a whole new set of fantasies

[pensnest]

I think I've taught myself to change my 'type'!

In my gateway fandom, I naturally went for Data, not just because he was a sidekick and played by a very good actor, but also because he was skinny and had a face more notable for bones than handsomeness. I did a 'List' post years ago, most of which Photoshop has now jettisoned, but it included Gene Wilder and Jon Stewart, and perhaps also Geoffrey Rush, as examples of 'My Type'.

The ridiculous prettiness of the NSYNC boys was quite novel territory for me, as well as converting me to slash. Adam Lambert must, I think, be in the same vein.

But since my barbershop conversion, I've become very ohsovery interested in these guys, and by all the laws of my previous preferences I should be entranced by tall, skinny, bony David Zimmerman, the tenor. I'm not, though he is cute, indeed.

Which one have I been weaving epics about? Because those epics have caused me to start evaluating other chaps in a similar way, and it's quite disconcerting.

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[sperrywink]

Interesting! Maybe this will spark some new fannish interest for you.

[pensnest]

Weeeeeell, in one way it has, because I compose fanfic about the boys in my head. But I'm not going to write the stories down because (a) I'm in a fandom of one, and (b) because the guys are amateurs and thus not, in my book, Fair Game for RPF. And (c), because... well, they're middle class white guys from Indiana, which I suspect might bring me pause if I studied their lives too hard.

Fannishness of the purely barbershop kind I can get from YouTube comments, which is quite fun. Many of the commenters know a lot more about barbershop than I do, so it's an education!

[turps]

It's always sad when you're in a fandom of one.

Have you changed your type to the shortest one? Whichever one it is, that link is a lot of fun.

[pensnest]

I haven't, although he is adorable and a really, really good Lead. No, I'm extra partial to the big guy who sings bass.

[brandywine28]

Except -- by this logic, you should've been a JC girl! (JC is SO the Data of Nsync. It's a comparison that only occurred to me 15 seconds ago, yet I'm willing to die on this hill.)