Again ganked from =-ek-

1. The first character you fell in love with:
Uh. *mumbles*Sephiroth*mumbles*. For a few days. Then it was all Vincent Vincent Vincent for the next few months. He had such good backstory, I was writing fic for him before I've even played the game. xD;

2. The character you never expected to love as much as you do now:
Hojo snuck in somehow... During my fic-writing after playing the game. It was a rainy day, I typed for a couple of hours, and discovered I had written a first-person Hojo fic about killing Vincent. After that the bastard never left me. o_O (Eight years now, Hojo. Once you latch on you apparently never let go)

Though with RP as a recent development, I have to say I was surprised at the number of characters that I now adore who I just didn't pay attention to during the game. I've never had hate for any character, just apathy. And the best example of apathy-turned-insatiable-love is Rufus Shinra, who I never even paid attention to during AC. Instance number two is Shelke Rui and unforgettable instance number three is Shera. Some players out there are just so damn awesome.

3. The character everyone else loves that you don’t [like as much]:
Sephiroth... I don't not-like him. I just... don't really care for him as much. Cloud too. Tifa as well. But then this feeling goes for most of the main characters (with the exception of Aerith). I think it's because I like to gouge my own histories for characters. You give me too much canon, I get bored. xD;

4. The character you love that everyone else hates:
Hojo. And apparently Lucrecia gets a bad rap as well? I haven't met any Lucrecia haters but I'm told the sentiment is out there.

5. The character you would shag anytime:
TSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENG. I'd also like to say Veld, but he scares the crap outta me sometimes. xD;

6. The character you'd want to be like:
As sad as it sounds, liking Hojo during my highschool potential-future-career-exploring days probably really contributed to how I ended up where I am today. Which turned out wonderfully well, actually, since I don't know what else I could be if I wasn't a scientist (not so much a vet, just a scientist in general). But the decision wasn't made so much because I wanted to be like Hojo, rather because I wanted to understand Hojo. And thinking on it now, I have no idea who I'd want to be like. I enjoy being a mesh-mash of all my favourites.

7. The character you'd slap:
Like EK-san said - I've wanted to slap everyone at some stage or other. xD;

8. A pairing that you love:
See previous pairings meme. ^^ Though I'll add I'm really digging Tseng/Rufus at the moment.

9. A pairing that you despise:
See previous pairings meme.

10. Favorite character:
The prof ain't stepping down for anyone after eight years! ^^

11. What are your five favorite things about the fandom? (see EK-san's answers, lol)
1 - Lovely ambiguity
2 - Lots of genuinely interesting characters
3 - Lots of canon to play with (double edged sword, this one)
4 - All the people who are into it (double edged...)
5 - Its recent revival (double edged...)

12. What are your five least favorite things about the fandom?
See above for double-edged points.
I was also really shocked recently, in RP, at the number of wars going on in this fandom, and the number of people who just don't seem to give a shit about other people's feelings. Love your own headcanon, fine, but don't slag people off just because they don't think the way you do. >_<

13. Who are your five favourite characters (in order!)?
Hojo, Tseng, Reeve, Rufus (sneaky bastard took Vincent's old spot), and Aerith.

14. Who are your five least favorite characters?
Give me any character and I can give you one redeeming feature of theirs which makes me love them. :3 Yes - even Palmer and Heideggar and the Don have their charms. I think I've just been in this fandom for so long it's become like a child to me, and you can't help but love your child. xD;

15. What are your five favorite pairings?
See previous pairing meme!

16. What are your five least favorite pairings?
See previous pairing meme!

17. Which character are you most like?
Yuffie, probably.

18. What is your deep, dark fandom secret?
Hojo/Shelke. >____>