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Snowflake Day #3 & #4
Jan. 20th, 2025 12:03 amDay Three
In your own space, talk about a fannish opinion you hold that has changed over time.
I'm not sure about this one exactly, I think that when I was younger and newer to fandom(TM) I felt a lot like I was an outsider. Like all the cool kids new the special codes and language and if you didn't know it, you shouldn't bother. And like fandom is very gatekeepery still. There's always going to be a corner of misfits who feel like they're bigger and better and know more and are above reproach in some way. But it's also not like that at all. It's welcoming, it's open, it's exuberantly accepting of excited new fans. They want fresh writers, podfics, remixes, and artists but I think they're a little harder to find and it can be really hard to put yourself out there for the first time (or the second, or the third). But sometimes, you have to just do the thing for you. It's why I started to write fanfiction and now, I'm back to the same feeling. Get the urge to write a thing, write and maybe post the thing. That's it.
When I finally found a big fandom that I loved, I got very caught up in the "I can't write that" mindset, because I didn't want to infringe on certain aspects of fandom. Oh, so-and-so is the Anora person, so I can't write this Anora fic because they did something based on ... whatever.
But, that's just two cakes. I love the surprise of two cakes. Six enemies to lovers fics about my favorite ship? YES PLEASE and I'll take a seventh. Have I seen a gifset of this same scene from five different gif makers? YEAH and I'll happily do it again! *bangs pots and pans* GIMME MORE
Day Four
Since this is the start of a new year, this challenge will be to set your own goals! Of course we can all make large or ambitious goals, remember that small and/or short goals are also good!
I have a few, mostly because the past year and a half or two years has been really hard on me creative/writing-wise. My word for this year is GROUND. To me that's getting back to my roots, feeling present, being me as much as I can be.
In your own space, talk about a fannish opinion you hold that has changed over time.
I'm not sure about this one exactly, I think that when I was younger and newer to fandom(TM) I felt a lot like I was an outsider. Like all the cool kids new the special codes and language and if you didn't know it, you shouldn't bother. And like fandom is very gatekeepery still. There's always going to be a corner of misfits who feel like they're bigger and better and know more and are above reproach in some way. But it's also not like that at all. It's welcoming, it's open, it's exuberantly accepting of excited new fans. They want fresh writers, podfics, remixes, and artists but I think they're a little harder to find and it can be really hard to put yourself out there for the first time (or the second, or the third). But sometimes, you have to just do the thing for you. It's why I started to write fanfiction and now, I'm back to the same feeling. Get the urge to write a thing, write and maybe post the thing. That's it.
When I finally found a big fandom that I loved, I got very caught up in the "I can't write that" mindset, because I didn't want to infringe on certain aspects of fandom. Oh, so-and-so is the Anora person, so I can't write this Anora fic because they did something based on ... whatever.
But, that's just two cakes. I love the surprise of two cakes. Six enemies to lovers fics about my favorite ship? YES PLEASE and I'll take a seventh. Have I seen a gifset of this same scene from five different gif makers? YEAH and I'll happily do it again! *bangs pots and pans* GIMME MORE
Day Four
Since this is the start of a new year, this challenge will be to set your own goals! Of course we can all make large or ambitious goals, remember that small and/or short goals are also good!
I have a few, mostly because the past year and a half or two years has been really hard on me creative/writing-wise. My word for this year is GROUND. To me that's getting back to my roots, feeling present, being me as much as I can be.
- I signed up for
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getyourwordsout at 75k. I struggled last year and only got about halfway. This year I know I can do it. - I've been wanting to come back here for awhile - now I've done it
- I plan to do an unofficial version of NaNo this year. Not having the community there last year (I won't be going back no matter the changes they make) made it hard to keep with it, but I feel like I can figure it out and do something.
- I want to do book reviews somewhere. Maybe TT if it sticks around. Maybe YT shorts. (I'll do them here too.)
- Oh and I've set a goal of 50 books this year. I met it (just barely) last year, and I want to do it again this year. Having a regular book club means at least 12 books are accounted for.
- I have at least 1 fanfic I need to post a long chapter for, I've been editing forever and putting off finishing it. I need to do that. I don't want to set the goal to finish the whole fic this year, but if I can post this one, I want to at least get a good ways into another chapter on it.
- I think I'd also like to make sure to write something in an exchange or challenge that's not just Yuletide as well.
- ETA: We bought a Little Free Library kit for Christmas and I want to get it up and stocked in the yard by the end of January. I'm very excited, it just needs to be painted and put up. I've already made a website for it!
