tell me a story, game!

[solo_sword]

So with the new kids coming in and showing off their shiny new fandoms, I'm curious.

How'd you get into your canon?

Did you just pick it up one day and found yourself unable to put it down, or did someone (maybe from this game) drag you into it? How long have you been into it? Was there any one thing or character that hooked you on it? This is your chance to wax nostalgic and go on about what made your canon so cool for you. If there's a story behind it, tell us! And if there's not... tell us anyway!

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[guardian-god.livejournal.com]

It's me, there's always a story.

Now I have the added pleasure of becoming intrigued with the world of Vampire Academy way late one night when I read guardianborn's application (it's good to be an admin). I'd read all of the Twilight series and Richelle Mead's books just sounded like what I wished Twilight had actually been. Now, I didn't get myself a copy of the book right away because I was busy, blah blah conference blah work blah. But then I had to get books from the library for summer school anyway so I asked a few people for recs and Emily screamed GET VA. So I did.

I read the first chapter as I walked out to the car (because I have issues, okay?) and when I got home I was all "TELL ME WE GET MORE TALL RUSSIAN GUY!" I want to say I didn't have time that very day to continue reading, but the day I started on chapter two, I finished the book a few hours later with a whole lot of keysmash. Then I went out to the grocery store the next morning and forced the spouse make a side trip to B&N to purchase Frostbite, Shadow's Kiss, and VA (because I'm a completist). I got home in the afternoon, sat down, and read the next two books with a break for dinner in between. And during my break I made a character journal for Dimitri because I have no willpower. But then when I finished SK I weeped and made a WHOLE NEW JOURNAL because Richelle is EVIL. Yes, I'm still upset. But I was also lucky because Emily let me keysmash at her the entire time. I believe I sent whole emails consisting of nothing but character's names and keysmash. Good books, people. They really suck you in.

And then there were like, a few weeks or something before Blood Promise came out and broke my heart at least five different times. And now there's ELEVEN DAYS until I have Spirit Bound and can stop accidentally clicking spoilery links in Richelle's twitter feed and wanting to stab myself through the chest. *nods* And the LAST book comes out in December and I might die while waiting for that one in case you wondered.

[sensethevisions]

I have to say that you guys are the reason I ordered all four from Amazon and read them in a weekend.

[guardian-god.livejournal.com]

*\o/*

Yes, I will cheer for providing free advertising.

[wantstocheer.livejournal.com]

I recently told my roommate that she needed to read VA because it was "everything Twilight wishes it was" :D

And I totally read them because of you guys.

[guardian-god.livejournal.com]

Now you have to make her read them! My sister got so mad at me for giving her a series in progress to read. She's now refusing to read the last three books until December because she was so mad about the end of SK.

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

IF YOU DIE, I WILL RESUSCITATE YOU IF YOU DO THE SAME FOR ME.

[guardian-god.livejournal.com]

YOU HAD BETTER.

THOUGH I MIGHT DIE TONIGHT AND THEN WE WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT?

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

OH GOD, I CAN'T TALK ABOUT TONIGHT. MY HEART, IT HURTS SO MUCH.