Snowflake Challenge 2016 - Day 11

snowflake_challenge  - Day 11

In your own space, make a list of at least 3 things that you like about yourself.

I'm not good at liking myself. Not sure if that's just a me-thing, a not-being American-thing or something else that lets me shy away from praising my own character-traits.

But anyway....

1) I like my humour. Which is mostly ironic sarcasm, but I find it funny. I learned laughing about myself which wasn't easy.

2) ...

3) ....

Nah, doesn't really feel right. Sorry. Failed this challenge.

Snowflake Challenge 2016 - Day 12

snowflake_challenge  - 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.

I'm not very fannish, actually. I wrote about my journey into fandom last year. I watch a lot of TV shows but I was never so obsessed with one to call myself a fan and wishing to create things for or about it.

There are a lot of bands that I love but don't feel like reading fic about (or only found bad fic for), and I found out about bandom through authors, not the other way round. But fic and the fans on the web made me curious about the real persons behind the stories.
So last year I saw Adam Lambert and Queen live and Fall Out Boy in concert, I'm following the former MCR guys on twitter and I would have gone to see Gerard Way and Frank Iero if they would have come to a venue near me.

When I create myself, fic or art, I need to feel something about the characters I write. And in art I do have to find the people at least a bit attractive.

Snowflake Challenge 2016 - Day 13

snowflake_challenge - Day 13

Post a rec for at least three fanworks that you did not create. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

What have I read recently (i.e. last year) that impressed me or made an impact?

1) "Document" by azurejay (and chimeras)
Bandom, Fall Out Boy
23.910 words
Summary: The one where Patrick is not a girl.

I read this after I'd seen a documentary about a trans tenager, and lots of the personal subjects of that doc I found in that fic again. Combined with brilliant writing and "boys on tour" I enjoyed reading it very much.


2) "That one regret is you" by thescrewtapedemos
Bandom, Panic At The Disco
13.969 words
Summary: There’s a witch living way out in the woods (that’s Spencer) and there’s someone running blindly through said woods (that’s Brendon) and that’s about where the similarity to a fairytale ends (there’s a cauldron but Spencer only uses it to make soup so Brendon’s pretty sure it doesn’t count).

Citing my own comment: "Your summary had me already, but then your story turned out not only funny, but also heart-wrenching and really lovely.
I'm glad I found it."


3) "Six Years On" by speakingwosound (sev313)
One Direction (Band)
46.582 words
Summary: All it takes is Harry standing in his doorway and Louis remembers, in technicolor, why he’s spent so long being angry and guilty. Because the alternative – the bone-deep, missing-a-lung, constant ache of missing him – is unbearable.
Six years after One Direction breaks up, Harry wants to publish a tell-all book.

Yes, my journey through AO3 from author to author to author's bookmarks has also lead me to One Direction fic. Although I'm not keen on their music, only know about three songs, have avoided to look at many pictures online, I enjoyed reading some of the fics. After all they're a - erm, a GROUP NOT A BAND (my pet-peeve) and the touring-, gang-mentality-, found-family tropes are all in there.
This is a future-fic with lots of pining, misunderstandings and feelings, ending in a three-way relationship that really appealed to me.

[insert witty concluding statement here - today I don't seem to able to write them - see also last posts.]
 

Snowflake Challenge 2016 - Day 14

snowflake_challenge  - Day 14

Share your love for something fannish: a trope, cliché, kink, motif, theme, format, or fandom.

 

What I like most about band (or group-) stories is the gang-mentality, which includes the found-family trope. I even love "curtainfic" where they just are at home with their dogs.

Being a single child I never had the siblings-experience. It was a good thing to be able to send the kids home after I was exhausted by them, but I never got very close to other people because of that, too.

So reading fic about gangs, bands, close friends who are together most of their lives and have fun, fight, pine and love is what I like to do.

Snowflake Challenge 2016 - Day 15

snowflake_challenge  - Day 15

Talk about what you're taking away from this challenge. Did you learn something? Did you interact with new people? Or did you try out different fandoms or formats or relationships? What's changed between Day 1 and Day 15 of this challenge?

Although I'm done all the entries for the challenge, I haven't finished looking at other people's contributions.

For me this year's challenge mostly was introspective, remebering last year and seeing if there were changes of how I do fandom.
I enjoyed how many people started posting on their journal again and I'm looking forward to future interactions.

Thanks to everyone who looked at my journal, but mostly thanks to the lovely and enthusiastic mods! <3