It all started with popslash. And thus began my trip to
So about four or five years ago I got really into *NSYNC fan fic. i read all the requisites: Fiction Lynn, Crazy1, MC. But the very first authors I read were story girl and fly girl, back ii\n the day, when they were still on an angelfire site or some shit, and they wrote loooong het fics. Through them I read Lady, back when she had a different name and also wrote het. And then I stumbled upon nsyncgrrrl, Helen, Wax, Julad, Calico, and the rest. And I was absolutely blown away at the mass amount of talent that the fandom has. There are just a lot of extremely talented popslasher out there. And after reading their fics, there was just no way that i could go back.

And so my descent began, and for years all I read was tons and tons of *NSYNC slash, and slowly i started reading the crossovers, y'know the ones with that other boyband in them too. But I never really got immersed in the backstreet fandom, I mostly stick to crossovers and such, especially JC/Nick and JuNick. And then i read Helen's HP Draco/Ron story, and then the HP fandom hit me like a ton of bricks. So i read Rhysenn, Shallott, Phatgirl, and every other H/D fic I could get my hands on. But I put off on reading Cassie's trilogy. I couldn't bring myself to read het. And I fing it funny that I am so completely squicked by het fic, what with me being a heterosexual girl and all, but i just can't stand reading it.

So then i had two major fandoms on my hands, until last november I discovered Lord of the Rings and soon I devoured what I am certain was something like 97% of the Aragorn/Legolas stories out there. Most were crap, but man do i ever like the pairing. but before I read the Tolkein stuff I read the RPS, and my god, Viggo/Orlando.... is. hot. Calico in particular, Blood Oranges is just amazing.

So by this time I was feeling a bit overwhelmed trying to read three fandoms and deal with RL. But i managed to find the time to read X-Men, and I must admit I'm a bit dissapointed in the quality of the fic in this fandom. I really like Wolverine/Cyclops (or if you prefer Logan/Scott), but i've only found a few fics that really capture the exciting aspects of this pairing (the anger, control issues, and alpha-male syndrome that both of these two have, and also their unique ability to understand each other).

And finally, about a week ago, I realized that one of the things I love about the American Idol show- the flirty relationship between Ryan and Clay, and between Ryan and Simon- are perfect for fiction. And thus I discovered American Idol slash, a very small fandom, but a strangely addicting one.

But one thing that I have been realizing lately is my propensity to be a complete pairing whore. Popslash is the only fandom in which i don't have a real preference in pairings. i read them ALL. Especially the stuff written by my favorite and trusted authors. I'll also read any and all crossovers I can find. I mean honestly, who would have guessed that JC/David Bowie could be such an amazing pair? but in the other fandoms? I am not as open. And I'm very untrusting, so if one of my favorite authors has written something with a different pairing, I'll read it , but only if it's someone i trust, and I'm always quite skeptical. Take for example LOTR: I have never read a single Frodo/Sam, Merry/Pippin, or Legolas/Gimli. In fact I've only read one fic that wasn't Aragorn/legoals, instead it was Aragorn/Legolas/Haldir my my, I certainly am branching out. And HP? The Draco Trilogy by Cassie is the only fic I've read that isn't Harry/Draco (with the exception of the first fic ever, as previously mentioned).

In conculsion: I am a pairing whore, and a slave to my OTP's. This is something I should maybe work on. In fact, I do plan to read Rhysenn's new Pyro/Iceman fic. it sounds interesting.