in the dojo... *happiness* He's just so cool.

OMG!! The comic series?

I really liked them, though I never managed to get more than three volumes.

*laughs* We all think our obsessions are current. I swear one day I'll read 'Slam Dunk'.

Oh gods, I remember that. Looking back on it the whole experience was a bit of blur. But damn after Memnoch I just dropped out completely.

fandom taught me all about selectively ignoring canon

Exactly. I kept on hoping the series would pick up again, then 'Armand' came into existence and I give up on Anne Rice. Don't get me wrong I adore the first three novels, and think Tale of The Body Thief was interesting but anything after I refuse to acknowledge.

The only thing going for TVA was that Armand was alive. The two little twits that ends up with Armand was liek 'WTF?!' Hates them *stabs* And let's not even talk about Armand's reaction to Daniel. Yes, let's just forget the years of interaction between Armand and Daniel, the obsession, the love, the damn mind games, and the fact that Armand cared enough to make Daniel. HELLO! WTF was the not caring for Damiel thing?! GRRRR!

The anger. So much damn anger. (But I'm ALL for David/Armand.)

Out of curiousity, did you read 'Marius' (at least I think it was the title), where we actually get to see what Daniel has been doing. Daniel-dear has pretty much reverted to a child-like state. He lives with Marius and build model cities and houses. It is kinda cute.

Stupid, absurd, WTF? all rolled in one. It destroyed all my happy fangirl dreams. Bitch. Armand/Daniel in QotD, definitely. The scene that sticks in my mind the most is Armand waking up Daniel and asking (shouting) Daniel to teach him how to use the phone, and Daniel screaming back that Armand was 400-yrs-old, figured it out yourself. I love that scene.

Exactly. Armand get all wobbly whenever Louis or Lestat enters the picture. It has been around 200 yrs. I have this theory that Armand has been lying through is teeth and is in complete denial.

Yep. Really. I have no idea which book it was. I skimmed the book like there was no tomorrow, only stopping for the Daniel bits. hmm, thinking back I think it might have been about some random vampire, and for one reason or another the vamp met up with Marius, and thus, Daniel. The explanation given was that Vampires have a tendency to get mesmerised by the world (like the Akasha), or suicidal (Nicky), and it is just that Daniel has been memsmerised by the tiny wooden models that he make. Or something like that. It has been over two (maybe three) years since I last read it. But yes, poor Daniel, all these vulneralbilities and Armand is off having a threesome with the Two Twits. It is endearing and sad at the same time.

(No, I ahve not read the RPG, but now I think I shall attempt to follow it.)

Can't feel sorry for Daniel. He's one of the few people who asked for it and got what he wanted. Hell, he was actually a consenting adult when he was made, knew exactly what he was getting into and seemed to have really enjoyed himself. And Armand did help, always pulling Daniel out of one problem or another. I read/dreamt/imagined about Armand/Daniel for the longest time.

*laughs* Total agreement, Armand is indeed like me and my old fandoms. I just keep on going back to them. Everyone have a thing for CLaudia. The girl is like a highly infectous disease. (Adore her, but Claudia did things that set her own fate in stone.) As for Nicky, I wish there had been more on him. Of course Armand would still have a thing for them. He is incapable of letting go.

It is the worst explanation. The book probably explained it better, but for the life of me I can't remember how it was explained. Well, Lestat was in that coma-like state for a pretty long time. I suspect Armand is still with Sybill and Benji. But darling, Claudia had more class and more sociaopahtic tendencies in her little pinky that the Twits.

(And the RPG is damn hilairous. I see what you mean about accurate. Hindsight and all that.)

*laughs* I never saw the ugly side of the Buffy fandom. I only stayed for the fics and stayed out of the politics. And the in-fighting in fandoms always seem to make me smile ^_^

The first thing that pops into my mind when talking about W-fandom is 'Harry Potter,' which pretty much everyone agrees is a bit of a monster. (Don't refrain. Rant away. I'm curious ^_^)

Me too. Just can't put endless energy into obsessing about BL and shoujo. But oh, give me shounen anyday and the likelihood of me shutting up about it is near impossible. I just wishh they get a move on in certain series >_>

I hate getting politics, or any other RL issues involved in fandom. It seem, to me, to defeat the purpose of being in a fandom. The reason I'm reading about make-believe characters is because I don't want to deal with RL (And because make-beleive is fun ^_^). So, it is fun, it is involving, and it is damn addictive, when it comes down to it it is entertainment, and wish people would just leave it as entertainment.

I just read 'DN 59,' it could be worse, and it isn't that bad.... maybe. *whispers* I have hope.