Accioslash - my favourite person in the fandom! :-)
Oh, you're so kind. Are you sure this comment was meant for me? ;D
Heh. I always feel like some boring old timer talking about "the good old days" when I bring up my early years in fandom. So I'm glad you found it interesting. I *did* love my early days, but I like now just as much.
Honestly, everything about Snarry is an exception to my usual pattern. All of my other pairings - and I always have an OTP in every fandom - are best friends, typically co-workers so there are no power differentials, and are of similar age. By all rights my HP OTP should be Harry/Ron. But it's not.
I always like hurt/comfort in every fandom. Other preferences tend to be fandom specific though I also always like most of the cliches that are common for each of the OTPs.
I'm only ever active in one fandom at a time, but I read in more than a dozen. And I never actually leave any fandom. I follow HP, Star Trek (TOS and Reboot), Merlin, Supernatural, LoTR, Sherlock Holmes, Starsky & Hutch, The Sentinel, Batman, Brokeback Mountain, Hogan's Heroes, X-Files, and Twilight (I know).