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author_by_night) wrote2019-07-02 08:14 am
author_by_night) wrote2019-07-02 08:14 am
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Intro Post for sunshine_challenge
I'm doing the July fandom ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
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!
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!
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