December posting meme-13th

[abyss_valkyrie]

 

 

What do your first and most recent fandoms have in common? asked by solo 


My first fandom was Harry Potter and fandom-wise I'd say it's 'The Untamed'. Well, those are two very different fandoms, indeed! :D But once I started thinking,wow, there's quite a lot of things I'd say are common.

But I think one common factor is that they're heavily fantasy based. Magic, spells, duels are the obvious ones.

Going a little deeper, there's a separation system- 4 houses in Harry Potter, the 5 great clans in The Untamed.
The main character - Harry in HP, Wei Wuxian in The Untamed-is dark-haired.

They are also orphans and are taken in by others. Both the 'mother figure' role that they should have gotten love and affection from pretty much hated them.
Both stories have traitors who were like best friends ( Peter Pettigrew in Harry Potter & Jin Guangyao in The Untamed) whose actions led to those very friends to die.

On a brighter side- TRIOS! The golden trio of Harry, Hermione and Ron are one of my absolute favourites in any fandom. In The Untamed we have Wei Wuxian, Jiang Cheng and Jiang Yanli-The Yunmeng trio. Though the ends of each trio are vastly different, both have a special place in my heart. Have 2 pics!


Sooooo, yeah, that was quite a bit of analysis for my brain. Keep the questions coming, guys over here. Ask me twice even, if you like!:D

Comments

[shipperslist]

Ohhhh I never thought about the parallels like that!

[abyss_valkyrie]

I didn't either until this question was asked!:D

[sunshine304]

That’s a fun question right? I’d answered it too (mine are PotC and The Untamed) and it made me think a lot about world building and characters!

And then I told my best friend about it (who hasn’t seen The Untamed but knows a tiny bit through tumblr osmosis), going on about the depth of world building and clever characters etc., and she’s like, “Well, I had expected you to say that they’ve both got gay main characters.”

And I just sat there, blinking for a moment, like, “… dammit.” XD Well, okay, bi main characters but yes. XD

[abyss_valkyrie]

Hahahaha! That is hilarious, the way our friends just know the reason we gravitate towards certain characters is crazy! One of the things I didn't realise while watching animes was that my favourite characters always tended to be the blonde or white haired ones until my best friend pointed it out!And I was like...how is that possible when I liked them all for their character?!

[sunshine304]

Yes, we just don’t notice the most obvious things at times! XD

[lirazel]

That's so interesting that you were able to find so many areas of overlap!

On a brighter side- TRIOS!

YEAH MAN!!!!

[abyss_valkyrie]

The trios end up being my favourites in every show!! Nice icon there!:D

[solo]

Going a little deeper, there's a separation system- 4 houses in Harry Potter, the 5 great clans in The Untamed.

Oh, interesting shared aspect of the worldbuiding, yes.

They are also orphans and are taken in by others. Both the 'mother figure' role that they should have gotten love and affection from pretty much hated them.

Ouch, yes. I only read the HP books, and only once, so I'd forgotten about that aspect.

The Yunmeng trio in your pic... so young... so innocent! ;_;

[abyss_valkyrie]

Young Yunmeng trio breaks my heart on rewatch because you just know what's coming for them. T_T

[breyzyyin]

Very neat parallels indeed! ♥

[abyss_valkyrie]

Hehe!Glad you enjoyed it!