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snowflake challenge - idek anymore
Played squash today for the first time in a... half decade? And it felt glorious.
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Day 11: In your own space, make a list of at least 3 things that you like about yourself.
Day 12: What makes you fannish? And by that we mean, what is it about a tv show/movie/book/band/podcast/etc that takes you from, "Yeah, I like that," to "I need MOAR!!!" Is it a character? A plotline? The pretty? Subtext that’s just screaming to be acknowledged?
In your own space, tell us what it is that gets you to cross that line into fandom.
Hm. The more I think about this, the more I think it's seeing other people be fannish? I've had a lot of interest in things beaten out of me, whether by school or brain problems or life or exhaustion. But reading great things by inspired people, or hanging around a group of excited folk – that helps me get into things.
On a more tropeish level: incomplete things make me fannish. It's supremely hard for me to get into fan stuff for canons I feel are pretty complete on their own – The Culture, for example, or a lot of Le Guin's stuff, even though I've tried hard to write for them. But things with a lot of potential that are badly executed or abbreviated ping me: Prince of Tennis (the former) and Hikaru no Go (the latter) are examples. Strong concepts, strong relationships – it's why I like reading Homestuck even if I can't be arsed with its canon.
I've struggled to get into fandom these last few years, so this is a particularly hard question. I'm still waiting for a fire to get lit beneath me – I honestly do think a few too many years scraping the bottom of the depression barrel has to do with this. But there's nothing a good fic won't solve... *g*
So behind on
snowflake_challenge, but here's a shot:Day 11: In your own space, make a list of at least 3 things that you like about yourself.
- I seem to write all right?
- I'm pretty quick on the uptake?
- I, er, try not to be an ass to others?
Day 12: What makes you fannish? And by that we mean, what is it about a tv show/movie/book/band/podcast/etc that takes you from, "Yeah, I like that," to "I need MOAR!!!" Is it a character? A plotline? The pretty? Subtext that’s just screaming to be acknowledged?
In your own space, tell us what it is that gets you to cross that line into fandom.
Hm. The more I think about this, the more I think it's seeing other people be fannish? I've had a lot of interest in things beaten out of me, whether by school or brain problems or life or exhaustion. But reading great things by inspired people, or hanging around a group of excited folk – that helps me get into things.
On a more tropeish level: incomplete things make me fannish. It's supremely hard for me to get into fan stuff for canons I feel are pretty complete on their own – The Culture, for example, or a lot of Le Guin's stuff, even though I've tried hard to write for them. But things with a lot of potential that are badly executed or abbreviated ping me: Prince of Tennis (the former) and Hikaru no Go (the latter) are examples. Strong concepts, strong relationships – it's why I like reading Homestuck even if I can't be arsed with its canon.
I've struggled to get into fandom these last few years, so this is a particularly hard question. I'm still waiting for a fire to get lit beneath me – I honestly do think a few too many years scraping the bottom of the depression barrel has to do with this. But there's nothing a good fic won't solve... *g*
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Me too. I quietly fan about things on my own, in my head, and I don't feel compelled to put energy/time into contributing to a fandom unless I see other people talking about fannish things in a manner that complements what I am thinking and challenges me to expand my ideas. Usually this happens when people are open to all ships+characters but fan over different ships+characters than I do yet they latch on to the same themes. And then MOAR CREATIVITY!!1!!!1!
Incomplete things just seems to invite people to come in and play. When something is too complete, it can feel airtight and then it becomes difficult for fans to expand it with new ideas.
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I've found that as long as I click on some ability to talk back and forth level with a person, I'm able to go fannish even without much common fandom ground. THE CHEMISTRY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE ER, COMPONENTS OF THE EQUATION.
Incomplete things are really why I've never been fannish about some of the fandoms of my heart: they're folded into me and I'm happy with them just being there as they are.