Hello New People!

[intrigueing]

jadelennox is hosting a dreamwidth friending meme here, and since there's a whole bunch of new people who've subscribed I thought I'd say hello. Hello! Details about me are on my profile.

My current state of fandomness is largely unchanged since winter. I am fangirling a whole lot of fandom history and fandom culture and fandom meta for early (or, to my early twenties self, "ancient" as one friend will never let me forget) fandoms, mainly Star Trek TOS, Starsky & Hutch, and Star Wars. I am firmly not getting excited for Star Wars Episode VII, since I always enjoy this kind of thing a million times better when I'm not anticipating it, but my massive Star Wars love has been steadily rising for the past few months.

Some comms I subscribe to and/or visit semi-frequently (I am also very busy with work and real life, so I have less time for this than I used to), and recommend for people wanting to participate in fandom more on dreamwidth, are:

For discussion: fandomsecrets , fail_fandomanon 

For fandom events, challeges, etc: fandomcalendar , fandom_on_dw ,

For fanfic writing: onedeadplotbunny , fan_flashworks , fic_promptly 

And also, if you're a gen fan looking for fic recs, I highly recommend gensplosion which recs not just gen fic but usually very unique and creative gen fic.

I subscribe to, but have mixed feelings about metanews . It's an awesome posting of recent fandom meta from around the internet, but the links contain a mixture of both eyerolling are-you-fucking-serious pretentious bullshit and omg-that's-really-cool awesomeness in roughly equal measures.

I am currently immersed in writing -- or more like grappling with -- four or five separate fanfics. Why four or five instead of one? Because I'm a fucking idiot, that's why.

A wonderful fandom friend also graciously lent me a stack of ancient sorry, I mean, "older" Star Trek TOS zines from the '70s-'90s and I have been going over them with great glee and will probably post some reflections about them in my journal soon.

I keep telling myself I will post more fanfic recommendations, but I keep forgetting. I am taking this opportunity to remind myself to get on with it.

eta: I also just discovered the Anonymous Writing Feedback Meme anonconcrit , courtesy of moetushie !

Comments

[lightbird]

Yeah, I need to start reccing stuff at gensplosion. I've mostly been posting recs to fancake -- also a great rec comm, and I love that each round focuses on a specific theme or trope. But gensplosion is great and several terrific stories were brought to my attention via that comm, so I should give back. I do read fics with all kinds of 'ships too, but I definitely lean more toward gen in fanfic. I'm more interested in reading for plot and exploration of all dimensions of the characters, rather than for the 'ships.

[intrigueing]

Wow, thanks so much for directing me to fancake! That looks fantastic. <3