The "Most Influential House Fic" Poll

[silversolitaire]

I'm currently researching House-fandom history and was wondering about what the most influential fics of the fandom are. Since that is impossible to figure out all by myself, I'm asking for your help in the matter. I would like to ask you to nominate up to 10 fics per pairing that you found the most influential in the House fandom. You can pick less, too, of course. Once I've compiled the lists, I'm going to figure out a top list of nominated fics and then probably ask to vote again. Or if that's conclusive already take that as a result and let you know about it.

So, I'd like to ask you to take a moment to nominate fics that you consider the most influential to the fandom. Nominate them in no particular, simply as they come to mind. If your super favorite pairing is missing, it's probably because it's not that mainstream and I'm trying to keep it slim. Use the "other" poll then and don't forget to mention the pairing as well then or else I can't use your nomination. Use the comment box to let me know anything else you may find important such as "This was the first H/W fic ever written" or whatever.

Defining "influential":

There's a distinct difference between just plain liking a story a whole bunch and feeling like it changed something. Fanfic awards are meant for your favorite fics. This poll however is meant to be different. What I want to know are fics that somehow influenced you and, in your opinion, the fandom. Like, sometimes a fic will turn you towards a pairing. Or change your perception of it. Or show you a genre you didn't think you'd like or that it could be combined with this fandom. Or it gave you new insights into the characters. Or it simply was the first of that kind and you were there to witness it. That's what I'm trying to find that out.

Please bear in mind, this is not a popularity contest but a serious attempt to find out which fics have moved the fandom. So don't go around campaigning to push your favorite writers. That'd be pointless since the results would be inaccurate.

Disclaimer of sorts:

This research is conducted purely out of fannish interest and for the benefit of the fandom. Your answers won't be quoted in any research paper or book and they will remain completely anonymous. There will be no great masterlist in the end that states who nominated who. The results are visible to me only and I will treat the information with utmost respect and discretion. Ideally, the end result of this will be a neat list showing a couple of fics that rocked the fandom, providing enough people participate to make any kind of evaluation reasonable. My nightmare would be to receive 100 individual recs... *g*

Please nominate in this format: Name by Author. Reason (optional).

Quicklist as this has gotten big and nasty:

House / Wilson
House / Cameron
House / Chase
House / Cuddy
gen fics
OT3 pairings
other pairings

House / Wilson | back to top

[Poll #924754]

House / Cameron | back to top

[Poll #924755]

House / Chase | back to top

[Poll #924756]

House / Cuddy | back to top

[Poll #924757]

gen fics | back to top

[Poll #924758]

OT3 pairings | back to top

[Poll #924759]

other pairings | back to top

[Poll #924760]

Also, if you can, spread the links around so we can get as many members of the fandom from all over the place to participate! ^^

Thanks!

Comments

[silversolitaire.livejournal.com]

In short, complete geekiness. I'm a scholar with too much interest in utterly pointless things it seems. For a while now I've been harboring the idea of creating a "fandom map" sort of thing with figuring out affiliations, friendships, collaborations etc. But I'm shying away from the amount of work this constitutes.

Another thing I've been wondering was this. If you look at really big fandoms such as Harry Potter or Star Trek, there always are some stories that are the big hallmarks that everyone knows. I've been around in the fandom for about a year now and I know my personal preferences, but I have yet to come across a real Big Name Fan. I wonder why.

So, call it a private interest for the benefit of fandom. I could imagine many people will be interested in the results (should this really take off. If I only get like 10 people replying it'll all be pretty pointless I suppose). It's not so much to tickle people's egos but to know. Isn't that why we research?

If you're asking whether I'm going to be using this for a research paper or a book. No. This is purely fannish interest. I would have said if it was otherwise. At most I might stick the results if they prove to be conclusive into the House M.D. article over at fanhistory which I've been messing around with for a bit, just for the heck of it. But for now I'm just a curious cat!

[delphinapterus.livejournal.com]

I think it's a great idea. If it turns out to be an alarmingly large amount of work for one person, I'd be interested in offering a hand if you want. No idea on the lack of BNF, maybe somebody with more fandom experiance would know the answer.

I started off with a sort of knee-jerk reaction to it, but now I'm thinking about what fics really seem important, really challenged my views on a pairing, rewrote the characters to highlight depth of character. I'm going to have to think about for a bit before doing the poll.