If you have something similar, I'd be interested to hear about it! What's the story your soul is anchored to?
Honestly, a number of things. Growing up as a shy, isolated, bookish child who had a tendency to read books and comics over and over and over, and also use them as springboards for blatantly derivative original fiction, there are a number of canons that were heavily formative for me as a juvenile creator that still hold up well enough that I revisit them every 5-10 years or so, often dipping back into fandom creativity when I do - Elfquest, Amber, X-Men.
But possibly the thing I've been doing that with the longest is the original Star Trek. It's one of the earliest things I remember watching on TV, in afternoon reruns when I was probably four or five, and the wild thing is that I still remember specific episodes even though I only ever saw a few of them at that age. It was probably the thing that first introduced me to hurt/comfort. I watched it off and on throughout my childhood whenever I could catch a rerun, back in the days when shows airing on TV was the only way to watch them, and I'd say every few years I go through a renewed surge of interest that involves watching some episodes, reading some fic, and picking up some tie-in books. I think there's a distinct chance I've never actually seen every episode, since I've never just sat down and watched it in order.
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Honestly, a number of things. Growing up as a shy, isolated, bookish child who had a tendency to read books and comics over and over and over, and also use them as springboards for blatantly derivative original fiction, there are a number of canons that were heavily formative for me as a juvenile creator that still hold up well enough that I revisit them every 5-10 years or so, often dipping back into fandom creativity when I do - Elfquest, Amber, X-Men.
But possibly the thing I've been doing that with the longest is the original Star Trek. It's one of the earliest things I remember watching on TV, in afternoon reruns when I was probably four or five, and the wild thing is that I still remember specific episodes even though I only ever saw a few of them at that age. It was probably the thing that first introduced me to hurt/comfort. I watched it off and on throughout my childhood whenever I could catch a rerun, back in the days when shows airing on TV was the only way to watch them, and I'd say every few years I go through a renewed surge of interest that involves watching some episodes, reading some fic, and picking up some tie-in books. I think there's a distinct chance I've never actually seen every episode, since I've never just sat down and watched it in order.