1. I love her. Why? I like her energy and enthusiasm, her independence, her crazy ideas, the way she does what she wants and social conventions be dammed... I just love her.

2. Important? She tends to drive the plot. Many of the holiday plans are at least partly hers (Arctic Expedition, gold mining, picts and martyrs) and when they aren't she hijacks them (Secret Water mapping).

3. I'm not much like her, so I don't relate to her naturally, but I've written from her perspective, and that helped me get inside her head.

4. Swallows and Amazons is one of my favourite book series ever.

5. John/Nancy forever. I also enjoy exploring her relationship with the other children of the group (not necessarily as children).

6. Arthur Ransome writing more about her :P

7. Hmmm... looking at how Dick and Dot (who I think I'm most like) interact with her, I'd probably look up to her a lot, and get slightly bossed around to provide scientific information on whatever her newest idea is.

8. Yes, I think she does.

9. I'd tell them that I think Nancy is awesome.

10. The fandom is fairly small, but a fair proportion of the fics involve her, so I'd say yes.