Let's hear it for the boys!

[geoviki]

Amidst all the chaos of posting Delicate Sound of Thunder, I never had a chance to show off all the icons ravurian made for me; just the primary Harry and Draco one. Aren't these great? Isn't he talented? The one of Sully (post-Daniel make-over) is too much!

And it got me thinking... I always think of new LJ names as default female, but there are a plethora of men in HP fandom, too. So here's an attempt to list the ones I know. Let's hope I don't wholly embarrass myself by putting someone in the wrong column (or hope that I can edit fast enough so you won't notice). And I want you to help, too, by adding the guys you know of in the comments, 'k?

arrmaitee, black_dog, copperbadge (aka Sam Vimes), danxsunday, idiotic_savant, jexay, kayen (aka Andreas), nopejr, nothingbutfic (aka Abaddon), pauraque (aka Eodrakken), petulantgod, phreid, ravurian, son_of_darkness, tipgardner, titanic_days (aka AlexMalfoy).

ETA: aegeus, ap_aelfwine, bookofjude, cadeyrn, coffeesama, dalhessian, dadelius, emeraldjay, folk (aka John), flyngaimlessly, lightnote_blend, jcalanthe, jiggery_pokery, jonem, kenboy, malachan, mark356, owlman, petulans, portkey, slowfox, stanharding, stormwynd, the_gentleman, tromboneborges, wemyss, ziggy1278

ETA Jan 2006: anothersuperboy, clsgraduate, daddybear716, flayer_of_minds, kelvinyip, onlydeepwithin, tm_nicholas, xtremewiccan

	Sully by Ravurian
	Carr and Snape by Ravurian
	Daniel and Draco by Ravurian
	Dean and Hermione by Ravurian

ETA: Daniel is Ryan Gosling, Hermione is Thora Birch, Dean is Kele Okereke, Carr is Alfred Molina, Snape is Alan Rickman, Harry is Hugh Dancy, and Draco is Boyd Holbrook. I whined about insisted on Boyd; Ravurian selected the others, and I love them.

Comments

[wordplay.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure all of these guys are still technically in the fandom, actually, but on my list are aegeus, coffeesama, lightnote_blend, jiggery_pokery, malachan, owlman, slowfox, Alex, and tromboneborges. Cool guys, the lot of them.

[wordplay.livejournal.com]

Oops, closed too soon.

(1) Yeah, I do the same thing, assuming that new fandom names are female. I kind of like it - this is the most female-dominant space I've ever been in.

(2) Fantastic casting on the icons. Love the Hermione.

[shakespearechic.livejournal.com]

Not all overly active in fandom, but still...

stormwynd, folk and ziggy1278. :)

[shakespearechic.livejournal.com]

Oh! And petulans.

[geoviki.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Added more boys.

[wordplay.livejournal.com]

God, how did I skip right past John when I was skimming my flist? I suck.

[geoviki.livejournal.com]

Thanks! A couple of them I knew but wasn't sure if they had been active in the past. Or fell into it because of significant others. Some new names to investigate, though!

[owlman.livejournal.com]

I do not consider myself to still be in fandom.
Even if I do still talk to lots of people in fandom about lots of fandom things and also still read fic.

[wordplay.livejournal.com]

:)) There are a number of y'all there in that situation, but I didn't want to intentionally leave anybody off the list. I felt bad enough accidentally forgetting John.

Even if I do still talk to lots of people in fandom about lots of fandom things and also still read fic.

And see, one of these days I'm going to have to ask or poll about that or something, because that's really interesting and there are a lot of you who have "left the fandom" but continue to participate in fannish activities and that's interesting.

And happy birthday, Simon. :D

[owlman.livejournal.com]

For me at least it is that from being heavily involved I now only paddle the toes in fandom. So, basically, it seems like I am out of it now. Even if by some peoples standards I am still in deeply.