For 2016 I have decided I will participate in as many Top 5 Wednesdays as possible. For January 6th the T5W topic is Your Top 5 Fandoms.
For me this topic started off relatively easy, two stood out more then any other but then things started to get difficult. How could I pick one over another when as fandoms by default I loved them all. So to make things easier on myself and not too unfair I figured I would go with the first 5 fandoms I every had.
1. This one was the easiest to pick and is perhaps on most lists and that is Harry Potter. I love all things HP whether it be books, movies, games, quizzes, or just hearing someone make a HP reference. HP fans are an unspoken unified group of people who bound instantly over a shared love of the series. Match J.K Rowling's great writing with a great group of fans and who wouldn't want to be apart of this fandom.
2. Heartland. This is probably a very different fandom than what most would chose (its not overly popular), and this series involves rescuing abused and neglected horses. Heartland is both a book series and a tv show (that is up to season 9). I started to read this series when I was about 11 or 12 and not long after I finished reading them the tv show began. Horses and books are my two great loves in life so its probably not surprising that a combination of the two made it onto my top 5.
3. The fandom which is probably the one that I am most greatly a fan of is anything relating to Cassandra Clare's Shadowhunters, specifically for me, The Mortal Instruments. These books were ultimately what made me discover that their was more to books, tv shows and movies than simply watching and reading them. After I finished the original trilogy of TMI I went looking for more anything of Cassandra Clare and that was when I discovered how far the love of a series can go through the creation of fandoms.
4. The Lord of the Rings quickly became a favourite of mine following the first 10 minutes of the first movie. After that I had to watch the next two and know about the books these fantastic movies were based off. Granted the books are little more slow but still the world and the characters are a great and unique bunch.
5. I was originally introduced to Stars Wars, begrudgingly, by my father who insisted it would be a great bonding activity to force his family to watch the movies with him. All six! We had to watch them in the original release order, you get the full effect that way, but by the end of the first one I had to know more. I am curious to see where the next set of movies go considering George Lucas once said that Star Wars was the story of Darth Vader, because Darth Vader isn't in the latest movies...but I guess I'll just have to wait and see.
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