Intro Post for sunshine_challenge

[author_by_night]

I'm doing the July fandom  sunshine_challenge , and decided to follow a few leads in doing an intro post of sorts. Since it's fandom, I'll mainly focus on that. (Also, I keep most of my more personal information behind flock. I'm very old school.)

Basic Info: I'm a thirty-something year old woman who lives in the US. Yeah, that's about all you're getting, sorry. :P In fandom terms, I'm a cross between Ben Wyatt and Luna Lovegood, with shades of Hermione Granger.  I'm a writer, nerdy but not geeky, have artsy interests but my craft is mainly writing. Otherwise, I'm more of an observer than a creator. :)  
 
Fandom History: In case there's a prompt asking to elaborate on this, I won't ramble too much - but I will say I was in the Harry Potter fandom from the year 2000 onward, starting with the AOL HP Messageboards. (I joined the boards for adults, along with a bunch of other teen fans. They hated us there, but the kid HP forums were kinda blah.)  I was also very active in the Earth's Children fandom. I haven't really been super active in any other fandoms, if we're going to be honest. I' was involved in the Heroes fandom for the first season, Community for a few seasons, and I dabble in Buffy, Parks and Rec. I've more recently dabbled in The Good Place and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. However, I feel Parks and Rec and TGP don't really have a solid fandom per se, and the CXG fandom seems to be more of a Rachel Bloom fandom. Which is totally understandable, Rachel Bloom kicks ass, but that's not solely what I'm there for.

So yeah, these days I'm more of a dabbler, but a dabbler willing to go all in when the opportunity arises. That's why I'm participating in this challenge. :) 

Fandom Interests: Mostly, I love discussion. I also love fanfiction (though I'm not big on fic that's strictly shippy/smutty without much other plot), podcasts, and I used to love fanvids but I feel fanmixes kind of replaced those.

Transformative Works Policy: I'd never heard of this until now. If someone wants to read one of my fics on a podcast, go for it, I guess? But please ask my permission first.

Other LiveWidth* Interests: Even if I'm not involved in fandoms per se, I post about a lot of nerdy things. I also do a bit of snark, but lighthearted snark more so than angry, cynical snark. I also dissect social media trends and quibbles. My real life posts tend to analyze why people do things, more so than my own life, although I do talk about my personal life as well. Sometimes. I don't know, I see LiveWidth as more of a conversation platform than a diary. I was never good at keeping diaries. I post a bit about politics, but... honestly, that's what I use Facebook and twitter for. LiveWidth is my space away from the shitfest that is my country as of late, so I limit my political ramblings.

*LiveWidth = Livejournal/Dreamwidth.

Where Can I Find Your Fanfic? Most of my fanfiction is in the fanfiction tag or the fanfiction: harry potter tag. I'll use both tags in  this post. You can also find me on Ao3. (And fanfiction.net, but please don't.)

That's about it! Welcome to my  adorkable abode! 

Comments

[enemytosleep]

I also keep nearly everything personal under lock, so when it comes times to meet new people it can be tricky. xD I've vowed to try and be slightly more accessible this month so that interested parties can try to feel me out a bit, but it's a hard habit to break. I also very rarely discuss politics or global issues here as it takes up enough of my time in non-internet spaces and I come here to de-frag. Thanks for joining the challenge!

[author_by_night]

I've vowed to try and be slightly more accessible this month so that interested parties can try to feel me out a bit, but it's a hard habit to break

It really is. And even under flock, I'm still more private than a lot of people.

You're welcome! This should be fun.

[bleodswean]

It's very difficult to break that protection of privacy habit. I stay away from mediums that encourage over-sharing and sometimes lament the early days when we all had nicknames and were appraised on the content of our product. Ah, well. I've friended you!

[author_by_night]

Hi there! Nice to meet you.

[cloudsinvenice]

This sounds right up my street; I'll have to take a look at the comm tomorrow!

The Good Place

[oldtoadwoman]

I'm a fandom dabbler myself.

In the case of The Good Place, I feel like it's almost too good to be fannish about. I'll squee over episodes as I watch them, but I'm not compelled to write fic or anything. I think half of my fic inspiration is to write either fix-it fic or continuing-canceled-canon fic or occasionally nostalgia-fic for something that's been off the air forever. So years from now, I might think, "Man, I miss The Good Place" and be inspired to write fic for it, but currently I'm just so satisfied with the canon as it stands that I have zero plot bunnies for the show.

Sunshine challenge

[octahedrite]

Hi there. I've subscribed to you. I like your fic. Nice to meet you ヾ(^∇^*)

Re: Sunshine challenge

[author_by_night]

Hi! Thank you! Nice to meet you too. :)