st_aurafina | 2020 Friending Meme

I've got comments off, but I'm tracking this, so if you need help, drop a comment here!

Is my post okay, do you think? Anything I should add?

*fistbumps* You did great! Omg, your ratty photo - they're so lovely. (Rats are so lovely!)

Thanks. I just have the fancy-coloured one with the face blaze now; lost his brother some time ago. Fergus is now a senior gent and expects his nightly medication (I hide it in infant soy formula, he thinks he's getting a treat). I've got another younger rat who's not in the picture; must get a new one of him too.

Would you please consider putting alt text on the image tag in the box of linkage?

Yes, of course! I have put in the suggested text below.

Thank you!

stick this in the img tag in the promotion textarea pls?

alt="Let's Stick Together: a friending meme for a new year. image is two giraffes, one leaning almost at right angles to put their head on their friend's neck."

Yes, of course! It is in the text box now.

—sorry, should've been more clear:

<img src="https://i.imgur.com/ooqK0gK.png" border="0" alt="Let's Stick Together: a friending meme for a new year. image is two giraffes, one leaning almost at right angles to put their head on their friend's neck." />

Like so?

except now you've lost the link!

sorry, am just trying to make the image register as something useful (and not the file name) to screenreader users without breaking anything else!

I've put it back the way it was for the moment while I do a bit of research on how to make it work.

I followed these directions here:
https://accessibility.oit.ncsu.edu/it-accessibility-at-nc-state/developers/accessibility-handbook/mouse-and-keyboard-events/links/all-links-must-contain-either-text-or-an-image-with-alt-text/

This apparently keeps the link and puts in alt text for screen readers. (Let me know if it's not working for you, though!)

that works, yes!

Yay! Success!! Thanks for your help.

eeep - someone added me 9 hours ago and then got suspended!!

In good news I do have one new friend so far! x

Yay for the good news at least!

DW username: st_aurafina
Preferred pronouns: she/her
Other platforms:

st-aurafina /

st_aurafina
Active/primary interests or fandoms: Person of Interest predominantly, but also The Exorcist, Sanctuary, Star Trek: Discovery, Imperial Radch, and I'm making my way though The Magnus Archives. I listen to a lot of podcasts. And I'm co-mod of a podcast comm,

podcastjoy
If you've seen me around, it's probably because: I've been around for nearly two decades? I'm an old.
I post about: Fandom things, personal things. My cats, a lot. Fic, graphics, linkspam, book reviews, recipes. Occasionally, fat activism and queer-friendly links.
I post/check my feed: Daily.
I want to find people that post about: I want to find people. Always here for people.
I am most interested in interacting with people on: Probably Dreamwidth, but I'm also on Discord, mostly on the POI fandom discord which is just about my pace.
(The POI Discord is here: https://discordapp.com/invite/7FywuYV and you're welcome to join.)
My blog is: About 95% public - I flock if I'm talking about my family or work.
Anything else you need to know about me: I'm Australian, I'm fat, I'm queer, and I've been with

lilacsigil for 20+ years.
Also, this is possibly the best thing POI fandom ever gave me:

I only passingly know about POI through fandom osmosis, but that image made me laugh. I like Imperial Radch. I browsed through some of your recent posts and your linkspams have lots of stuff I'm interested in. Hope you don't mind if I subscribe!

I do not mind in the slightest! Adding you now. Hi!!

I'm here for Sanctuary and Star Trek, and recipes! My post is here and I have an About Me. Friends?

Yay! Always good to meet a Sanctuary fan!

That pic made me laugh so hard the cats queried me if I was ok. XD

It's been giving me life for months!

Hi, I discovered PoI in March of this year and still haven't recovered. I think my husband walked in on me sobbing at the series finale and was quite concerned. I'm happy to hear there's a fandom still! Is it alright if I add you?

It is SO GREAT if you add me! I came to POI late too, though before the finale. It's good to know people are still discovering the show. I love your icon!

And yeah, I was also a blubbering wreck after the finale. I had to adblock the front image on the wiki, because it was John on the roof omg.

I love podcasts and I'm excited to find out about your podcast comm!

Yay!! I will be starting up the weekly post in the New Year.

I added you - always glad to have fellow Aussies on the flist. Hope that's okay!

Same, I love meeting more Aussies too!

Sanctuary (oh my love for Helen Magnus ♥), Star Trek, many years in fandom and queer... friends?

Helen Magnus, oh my heart!

Yes, of course!

We have cats and book reviews in common. Friends?

Absolutely!

Ohh Magnus archives! I’m making my way through it as well🖤 (it’s so good!)

It's so good!! I keep alternating between racing through, and wanting to go slow to savour it.

Hi, also! I added you, hope that's ok?

Yeah! That’s absolutely how I feel when I listen to it too

And yay! I’ve added you back too🖤

Imperial Radch? That's the Ancillary books, right? A friend gifted me Ancillary Justice late last year, and I'm excited to give it a go! She seemed pretty hyped about my reaction to it.

Discovery looks really interesting but I just can't afford Yet Another Streaming Service. Heck, the only reason I got Disney+ is 'cause I have Verizon.

That's them - I hope you enjoy it. It's really intense, and there's some awesome fic out there.

The fraction of posters self-identifying as queer is quite interesting. I'm genderqueer and nonbinary myself, and particularly interested in expanding my circle of queer and queer-friendly people. Thanks for running this!

My intro comment is over here.

You're very welcome!

DW username: dine

Preferred pronouns: she/her

Other platforms (tumblr, twitter, etc): none, really

Active/primary interests or fandoms: all of them? it's been said that "dine reads everything" and that's mostly true. I'm currently reading in a variety of fandoms, but spent years with a primary fandom of popslash, and then hockey RPF. no clue where my obsessive interest shall land next, but it'll be fun to find out

If you've seen me around, it's probably because: I've been doing this fandom thing for 20 years, and have been involved in many many fandoms; visible on mailing lists, LJ (then DW) and attending fancons (Escapade and now Bitchin' Party) over the years

I post about: daily life & work (ACME Looniversity, an Early Head Start program), my cat Olivier, friends & family, hockey, a little political stuff, LGBT issues, links to stuff I find online, fic recs in a variety of fandoms, amusing or cute animal-related pictures

I post/check my feed: I post daily, and check my feed multiple times a day

I want to find people that post about:
their lives, things that matter to them, links to interesting things

I am most interested in interacting with people on: DW, primarily. I occasionally follow links to other platforms, but am not active on twitter or tumblr

My blog is: mostly public. I rarely lock entries

Anything else you need to know about me: I'm fat, live in Oregon, have some health/mobility issues but manage, have an odd sense of humour, am definitely on the left politically, and despite most people's initial opinion of me, am Slytherin. I've no clue why folks don't pick up on that more quickly

This is Olivier
Olivier ottoman June 19

*perks up* Popslash, you say?

hee! yes, yes indeedy. I was sucked into popslash fairly early on, sometime in 2000 maybe? I know I joined LJ in early 2001, and that was as a result of folks in dS who were also just discovering the joys of NSYNC (and BSB to a lesser degree). I admit to a major adoration to the dorks in NSYNC, but often enjoyed BSB as well. I collected an astonishing amount of swag, attended a couple concerts, and still snap to attention when I come across a mention of any of the guys online

I had no idea people other than me even had those kinds of thoughts and dreams, damn! I was definitely more BSB than NSYNC, and more so into the UK boybands of the time, Take That & Boyzone mostly and I still have the same reaction with Take That - I still actively follow them, and the ex-members, still go to the shows and still sit up and pay attention when they're mentioned. It's like my happy place

there was a pretty large contingent of popslashers onLJ back in the day, and I'm lucky enough to still be in connection with some of them - distant in many cases now, but good friends with a few folks still.

I know someone in Toronto who is very into Take That, but somehow the group never really crossed my horizon. but I'm superglad you have that happy place

Aww Oliver is so cute! I’m sure I’ve seen your name somewhere (and then I checked your profile and saw turps’ name in your flist 🖤

Olivier is a Very Handsome Gentleman :) -and he knows it.

if you read

turps' posts you've most likely seen my comments, or her occasional mention of getting mail from me

you sound wonderful! sounds like we'd get on really well. i'd link you to my comment but i've lost it. fail. feel free to circle. my profile sums me up i think.

I skimmed some of your journal entries, and could quite like reading your posts, I think. check out some of mine, and get a feel for my writing style and interests/focuses

I feel like we've crossed fannish paths many times.

I certainly recognize your former username! looking at your list of fandoms, Pros is the only I've ever really been in, but there are so many other places we might have brushed up against each other

I used to co-mod Teaandswissroll and the Pros Big Bang, other than that I we've crossed paths on friends' journals.

DW username:

auroracloud
Preferred pronouns: she/her
Other platforms (tumblr, twitter, etc):

AuroraCloud
Active/primary interests or fandoms: Doctor Who (Classic and New, a lot of different Doctors and companions). I'm super into reading, especially science fiction and fantasy, and am particularly fannish/obsessive about the Wayfarers series, The Imperial Radch, The Machineries of the Empire, and This Is How You Lose the Time War, and things that Aliette de Bodard writes. I listen to a lot of podcasts, both non-fictional and fictional, and my current favourite podcast dramas include The Bright Sessions, The Far Meridian, The Strange Case of the Starship Iris, and the very recently discovered (but immediately adored) Penumbra Podcast.

In non-fannish interests, I also really like ballet and dancing, and music. I love history and sciences, and I'm learning programming. I also crochet, and enjoy spending time in the nature.

If you've seen me around, it's probably because: You've read my fic, seen me commenting on yours, seen me commenting in someone else's journal, or you've seen my recs in

tardis_library or comments in

podcast_joy. Or because I've participated in the Write Every Day challenge for years and occasionally hosted it in my journal.
I post about: Fannish stuff, writing, and personal life. Personal life stuff goes mostly under friends/access lock. RL stuff includes some frank discussion of mental health issues, but I try to keep potentially triggering or lengthy things under the cut. I do reading Wednesdays every now and then (not always on a Wednesday), I sometimes post about fanfic challenges and share fic, and try to remember to share all my fics in my journal. Personal things include anything from ballet progress and what I've baked recently to Figuring Out My Life.
I post/check my feed: I check my feed a few times a day, at least. Posting varies from a few posts a day to one or two a month. On the average it's probably 1-2 posts a week?
I want to find people that post about: I'd always love to have more people who share my fandoms, especially the rarer ones ie. the book and podcast ones (or more Doctor Who fans who adore the Second Doctor era). But I'd also really love to find people who I share other interests with, who post about their lives, thoughts, hobbies, pets, etc., even if we don't directly share fandoms, as long as we share other interests. I also love having people who rec interesting books, podcasts etc. or share interesting links.
I am most interested in interacting with people on: Dreamwidth. I have an LJ with the same username, but I'm slower at commenting and don't check my feed nearly as often. I always love it when people read and comment on my fics. If you're on Goodreads and want more friends, you can ask me for my profile there.
My blog is: Fannish and general media stuff (like what I've been reading) is usually public, personal/RL stuff is usually locked.
Anything else you need to know about me: I'm queer (I don't know if lesbian or bi or pan is the right word, so I just say queer), feminist, politically left-wing, though I don't post a lot about politics because I get easily depressed by some topics. I'm from Finland and my native language is Finnish, but I post in English and am very comfortable with it. I love languages.

I have some problems with focus and managing my life and time and thoughts, so if I forget to reply to a comment, don't comment on a super-important post or forget to do something I've said I would do, it's not personal, it's just my brain failing at things. It's okay to remind me.

Also, if you want to be friends, please comment or send me a PM or something! It doesn't have to be anything huge, but I like to say hi, at least, and possibly know why someone wants to be friends, especially before I grant access. If you just want to subscribe to my public content, you don't need to say anything, but if you're hoping for mutuals and access, it's a good idea to say something because otherwise I may not get around to checking you out.

I am definitely adding you -- I hope your Aliette de Bodard love includes Obsidian and Blood, one of my favorite series! Second and Fifth are my favorite Doctors. :)

Between here and Twitter I seem to be collecting Finnish folx and it makes me think I definitely need to see Finland as soon as I can get my husband to get a passport!

Hi, nice to meet you! I actually haven't read that series yet - I discovered Aliette de Bodard's fiction quite recently (I mean, I'd heard about her, but I think I started reading her stuff in 2018?) so I've still got a lot of ground to cover, but I've absolutely loved everything I've read by her. Mostly I've been reading the Xuya novellas, some short stories, and In the Vanishers' Palace, but I plan to read the Dominion of the Fallen series as soon as my current deluge of library loans lets up a bit. I'm sure after that I'll want to track down Obsidian and Blood, it sounds really interesting as well!

Also, yay Second and Fifth Doctor! Five is my other favourite after Two! :-)

Hee, in Finland we've clearly got lots of geeks. I was in the Dublin Worldcon this year, and Finns were the fourth biggest group of nationalities among the con members - pretty well for a North European nation of 5 million. :-) Anyway, hope you get to visit, this is a nice country (even if very dark at this time of year).

Second Doctor as in Patrick Troughton? Definitely, although I don't have the episodes in my brain. Also, he's the grandfather of Sam Troughton, one of my favourite actors.

I failed to mention that I enjoy ballet and dance, and old-style musicals.

And I'm Small_Hobbit on Goodreads if you want to check out my recent books.

Yes, Troughton! I'm a fairly recent convert to Classic Who - it's not something that people know much in my country, so I only started watching it during the 2018 Twitch marathon, and during the few days when the Troughton era stories aired, I became obsessed. I enjoy most of other Classic Who as well, but at the moment the Second Doctor era is the only one where I've watched all the properly existing stories!

Yay for ballet, dance, and musicals! I also love musicals. Am a bit of a theatre nut in general, though it's been dormant compared to my other obsessions in the past couple of years. Do you also dance yourself, or do you just enjoy watching ballet/dance? I love seeing ballet, but I also do adult ballet as a hobby. :-)

I'd be happy to be DW friends if you want!

Delighted to do so!

Hello! Subscribing. Love reading book reviews and following more podcast aficionados. :)

Yay! I try to start posting more regularly about both topics, especially since my fannish obsessions are currently strong in those directions! Nice to meet you!

Ooh, podcasts! I'm going to subscribe for that. :D

The Far Meridian and Penumbra Podcast look really interesting and I've added them to my list. If you don't mind answering, how creepy or grim are they?

Hi! I'm planning to start actually posting about podcasts more now - I've got some podcast posts in my head, once I get myself down to actually write them!

I recommend both of those very much, they're fabulous! Hope you like them.

If you don't mind answering, how creepy or grim are they?

Usually for anything that I listen, the answer is "not very" because I'm super bad at dealing with horror stuff and not good with really grim, dark or violent stuff. The Far Meridian has some psychological distress, mental health problems and occasional creepiness, but more in a fantasy and psychological than horror vein, if you get what I mean.

The Penumbra Podcast, I'm not far into it yet, but they have several different storylines in one podcast - both stand-alones and long continuing series - and they vary a lot in content. They're extremely good with content warnings in the episode notes, however. There have been some stand-alones I've skipped because the description said that they're horror and/or very dark. Out of the long-running series, I haven't yet listened to the Second Citadel stuff, but the Juno Steel stories are like queer space noir (well, Martian-settlement noir) with both humor and dark stuff. The noir genre does bring some dark and violent things with it, but they're usually not too bad by my standards, and I'm quite sensitive. I feel like the humor tempers the darker stuff a bit. Again, I'd recommend checking out the individual episode notes. The story I'm currently listening to, Juno Steel and The Day that Wouldn't Die, is super creepy and distressing by my standards, though, and I'm having to listen to it in short pieces so that it doesn't affect me too much. So if you're sensitive to creepy stuff, I recommend caution with that one.

Haha, it sounds like we have similar tastes, at least in this respect! Thank you so much for the detailed description, I will definitely be checking out the Far Meridian (I really love lighthouses, for one thing), and might use my recently-adopted approach of reading transcripts before listening for Penumbra.

That can work! And with regards to the story I mentioned earlier - Juno Steel and the Day That Wouldn't Die - I finished listening to it now, and without spoiling I want to add that it doesn't stay as creepy all the way through as it is for a portion of the story. The ending is still emotionally intense, but in a different way. They're super diligent about giving content warnings, which is good.

Hello! Fellow Doctor Who fandom person here. I didn’t know there was a fic recs community..thanks for sharing...and will add you :)

Hi there, sorry for the delayed reply, I was super tired yesterday and didn't manage to do much online communicating! Anyway, it's always nice to meet other Doctor Who fans, and you seem nice, adding you back. :-)

The rec community is lovely, hope you enjoy it and make use of it! :-)

Hey! You seem super cool, and I love your reading taste -- it matches up well with mine. :) I'm also curious about your experiences with ballet and baking; I like learning about other folks' creative endeavors!

Hi there! I looked over your journal and it seems our reading tastes match well indeed. :-) If you're interested to see my ballet and baking (and other creative endeavor) posts, you'll probably want access as well, since those topics tend to fall among the access-locked RL posts.

I would indeed enjoy seeing those! I appreciate the access, and look forward to getting to know you more. :)

I'm trying to make more time again for reading, and you've listed books I've read and liked or am interested in reading, so I'd definitely like to add you for your book posts. I have the first book in the Wayfarers series checked out, and now I've got holds for Ninefox Gambit and This Is How You Lose the Time War, thanks! I like posts about baking, too.

More people for book content is always fun! Hope you'll enjoy those books, I loved all three of them. (With the Wayfarers, it's good to not expect an action-packed adventure like some people expect from space sci-fi; it's more about characters and the worldbuilding, though there's also some intense plot stuff going on at certain points. I absolutely love it, but some readers are surprised that it isn't more plot-heavy. And with Ninefox Gambit, be prepared that it takes a while to really understand what's going on, as it's the sort of book that drops you in the middle of a very unusual world without explaining a lot. You get the hang of it eventually. Not trying to scare you, I just figure it may help to know that in advance!)

My baking posts usually happen among the access-locked stuff, not because my baking is particularly secret but because I lock most RL content and it's usually happening in posts that have other RL stuff as well. Let you know if you'd like to have access! (And you can always do so later as well, if you're unsure now.)

I like character and worldbuilding stories, so that actually sounds great! Thanks for the info about Ninefox Gambit; I'll keep that in mind when I start it. Sounds like it might be a fun reread, too, once I'm more familiar with the world.

Whatever you feel comfortable giving access for is fine with me. I don't mind reading RL content along with baking.

adding you for shared interests: general sf/f, Imperial Radch, Machineries of Empire, and most of the podcasts you've listed! :D

Hi! Nice to have more folks with those shared interests! Yay podcasts, I'm really going to need to start actually posting about them rather than just thinking about posting about them, since now I'm starting to have more podcast fans reading my posts! :-)

Hi! We have some tastes in common (such as Doctor Who and Becky Chambers' books) so I'm subscribing to your DW. My own comment/profile is here if you'd like to see it.

Hi there! I was trying to remember why your username sounded so familiar, until I looked at your fanfic master list and realized I've loved and even recced some of your Second Doctor and Jamie fic! I realize they're not among your newest fic, but anyway, whee! I'm always happy to get to know more Doctor Who fans and Becky Chambers fans. And I see you're into history stuff as well, as am I. Definitely subscribing!

I'm here for all things Doctor Who, although I haven't seen any of the old series. My post is here and I have an About Me. Friends?

Looks like we have a lot of interests and such in common (and I'm always happy to give people ideas of what Classic Doctor Who to watch, if they're interested, though there's a whole lot I still haven't seen either - 26 years is a lot of time!). And I'm always into getting to know people who post about fandom things, books, and pets! :-)

You sound so familiar--I can't tell if I've seen you around on Ao3 bc of Doctor Who stuff or not, but I think we've got some stuff in common!

Sorry for the delay in replying, things have been a bit busy with Christmas and Yuletide! I've both written and commented on a bunch of Doctor Who things, so maybe you've seen me there! Anyway, would be lovely to get to know you, it looks like we have some things in common!

Hi! Your journal seems really interesting, and I'd love to follow you!

Ooh yay, you write a lot about books, I'd love to get to know you! Nice to meet you, and thanks for finding my journal interesting. :-)

I'm adding you because people who love music are my kind of people - and I'm also super excited to discover Britbox has Classic Doctor Who and I can't wait to start watching!

Sorry for my delay in getting back to you. Between Christmas, Yuletide, and family visits, I haven't had enough energy lately to focus on checking out new people, so I took a while to get back to the most recent comments here. Anyway, you seem nice and we seem to have a lot of shared interests, so I'd be glad to get to know you. I'm not sure how often I post about music, but I do love it, many different kinds of it, and I post about it sometimes at least. :-)

Commenting to let you know I subscribed! I will leave it up to you as to whether or not you want to share access in turn. I don't have many access-locked posts, but I have used it once or twice.

I am adding you because Doctor Who is one of my forever-fandoms. I'm actually rather behind on New Who, not having seen every episode of S10 because reasons and not having seen any of Thirteen yet, but I'll get around to it one day. I'm also interested in one day learning more about Old Who, particularly stuff that might be interesting in terms of the history of Gallifrey and the Time Lords, though I'm aware that the information is rather sparse and make-it-up-as-we-go.

Also we made very similar posts about this friending meme I noticed. So again hi!

Hey there, sorry for the delay, Christmas and Yuletide and family visits had me swamped for a bit, and I've had more responses than I expected in this friending meme (guess it comes from being among the first to post?). Anyway, it's always nice to get to know people with shared fandoms - as long as you don't mind certain differences of opinion, such as that S10 is my favourite Twelfth Doctor season and Bill will always be my true ultimate Twelve companion and I don't share any of your ships except Amy/Rory. And Jack/Martha a bit. (I'm kinda bad at shipping het anyway, to be honest, whether canon or not. Often the character combinations just don't work for me, and I have issues with a lot of the typical m/f tropes and dynamics.)

I'm always happy to babble about Old Who and convert people to it and so on (or at least, reasonably often).

I will definitely be starting to talk about Doctor Who - I've just discovered all the shiny old series on Britbox and will be working my way through it. Probably nostalgia glee having not watched Three or Four since repeats early teens. I'm super excited and already rambling, as you can see! LOL

Hi there! It's always nice to meet Doctor Who fans, and I'm happy to talk about Old Who - as long as you don't mind that I actively cannot stand Three and am generally not terribly interested in the UNIT era. I love Four, though. :-)

Ohh Doctor Who 🖤 I’ve been watching some of the old Who cause I’ve been getting the collection blu ray’s. I love the second doctor too, it’s such a shame so much of his stuff is lost

Yeah, talk to me about lost Second Doctor stuff! It is so frustrating. I hope they'll find another hoard somewhere yet... I've got a few of the blu-ray box sets, too, though I still need to get a blu-ray player so I can actually watch them!

It really is! It’s so sad that so much is lost. I’m glad they’re animating more of them this year.

Oh nice! I hope you get one soon the box sets are well worth a watch

Adding you! I post a lot about what I read (mostly SFF) and while I haven't read everything you mentioned, most of it is then on my 'to read' list (which I have given up on defeating, considering all the good books that keep on getting released!).

Sorry for the delay - I added you back already as you probably noticed, always happy to meet more book lovers and SFF fans, and we clearly have lots of book interests in common!

Your post indicates that you are queer, Finnish and crochet. I am genderqueer, American, and knit. Hi!

My intro comment is over here.

Hi, nice to meet you! Sorry about the delay. I've been a bit overwhelmed in the start of the year, but starting to get the hang of things again.

Hi! I also love Doctor Who and Wayfarers, and some of those other books and podcasts are on my to-read/listen list, so I'm subscribing for all that.

My DW name is Rattfan: and my actual name is Alex. I use pronouns he/him.
Other platforms : Facebook, A03
Active fandoms
These include Supernatural [Crowley, King of Hell] The Walking Dead, apocalypses in general. I've edited this to say I've enjoyed a lot of fandoms and my brain freezes when I try to list them. These are examples.
I chat on my blog, Raised By Rats, and on FB now and then. I also go to conventions but it's been a while. Last one was the Worldcon in Helsinki. I love Finland!)
I post about: Real life, politics, writing, books, trans stuff, rats and other furry creatures.
I post/check my feed: All the time. I live on my own - never have found the right guy; perhaps he is fictional? - so I interact mostly online.
I want to find people that post about: Their lives/countries/philosophies, fandom in general, conservation, books, gaming. I like interacting with interesting, different people.
I am most interested in interacting with people on: DW or FB.
My blog is: some public but a lot is friends-only, especially if I’m bitching about my job.
Anything else you need to know about me: (https://rattfan.dreamwidth.org/380459.html#cutid1
I'm Australian, live in Perth, WA and prefer a fantasy life to the real one, even if it's a zombie apocalypse. I watch a lot of genre fiction so basically if it's on Netflix Australia, there's a good chance I'll have seen it. And of course there are less reputable sources! I'm a roleplay gamer and also fond of Cards Against Humanity, so that should give you an idea of the fine, upstanding kind of person you're dealing with.

I’m kind of obsessed with Crowley from Supernatural, but not into the main leads. When I write fanfic, it’s usually Crowley/Bobby Singer on A03. Before that it was Babylon 5 and the Psi Corps. I am/was a professional writer, but have not written anything worth speaking of for a couple of years. Writer’s block/depression/too caught up with gender transition, who knows? I keep fanfic very separate from pro writing but will give friends my A03 name with the understanding they don’t mention it on DW or FB.

Here is a old picture of two of my rats. Fergus and Ridley.

https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipOu17BreftBmTOEaHfOwW9NHvmMDtKkn3PSY78LHxd-Bx2MFQwjJwoZzhLQQtYtCg/photo/AF1QipOZKoIvFUkb6D5_G6ks1cxcsp9C5flKSCIuJT52?key=Z3V6ZjE5VUJwZjJidzYxVmxhMDVmMkd0UTdVYWZR

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Hello! Anyone who is a fan of rats is a person I can get behind. And you sound interesting outside of that too! :) Friends??

Absolutely. Sorry for delay, Xmas madness got in the way.

No worries! I hope it was a good one. :)

Hi! Shared interest in Bab5 and tabletop gaming (and rats). Hope you don't mind I've subscribed.

I too love a good apocalypse and totally hear you on preferring a fantasy world to the real world. I also rather fangirl Mark Sheppard who's generally referred to on my blog as 'My Lord and Master' so, yeah. Friends?

Absolutely. I have a poster of Mark Sheppard on my fridge and usually address it as "my King" as i go to and fro :-)

I'm always glad to hear perspectives on fandom and being fannish from elsewhere in the world. (I get that mostly at the fair share of non-North American Worldcons I've been to.) Planning for Wellington next July. How about you?

My intro comment is over here.

Well, I haven't ruled Wellington out yet, let's say, though funds are very tight at the moment. It'll be annoying if I can't go, considering it'll be cheaper than any other Worldcon I've been to except Melbourne! I've got the long service leave available from work, everything, except *money*!

But hopefully.
You're in North America; is that right? I've always enjoyed visiting America :-) Happy to subscribe to you and we'll see how we go.

>> Well, I haven't ruled Wellington out yet, [...] I've got the long service leave available from work, everything, except *money*! <<

Hope the first part of the year is financially kind enough to you that you feel you can afford the trip. It's the fans that make Worldcon what it is, and I always root for more local fans to find ways to get there.

>> You're in North America; is that right? I've always enjoyed visiting America :-) <<

Wondering where you've gotten to and what you saw while you were there.

Sorry, this got buried in messages. I saw it again when I was going through to clear out my inbox!
I've been to the USA four times; 1995, 2004, 2008 and 2013. Dragoncon in Atlanta (where I also visited Florida to see Canaveral space centre), Boston Worldcon, Denver Worldcon and San Antonio Worldcon.
It's impossible to cover those trips in a short message (g) as I moved around a fair bit as well as those focus points. I have friends in Denver whom I visited each time, no matter where else I was headed and also a couple of times people in California. The train trips were fantastic - well, the times I had a sleeper, they were. The USA was just so....big. Snow capped mountains from the train windows in midsummer! Oh, and I also went to Washington twice to visit the Smithsonian. Those were sort of pilgrimages.

Then our paths have crossed already. I was in Denver and San Antonio.

>> The USA was just so....big <<

And Australia isn't? Or is it that the US is big enough to look big by Australian standards? Interesting to think about either way.

>> Oh, and I also went to Washington twice to visit the Smithsonian. Those were sort of pilgrimages. <<

Maybe you'll do it again for next year's Worldcon.

We originally were thinking of checking out Australia this year as part of our Southern Hemisphere trip. That was before the events of the past couple of months. I mentioned that I thought visiting Australia in July would feel too much to me like visiting New Orleans five or six months after Hurricane Katrina. Too much of the population has been affected by the tragedy for me to want that in my memories of the place.

Hope you and yours are doing OK and taking care of one another and your friends.

DW username: smallhobbit
Preferred pronouns: she/her/hers
Other platforms (tumblr, twitter, etc): AO3 - Small_Hobbit
Active/primary interests or fandoms: ACD Sherlock Holmes, craft, general fic writing, anything with Richard Armitage
If you've seen me around, it's probably because:

watsons_woes or

ushobwri or

fan_flashworks or various drabble coms
I post about: real life: writing, reading, crafts, holidays, theatre
I post/check my feed: I blog five times a fortnight; check my feed every one/two days
I want to find people that post about: books, theatre, Richard Armitage
I am most interested in interacting with people on: DW
My blog is: mostly public, family/strong feelings are friends only
Anything else you need to know about me: Check out the tags on my blog. Biased Granny (photos friends locked). I live in Gloucester (England)

Also trying to talk about more crafty things, and also, I do a reading Wednesday post every week. Shall we?

I like craft posts. I post about books about every six weeks - when I've read enough to make doing a book review worthwhile.

And why not?

Hurrah for ACD Holmes! I'm familiar with your user name from SH fandom and I think HP and several friends' journals, as well? Shall we, as Z says below? M.

I think that would be a great idea!

I dabbled in HP for a year or so, but only occasionally do so now. ACD Holmes is ongoing :D

In fact, I saw your post at WAdvent right now. Excellent! M.

Thank you :)

DW username:

kalloway
Other platforms (tumblr, twitter, etc):

kalloway &

kalloway

Active/primary interests or fandoms: Fire Emblem, Final Fantasy, Gundam, JRPGs, Mecha Anime, Dragalia Lost, medieval romances, etc.

If you've seen me around, it's probably because: I run

parallelsfic and

octobercest and have run other communities/fests/etc. over the years. There's at least one Fanlore page about my feuds with AO3 over their terrible decision-making.

I post about: What I'm reading/playing/watching, work stories (industrial & robot hijinks), general real life, and I've been working on archiving all my fic to AO3 so lots of numbers and stats as that progresses.

I post/check my feed: Multiple times a day. ^^;;
I want to find people that post about: Similar interests if possible, but generally I like hearing about what people are enjoying or creating.

I am most interested in interacting with people on: Dreamwidth.
My journal is: Fannish stuff is open, RL is locked.

Anything else you need to know about me: Here's my About Me Post, and my Rebuilt Personal Archive on AO3, which (if nothing else), gives a pretty thorough overview of my fandoms and pairings. I play FE Heroes, FFBE, and Dragalia Lost if anyone wants to trade friend codes.

I somehow feel we have a lot of mutual interests that cross over (at the very least FE, FF, DL, Gundam, and other mecha anime) so it's a wonder we've never crossed paths before. I don't have much of an intro post to show in return, but at the least... could make a new mobage gaming buddy if you're interested? :)

I'm also surprised (apologies for the delay in replying-- holidays) that we haven't bumped into each other. Well, time to fix that! It's nice to meet you!

Fire Emblem, Final Fantasy, Gundam, JRPGs, Mecha Anime, Dragalia Lost, medieval romances,

You had me at the first several entries but then the medieval romances snuck up from behind and clubbed me right in the back of the head! (But, like, in an appealing way.)

I took my leave of Dragalia Lost (well, for now) because I developed some spending issues with it early last year, but I'm still very much in love with FEH as well as Fire Emblem as a whole. I'm also real big on medieval fantasy and romance. I've been longingly glancing at the Iron-Blooded Whatever Gundam series on Netflix, but as I was toting two jobs until very recently, watching much of anything wasn't really doable. That's changed, though, so I will have to give it a try soon!

Hi, it's nice to meet you. ^_^

(And ah, I hope you like Tekketsu! It's very brutal, even for Gundam, but very, very good.)

DW username:

taichara

Other platforms: I post on AO3 with the same username. I have a Twitter account as tjerrian but it's not this "end" of fandom.

Active/primary interests or fandoms: Final Fantasy (mainly original/II/IV/V/VII, Dissidia series, Brave Exvius ... someday I may get off my arse and play XV; I can carry along with the franchise as a whole), Saint Seiya of all varieties of the franchise, Mega Man X, Langrisser (relatively recent), Bravely series, ancient Egypt, an endless stream of (A)D&D and -adjacent ttrpgs as well as Exalted, Shadowrun, Legend of the Five Rings. Gundam (00/Wing/the Cosmic Era material; I am the Glory of Losers and Frozen Teardrop fan, yes). Fire Emblem fan (Awakening and Genealogy, in the main) but getting extremely selective as well as currently aggravated with the franchise. I tend towards archaeology, critters and dead folks, various crafty things. Jrpgs in general. There's more to things than this but I'm not good with long lists, especially in friending memes?

If you've seen me around, it's probably because: I've posted a fic on AO3, or turned up briefly on someone else's DW, or was in the EAD server until relatively recently; possibly because of extended DW reading circles, or you were looking up old original-fiction wank on FFA. I also run the

drabblesoup prompt comm.

I post about: Fandom -- for my own definition of "fandom", which is broader than some and includes "they found a new species of leptoceratopsian!", "a new tomb from Thebes!!!" and posting video game trailers from YouTube -- with occasional vague wharrgarbl about life kicking me down a hole or me scrambling after some project or another. Also complaining, because I'm good at that. Polls about what I should poke at next pop up with semi-frequency?

I post/check my feed: I check my feed several times or day or more. I fell off the trolley as far as posting goes for several reasons but have recently started to try to pick that up again.

I want to find people that post about: Fannish interests similar to my own, basically.

I am most interested in interacting with people on: Dreamwidth. That's why this friending meme is here, right?

My blog is: Public.

Anything else you need to know about me: I'm not much for shipping; it's definitely not why I'm in any fandom, and when I do have a ship it's not a driving reason for my fannishness so I may be a disappointment there? (I'm also bad enough at writing "shipfic" that I stopped really trying aeons ago, lol.) Gnashing of teeth on my DW about unidentifiable source materials is probably me banging my head against my own writing which I don't tend to post much about otherwise, unless I'm wharrgarbling at some franchise development or grumping in general. Which does happen on occasion, I'm not going to lie.

Hello hello, I think I know you from mutuals?

for my own definition of "fandom", which is broader than some and includes "they found a new species of leptoceratopsian!", "a new tomb from Thebes!!!"

This is awesome!! That is an excellent definition for fandom! I am going to add you, hope that's ok.

By all means ~ *hee*

That is a highly excellent definition of fandom.

I think I've seen your name because I'm DW friends with kalloway. I'm not that active here posting myself, but I like to read other people's posts... Hopefully that's okay with you?

That's fine with me ~

I'm a little bit in love with 'wharrgarbling' as a word, and despite having never seen it, I can hear it perfectly! :)

It's been very useful --!

Oh, sometimes the things I get excited and flail about are... random and varied, and I love hearing other peoples random excitements too. I also love tickyboxes, so I'm adding you

Hi --

We share a heck of a lot of fannish interests. I'm very FF, very FE, very tabletop. (Might be quite Gundam again in the future, we'll see.)

F a i r w a r n i n g, I might be doing some 3H liveblogging as I progress in that game's multiple playthroughs, and it sounds like you're maybe not such a fan of the more recent material in the franchise?

I am very much not a fan of 3H specifically (and the obnoxious shift in art in Cipher and FEH over the last year and a half-plus), but I just ignore 3H posts that come over my flist.

DW username:

lilly_c
Preferred pronouns: she/her
Other platforms (tumblr, twitter, etc):

l1lly_c,

Lilly_C
Active/primary interests or fandoms: LEGO, travelling, music, Private Eyes, Law & Order: SVU (watch them all but I'm back at SVU), The Brokenwood Mysteries, rugby league, Liverpool FC
If you've seen me around, it's probably because: I've been in fandom since the mid 1990s so I'm an old. I also mod

writethisfanfic.
I post about: real life these days with fandom bits and bobs included too.
I post/check my feed: I post most days and check my reading page daily.
I want to find people that post about: their lives and fandoms.
I am most interested in interacting with people on: DW
My blog is: mostly locked, there's maybe less than 10 public posts just now.
Anything else you need to know about me: I have a intro post and I post all of my fic and art to

alittleimprobable.

One mum took at Rest And Be Thankful on the way to Oban earlier this month (should be set to public.)

I've been a member of writethisfanfic forever, so would love to be friends with you, if you are also interested. I too am into music and traveling, although I am more a FBI show person than a SVU person. *g*

I'd like to be friends too. I haven't seen FBI yet, it's one I've been looking out for.

Football and music fan her, I'm adding you

DW username: nerakrose
Preferred pronouns: he/she/they (I'm not fussed.)
Other platforms (tumblr, twitter, etc):

greaseonmymouth (I'm not super active on tumblr anymore because of time constraints - though since I'm on holiday right now there's a bit more activity on there atm.)

katrinilves (my twitter is professional rather than fandom, but not so professional it has no personality.)

nerakrose
Active/primary interests or fandoms: harry potter is probably my most active (and currently most long-running) fandom. volstovic cycle. I tangent a lot of fandoms in that way where I enjoy the source material but don't create fanworks for it. other interests: publishing, writing, archaeology, languages/linguistics, reading (SFF, romance, queer stuff), knitting, creativity in general.
If you've seen me around, it's probably because: i've had this username and variations of on LJ and DW since 2006. I've modded fests before. I'm a member of

getyourwordsout though 2019 has been a very non-active year for me in the comm for life reasons.
I post about: my life, mostly. fandom when applicable (talk about fest entries I'm doing or fic I'm writing). I talk about my original writing as well. basically when I got my first LJ/DW accounts I was writing a paper diary every day and had been for years, but switched to writing them electronically instead. while my posts are not 'dear diary' type of posts, they do very much have that 'here's stuff that happened in my life' vibe rather than being discussion posts or fandom posts.
I post/check my feed: I read my flist daily but post maybe once or twice a week.
I want to find people that post about: life! I'm not super keen on fandom-only blogs because as much as it's true that what fanworks we create can tell a lot about ourselves, it doesn't tell *me* jack. I like to get to know people through what they tell me about their life in addition to whatever fandom content they want to share.
I am most interested in interacting with people on: DW. i don't use my twitter for fandom and I'm not super active on tumblr.
My blog is: friends only, with the rare public entry here and there. public entries tend to be fandom related when they happen.
Anything else you need to know about me: I moved to Scotland earlier this year to do a second master's degree (career change, sort of) and I talk about that a lot. it's also the number one reason why I never have time for anything (including reading and writing fic) these days. I will most likely not be great at commenting on your posts (though I do read them), partially because of that and partially because it takes me a while to feel like I can say anything (basically I never got out of the habit of lurking before striking up conversations). politically I'm very left-oriented but also I am a Scandinavian so that's like, very extremely socialist for some people who aren't Scandinavian. Until I moved to Scotland I'd only ever lived in Iceland, Denmark, and Finland. I'd like to stay in Scotland but we'll see how jobhunting goes when I've graduated. I'm also super duper queer. I have congenital hearing loss on both sides. I'm 32.

Hello hello, I see that you're a Person of Interest fan (from your comment below!) I am adding you, hope that's ok?

(Do you want recs from anyone? /asking for a friend who is me)

I am! I have never contributed to the fandom though. Unless you count this: https://twitter.com/katrinilves/status/1202194637907202049?s=21

Adding you back! And YES to recs please. :D

I have recs for you in this post here: Brain Update Plus Recs.

Long-time HP fan here and R/S fan who recognizes your name from forever. May I add you? M.

Ha, I saw the email notification and your username and instantly thought "wait I didn't sign up for small gifts this year" 😂 Yes!

:) Excellent! M.

Hello! We have shared interests in languages and linguistics, sf/f and queer fiction, and knitting -- hope you don't mind I've subscribed.

I'm here for all things Harry Potter, as well as languages/linguistics. My post is here and I have an About Me. Friends?

Edited 2019-12-22 18:35 (UTC)

sure! :D

Another queer knitter. I'm in!

My intro comment is over here.

welcome!

DW username: talkingtothesky, fandom friends call me Sky :)
Preferred pronouns: she/her
Other platforms: tumblr is here, Goodreads is here. If you want to see what I'm watching and reading. I add a fair amount of queer romance to my TBR. (If you're going to add me on GR, drop me a comment here first.)
Active/primary interests or fandoms: Person of Interest. Ship Reese/Finch too much, probably. Until 2014, I was primarily in Life on Mars (UK) fandom.
If you've seen me around, it's probably because: I've commented on your fic on AO3? You've checked in to Write Every Day?
I post about: fandom, writing
I post: Rarely, to be honest. You might see snowflake challenge or letters for AO3 exchanges. I did host Write Every Day for one month in 2019 so that was daily posts. I don't post to f-lock anymore so there's not much point being granted access, please don't be offended if I don't show you my posts from 5+ years ago, I'm just embarrassed by my younger self.
I check my feed: Daily. Lurk mainly, comment occasionally.
I want to find people that post about: books, writing, self-publishing, gaming, LGBTQ+, art, science
I am most interested in interacting with people on: Dreamwidth
My blog is: a dusty mess. I keep meaning to sort it out. ~~Just like my life.~~
Anything else you need to know about me: I live in England, I'm a procrastinator, I'm in my 20s, and I'm bi.

Do you have any Reese/Finch recs? I'm super into PoI and their dynamic, but as with most new fandoms getting into fic is always very daunting. (I say new as if it hasn't been years. I rewatched all of PoI earlier this year and died of feels.)

*high five* I love them so much!

This will be a very incomplete list since I don't want to overwhelm you...she says as her list gets longer and longer.

A lot of people start with astolat, my personal fave being Hamartia, because undercover dads with Leila.

Toft will give you all the feels. I must rec both Penetration Testing (CIA John seduces Harold) and A Field Guide to Common Birds in New York City (a great character study of Reese and mental health, and also way funnier than that sounds).

MnemonicMadness is incredible. Check out M47CHM4K1N6.exe, Machine PoV running exquisitely detailed simulations on how best to get them together.

elbowsinsidethedoor has a special talent for AUs. See House of Wren for tailor!Finch with alive!Nathan

Our friending meme host st_aurafina writes hypercompetent characters brilliantly. Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters is the Sentinel/Guide AU we deserve, and, in addition to plot, is peppered with super sweet kisses.

My newest fave is ArgylePirateWD. So hard to choose just one here. Oh what the hell. I don't know if you like mpreg (I do), but the comments are full of people saying 'I don't like mpreg EXCEPT THIS ONE', so. Two Dead Men and A(nother) Baby

A couple of shorter things since my other recs have been quite long
Home is (wherever I’m with you) by MFLuder (“Christ, Harold, we have a dog.”)
Candid by inmyriadbits, Spatz (John sends Harold pictures of things he finds beautiful)
Motivations by JenNova (“What made you choose the apartment?”)

Feel free to ask if there's something more specific you'd like to read / are looking for ♥

Edited (Editing because I should have refreshed the page before writing my last sentence, oops.) 2019-12-20 12:03 (UTC)

OMG, what a treasure trove you've brought me! 😍😍😍 I've liked other stuff by Astolat so I'm sure I'll like that one! (ngl the first time I watched PoI and got to the episode with the baby I was like.....am I Seeing Things Or Is This Really Happening and when I rewatched it I was like HAHA NOPE I WAS NOT IMAGINING THINGS. also. they have a DOG. came for the surveillance plot, stayed for the married couple.) I'm ambivalent about mpreg (have written it in the past though idk if any of my mpreg fics are online anymore, but I haven't actively sought it out in years) but that one looks great! 👀

Thanks so much, I'm going to dive in when I get the chance 😊😊😊

DW username:

rionaleonhart
Preferred pronouns: she/her
Other platforms::

Riona
Active/primary interests or fandoms: Writing, videogames, linguistics. I hop wildly from fandom to fandom (usually game or television fandoms), but I come back to Final Fantasy a lot. Life Is Strange 2 is currently occupying my heart. Upcoming things I'm likely to end up talking about: Final Fantasy VII Remake, The Last of Us Part II, Bravely Default II.
If you've seen me around, it's probably because: I've written a lot of fanfiction over the years.
I post about: Fandom, mainly, with the occasional real-life anecdote that amuses me.
I post/check my feed: I check my feed daily; I usually post once or twice a week.
I want to find people that post about: Fandom, videogames, things they love.
I am most interested in interacting with people on: Dreamwidth.
My blog is: Almost entirely public, so you're welcome to check it out.
Anything else you need to know about me: I like writing about friendship and suffering, and an embarrassing number of my fics are thinly veiled excuses to make characters hug. I'm very ship-and-let-ship. I can't stay in the same fandom for two seconds.

Edited 2019-12-19 14:33 (UTC)

Final Fantasy fan? Friendship and suffering? Subbed!

I want you to know I was unreasonably amused by 'I mostly post about the 3 R's: Reading, 'Riting, and Rvideogames'.

Glad to know that line is as amusing as I hoped lol

Edited 2019-12-24 22:06 (UTC)

Hello! It's nice to meet another video games fan, plus I saw you also ship Gus and Shawn! I've subscribed :D

Shawn's just so in love! It's absolutely delightful. Hello!

DW username:

delight
Preferred pronouns: she/her/hers
Other platforms (tumblr, twitter, etc): twitter;

pseudelight
Active/primary interests or fandoms: Medical/Health News, positive/cheer up post things with cute animals, dogs & dogsledding (mushing). Birds, especially corvids and parrots. I'm also a roleplayer. I am Vaguely Fannish about A Girl and Her Fed/Rachel Peng novels, Spotless, Machineries of Empire and anything by Lindsay Buroker.
If you've seen me around, it's probably because: I made a pithy comment somewhere, or you went through the archives of

chocolateboxcomm last year to read all the original f/f.
I post about: Life, health, my Adventure of a job. Trying to post more about dogsledding because it interests people! I rarely do fandom things, but I post about RP sometimes and participate in a couple of fic exchanges in the 'small canons no one has heard of' department.
I post/check my feed: I post a few times a week; I read a few times a day. Sometimes I can't comment, but I have read everything.
I want to find people that post about: Things that aren't politics because I'm completely burned out. I love reading about people's lives, interesting links you find, anything!
I am most interested in interacting with people on: DW and Twitter! It's mushing season so my twitter is kind of full of dogsled stuff, but I use hashtags that you can block if you don't want to see it.
My blog is: Selectively public, but lately mostly locked because the things I have to say have been locked! I will give access to anyone who gives me access in return; I have an OCD Thing [yes, I am actually diagnosed!] about it not being reciprocal.
Anything else you need to know about me: Oh gosh I have no idea. I'm terrible at talking about ymself which is why this is so brief. My icon is of my dog, isn't he lovely?

chocolateboxcomm original F/F writers unite. :) And I'd love to learn about dogsledding!

Anytime I can make people happy with original f/f it makes my day. :>

You seem interesting! I can promise no politics in my journal (I completely feel you on the burn out, and have gone so far as to filter out politics tags on my reading list). My intro comment is here if you want to know more about me.

(I also have OCD just as a heads up. When it gets bad, I will post a lot about it, usually under a cut but not always. Not sure if that's something that will trigger your own issues. If it is, no worries.)

Sorry I've been AFK a few days -- added back!

Your dog is absolutely lovely! Wildly interested in dogsledding and cute animals (and f/f)--may I add you? M.

By all means! Sorry for the slow response.

Your dog is adorable!

Thank you! ♥

your dog is so cute and I love reading f/f! I've subscribed :D

Ditto!

ositive/cheer up post things with cute animals - these are things I need more of in my life and so am adding you. I don't talk about politics, but ramble about pretty much everything else!

DW username: parcequelle
Preferred pronouns: she/her
Other platforms (tumblr, twitter, etc): parcequelle on AO3. I post sporadically as farmerdamsel on tumblr, but I prefer DW for forming connections and writing more in-depth posts.
Active/primary interests or fandoms: Good Omens, Doctor Who (2005), Star Trek: TNG/VOY/DS9, Star Wars, Broadchurch, Grace and Frankie, The Closer. Writing (fic and original fiction), reading (fic, YA, LGBT, contemporary, dystopia), dance, travel, tea, and animals.
If you've seen me around, it's probably because: You read and/or write femslash, particularly of the Star Trek: TNG/VOY variety.
I post about: Friends-locked: RL (writing, queerness, work, travel, family, health). Unlocked: fic, fic recs, dear author letters.
I post/check my feed: I check my feed at least twice a day, and currently post about 2-3 times a week.
I want to find people that post about: femslash, writing original f/f YA and/or romance, Good Omens and the ineffable spouses, classic Star Trek, the Thirteenth Doctor and Yaz, writing, queerness (of any variety, though I identify as a lesbian).
I am most interested in interacting with people on: DW
My blog is: mostly friends only
Anything else you need to know about me: I fandom-hop, but I am reliably a femslash writer who cycles back to Star Trek at least twice a year. I read a lot of fic and usually tend towards femslash, slash and gen over het. My current major fandom is Good Omens. I haven't written a lot of fic, lately, but I am working on an original YA novel. I speak and read English and German.

Edited 2019-12-20 12:20 (UTC)

Hi! Adding you for the Star Trek femslash, Doctor Who and Grace & Frankie! :)

Hurrah! Adding you back. :D

Hello! Also here for Doctor Who and Star Trek femslash

Welcome! I have added you back. :D

Love your icon! I wander through fandoms too, but I am always happy to talk about Star Trek and femslash! I'm a big DS9 and Dax and Kira fan, but I like pretty much all of the Treks. I also love reading and writing femslash in general.

Hi! I am always delighted to have more Star Trek/femslash fans on my flist! I have added you :)

I'm here for all things Good Omens, Doctor Who, Star Trek & Star Wars. My post is here and I have an About Me. Friends?

Sure! Nice to meet you :D

I'm a new Doctor Who fan, and adding you

Hi! I'm adding you, if that's okay?

Sure! Have added you back :)

We share... an awful lot of fandoms, and so I'm adding you :)

Okay, you got me with your Little Shop of Horrors quote at the top of your journal (along with all the Doctor Who, Good Omens etc. etc. stuff)! Friending you - hope that's okay! :-)

My post is here

Hey, I know you! Your VOY fic was one of my favorites in

femslashex this year. Adding you. :)

That's lovely, thank you! I know your name too because you wrote my favourite Beverly/Deanna fic! I have added you back. :D

Aw, thank you. We've got our own little Trek femslash mutual admiration society going. ;)

Very belated add for femslash, Star Trek, Broadchurch and more! :D

Hurrah! I am just adding you back. :D

DW username:

ambyr
Other platforms (tumblr, twitter, etc): ambyr on Goodreads (book reviews), ambyr on Letterboxd (movie reviews), ambyr#3651 on Discord
Active/primary interests or fandoms: I participate in a few fannish exchanges throughout the year (usually some combination of Yuletide, Purimgifts, Everywoman, and FemslashEx), but beyond that I don't really read or write fanfic these days. I'm more of a "talk about canon" person--mostly science fiction and fantasy books, occasionally a movie or television show. Meta is my jam. I'm also an enthusiastic live theater fan, particularly the immersive/interactive genre. Non-media interests include urban planning, hiking, accessibility, board game design, and history.
If you've seen me around, it's probably because: It's been a while, but fandoms I've been active with in the past include X-men movieverse (original flavor), A:TLA, and The Eagle. And I rubberneck on

agonyaunt periodically.
I post about: Where I go and what I do. Posts this month have talked about fencing (the sport, not the property border kind), work, The Prisoner (TV), neoclassical sculpture, Terraforming Mars (game), Yuletide, The Woman in Black (play), modern art, eldercare, Michael Pearce's mysteries, urban planning, Meddling Kids (book), and The Midas Flesh (graphic novel). I generally do What I'm Reading Wednesdays at least a couple times a month.
I post/check my feed: I post once or twice a week and check my feed multiple times a day.
I want to find people that post about: I love reading other people's book reviews, whether it's books I've read, books I might someday read, or books of a genre I have no personal interest in but that the person writing about clearly loves. Same for theater reviews, especially if it gives me a window into a production that geography means I'll never see. I like glimpses into Lives I Don't Live in general: post about your job, your family, your weird hobby of building sculptures out of twigs and chewing gum? I'll read it all.
I am most interested in interacting with people on: DW or Goodreads. I find the rhythm of Discord servers hard to get into, but I'm happy to use it as an instant messaging platform for people I also interact with elsewhere (moment of silence for AIM, here).
My blog is: Almost entirely friends only.
Anything else you need to know about me: I'm poly, though the boring kind where I've been dating the same people forever and no one has any angst about it. I live alone except for my cats. I'm Jewish (December is not my favorite month). I'm an older millennial of the "grew up playing Oregon Trail" variety. I live in the US, but not in a state. Sometimes I post photos.

I am also a fencer, and post a reading Wednesday post every week. Shall we?

Sure! It sounds like you do the SCA kind of fencing, while I'm learning the Olympic kind, but we can compare and contrast.

Olympic fencers who come join the SCA tend to do really well once you convince them you can move your feet in more than one direction. :)

I really like your non media interests and I also post photos sometimes. Friends?

Definitely I thought Portland was gorgeous when I visited it; happy to see more pictures.

Yay!

You sound like an excellent new DW buddy, and I will add you if that's okay!

I'm a former fencer, considering trying Purimgifts this year, I love live theater and talking about SF books. I'll subscribe + access since you're mostly locked, if that's okay!

Looking forward to it! I'll give you access back in a minute.

It sounds as if our approaches to DW are fairly similar: mine is a blend of RL stuff and reflections on media read/watched recently. I have a reviews blog which I need to get back to using more (and just writing longer-form book reviews in general). Would you be interested in adding each other?

Sure thing, happy to add more librarians to the mix!

Oh, I love the selection of exchanges you interact with! And the kinds of books you're into seem to match my interests too. :) I need to read more books instead of just reading fanfic all day; I miss talking about them with people!

Board game design sounds fascinating -- do you make your own games, or just like learning about the way games are designed in general?

I grew up playing Oregon Trail too. *snerk*

<3

I love your lettboxd reviews so I'm keen to read more from you--I've added if that's ok!

Sure, welcome aboard.

I love hearing about science fiction and fantasy books!

Added! I post a lot about what I read (mostly SFF though occasionally I venture out to other genres) and I love reading about what other people are reading too. I've also added you on Goodreads (also as merit).

Welcome aboard!

DW username:

hibernate
Preferred pronouns: she/her
Other platforms (tumblr, twitter, etc): Fic is on

hibernate. Very rarely I'm on

h1bernate.
Active/primary interests or fandoms: Femslash in general, especially rare pairs. Dragon Age is my primary fandom. Also interested in Mass Effect Andromeda, Legends of Tomorrow, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, the Musketeers, Imperial Radch, Guild Wars 2, Doctor Who, and the women of Star Trek.
If you've seen me around, it's probably because: Occasionally I do Dragon Age fic exchanges?
I post about: Fandom mostly.
I post/check my feed: Check daily, post when the mood strikes.
I want to find people that post about: Femslash in general, and my fandoms in particular. Book/TV/movie/game reviews. Animals.
I am most interested in interacting with people on: DW.
My blog is: Selectively public.
Anything else you need to know about me: Scandinavian/over 30/lesbian/cat person/yarn aficionado/chemistry enthusiast. I'm here for fictional women (and their relationship to each other), spaceships and dragons.

Subscribing. Fellow femslash aficionado, Doctor Who and Star Trek fanfic writer.

Hi! Those are all excellent things. I'm following you back!

I'm here for your description of yourself as into 'fictional women, spaceships, and dragons'! Also a lot of the fandoms you mentioned -- She-Ra and Imperial Radch and Star Trek (though I accept that I mostly only know Discovery).

Disco is good! I'm enjoying it a lot, especially season 2, and very much looking forward to season 3. :D

Yes! I wasn't sure how they were going to pull off the time travel stuff, but I'm really happy with how it went. :) And s3 is starting off in a really cool place!

I need to catch up on the Short Treks at some point, but I suspect that'll be something for the holiday break.

I'm curious about how the new Picard show will go too -- even if I didn't really watch TNG (besides being shown like... most episodes about Data or Q by college friends who were into those characters), Picard is a cool character and I love Patrick Stewart as an actor.

I'm a new Doctor Who fan and I'm adding you

Hi there! Adding you back!

Someone else who's into yarn! I challenge myself knitting with it. (My inner pedant says your description of your relationship with yarn should properly be "aficionada" instead of "-do". Don't listen to it.)

My intro comment is over here.

DW username: inkstone
Preferred pronouns: she/her
Other platforms: I'm on twitter at

incitata but honestly, I'm minimizing my twitter usage because it's bad for my mental health.
Active/primary interests or fandoms: I've loved and said goodbye to many fandoms over the years. I'm mostly an anime/manga fan, but my current loves are Gangsta, Kimetsu no Yaiba, and Spy x Family. I also adore puppet wuxia like Thunderbolt Fantasy and Pili! In terms of other interests: writing, kpop, yoga, gardening, stationery (like planners and bullet journaling), podcasts, and divination cards.
If you've seen me around, it's probably because: You read a meta I wrote once. You're a member of the Gangsta fandom. You're a member of

fic_rush.
I post about: Whatever strikes my fancy. At the moment, that's KPOP, but I promise that's not always the case. I admit my DW is a disaster right now, but I'm working on changing things up.
I post/check my feed: I check my feed 2-3 times a day. I post more sporadically, but that's something I hope to change in 2020.
I want to find people that post about: Their lives, their interests, things they're passionate about. I've once said that my true fandom is people who love fandom, and that's still accurate.
I am most interested in interacting with people on: Here on DW.
My blog is: 100% public
Anything else you need to know about me: I have an intro post that covers all the basics!

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DW username:

forestofglory
pronouns: She/her
Other platforms (tumblr, twitter, etc): same user name on twitter and AO3
Active/primary interests or fandoms: SFF book fandom in general, celebrating marginalized writers, cosy and hopeful stories, more recently various Chinese dramas
If you've seen me around, it's probably because: I write for

ladybusiness
I post about: My personal goings on, media I'm reading and watching, fandom in general
I post/check my feed: I post 1-3 times a week and check my feed a several times a day.
I want to find people that post about: books, daily life, communities, food, science, fandom are all good!
I am most interested in interacting with people on: here on DW!
My blog is: Almost completely public
Anything else you need to know about me: I love female characters, especially moms and stories featuring community building and strong platonic relationships. I currently have very low ability to consume any kind of grim story and am having to skip a bunch of well regarded works. On the other hand I've recently been doing more and more transformative fandom after hanging out on the edges of some of those communities for year and reading fic has been lovely in these dark times.

I have a kid who I sometimes mention in my posts. I'm a secular Jew, who enjoys ritual. I love feeding people and frequently wish that I could make all my friends a cup of tea via the internet.

Am subscribing because I too am busy with Hugo reading for next year! :D

Yay! Always happy to have more people to talk to about Hugo reading. Subscribed back!

Hi, I've seen you around - also I voted for Lady Business in the Hugos!! - and you post really interesting stuff, so subscribing! I'm also really into SFF books and that fandom, celebrating marginalized writers, and cosy and hopeful stories, and female characters and community building and all that good stuff. So anyway, I'm subscribing to you, feel free to do or not do the same, whichever you prefer. :-)

Thank you! This such a nice comment! I have subscribed back.

Subscribing! Please let me know if you'd like to do the mutual access thing, since my OCD is resoundingly picky about it being reciprocal; I am also a secular Jew and am always glad to find more of those.

ladybusiness is a gem.

I currently have very low ability to consume any kind of grim story and am having to skip a bunch of well regarded works

I also could have written this.

Yay! Thank you! Happy to do the mutual access thing.

I love how many people are being sucked into the hole of cdramas (I say, as also a person who is having that happen). I'm also into SFF books and female characters and all that good stuff!

I'm enjoying this cdrama hole very much! Nice to meet you!

I read a lot of SFF too and I'm definitely interested in finding more cosy and less grim stories You sound lovely :)

Thank you! Nice to meet you.

If you would enjoy a rec list of short comforting SFF I put together < href=https://ladybusiness.dreamwidth.org/2018/09/26/short-sweet-comforting-stories.html>one last year. Most but not all of those are free online.

I currently have very low ability to consume any kind of grim story and am having to skip a bunch of well regarded works.

Hello yes, same (although this applies more to the written medium for some reason). I have peeked at your DW and you seem very interesting and someone who is likely to add to my extremely long "to read" list so I have added you. *wave*

Aw, thanks! I've added you back. Always happy to add to other people's reading lists.

You post really cool links and reviews and I love your list of narrative likes! Accordingly, I am subscribing to your ~~newsletter~~ DW. No sweat if you aren't moved to follow suit!

Thank you! You seem interesting so I have subscribed back!

I love your reviews! I have subscribed and also happy to have someone to talk about the Hugos with since this'll be the first year as a member.

Thank you! I love taking to people about what they are reading and watching for the Hugos. I hope you have fun time taking part this year!

Your journal looks awesome! I'd love to follow you. :)

Thank you!

Hi, I'm adding you, if that's okay?

Yes, that would be lovely!

Added! Love to read about what other people are reading about (especially SFF). I have definitely avoided certain books when I wasn't in the right space.

Lovely to meet you! I've added you back.

DW username: author_by_night
Preferred pronouns: She/her.
Other platforms (tumblr, twitter, etc): Stuff tied into my RL. That said, I'm on LJ under the same name, so feel free to add me there.
Active/primary interests or fandoms: Harry Potter (if not the biggest JKR fan right now), Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, The Good Place, Buffyverse.
If you've seen me around, it's probably because: I've been in the Harry Potter fandom since 2000 and used this name since 2001, so that may be how. If you knew me in the earlier years, please don't judge too hard. Being a teen on the internet is a recipe for epic fail. ;)
I post about: Fandomish things (I rarely get too specific anymore), social media commentary, writing, random philosophical/social musings, real life-related musings.
I post/check my feed: Usually daily, at least a few times a week.
I want to find people that post about: I want to find people who like conversations, be it fannish or general. I sometimes post spiritual/paranormal things, although I'm cautiously open minded so there's always room for both wild speculation and skepticism.
I am most interested in interacting with people on: What I listed above! As far as spiritual stuff goes, I love hearing about other people's beliefs - as long as it doesn't involve bigotry. If your beliefs involve biases against women, LGBTQ+ individuals, and so on, we probably won't get along.
My blog is: 87% friends only. When a post is public, I put that in the subject heading.
Anything else you need to know about me:

I would be interested in being mutual friends if you also feel like we might get along?

Sure!

I got interested and went to see your recent entries. And now I’d really like to be friends, and I hope you won’t mind HP is my only fandom. I write gen and slash, Remus/Sirius in my Rowling’s-first-five-books-compliant universe, and can enjoy reading Remus/Tonks unless it’s by Rowling. We can let these characters keep their dignity, right? My own post is on the second page.

I'm here for all things Harry Potter. My post is here and I have an About Me. Friends?

DW username: Zhelana
Preferred pronouns: they/them
Other platforms (tumblr, twitter, etc): goodreads, facebook
Active/primary interests or fandoms: (keep this fairly short, so people will read it!) sword fighting, SCA, embroidery, sewing, Judaism, history, MCU.
If you've seen me around, it's probably because: (how might people have seen you online / in fandom?) You probably haven't seen me around.
I post about: (fandom, real life, or a combination) Real life
I post/check my feed: (daily, weekly, twice a year, etc) daily
I want to find people that post about: (specific fandoms, fandom in general, books, RL, SJ, etc) daily life
I am most interested in interacting with people on: (DW, Twitter, Tumblr, etc) DW
My blog is: (public, selectively public, friends-only) public
Anything else you need to know about me: (A good place to talk about your fandom shipping preferences, characters, type of fic/art/etc you like. Or link to your intro post. Or put a cute photo of your cat.) I have schizoaffective disorder. It's mostly managed, but I don't like to read about undead characters or things.

I'd like to get to know you! I like books, crafts, and would love to hear about history and Judaism.

Sounds good, I'll go ahead and add you :)

DW username:

dancing_serpent (Phaeton)
Preferred pronouns: she/her
Other platforms (tumblr, twitter, etc): I've got an account pretty much everywhere (see profile), but I mostly just post/read on Dreamwidth
Active/primary interests or fandoms: The Untamed ♥ Guardian, Earth: Final Conflict, Xiao Zhan, Taron Egerton, Scotland, Scotch Single Malt, cats, etc...
If you've seen me around, it's probably because: I've been around for 10+ years, I mod some communities, and I did several colour themes here on DW (so you might suddenly stumble upon my username in the odd journal)
I post about: fannish stuff, personal stuff, random stuff
I post/check my feed: I check my feed multiple times a day, but I post in rather random intervals. Anything from daily to once within six months.
I want to find people that post about: The Untamed ♥ *g* No, really, I'm always up for more people. Take a look at ~~the huge interest list on~~ my profile, and if you think we might get along, just add me and I'll add you back.
I am most interested in interacting with people on: I'm really only on DW.
My blog is: A mix of public and locked, depending on my mood. That's why I automatically grant access to everybody I add. Don't feel pressured to reciprocate, it's simply easier for me to manage my account like that.
Anything else you need to know about me: I'm German, 43 years old and still kinda goth, and live together with two cats. I love reading fanfiction but I rarely write myself. I feel really lucky when I happen to fall in love with a popular pairing, because most of the time it's the rarepairs that appeal to me. If you're interested, here's the longer, more detailed version. *g*

actor Xiao Zhan and his pouty smile

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Yes good. I've seen you saying happy things in Untamed comment threads, and probably would have friended you already, if December hadn't been complete chaos until now. *g*

Yes, ugh, December is super chaotic for me, too. I still need to stick it out for three more workdays (23rd, 27th, 30th), and them I'm free again of this madness and can start relaxing.

Hi, I've been falling in cdrama hole lately and I'd love to add more people who want to talk about that.

I'm definitely up for that! Come, check out the latest Xiao Zhan picspam at my journal. *g*

Thank you! Will do!

Ahh, Xiao Zhan is such a ridiculous cutie and one of these days I will get back to watching The Untamed (I mean, I've read the book twice, but shhh). Subtitles take energy and what is energy in December, precious? ww
My thread for more about me, shall we friends?

Yes, sure!

and what is energy in December, precious?
Spirits, that's so true! I can't wait for it to be over!

I haven't made an entry here yet but I was skimming comments and "more The Untamed people" caught my eye. *g* I recently fell head over heels into this fandom and would love to know more people on Dreamwidth who are into the show. My general intro post is here - think we might get along? ^_^

Excellent! I'll add you right away. *g*

YAY! :D

I am awfully fannish over Taron Egerton right now and need more fans of his in my life! :) I'm adding you

Awesome! Adding you right back. :-)

hello! I've seen you around a lot on some of our mutuals and you seem like a pretty neat person. Mind if I add you? :)

Go ahead! Adding you right back. *g*

Hey, I'm totally into Guardian and The Untamed, too! Friends?

Yes, absolutely. *g* I'll add you right away.

OMG that was quick, I was just going to edit the post after looking at your profile. I was born in Germany and I live in Scotland! Come visit anytime so we can SQUEEEEEE!

I actually had planned to move to Scotland, which got slightly derailed a few years ago. I might just stop by next time I travel there. *g*

DW username:

musesfool
Preferred pronouns: she/her
Other platforms (tumblr, twitter, etc):

musesfool (though I post most things under the victoria_p (musesfool) pseud),

cacchieressa, victoria.p on pinboard
Active/primary interests or fandoms: Star Wars, Batfamily (comics, live action, and animated), Six of Crows, and MCU are top of mind these days, but I still love me some HP or Firefly (or other fandoms) on occasion
If you've seen me around, it's probably because: I am very old. I was

musesfool on LJ from 2002-2017 (I no longer post or check there, but I didn't delete it), I used to run Remix/Redux, I post recs monthly at

unfitforsociety, and I still try to post fic regularly.
I post about: Fandom stuff, tv, books, baking, sports, life
I post/check my feed: multiple times a day
I want to find people that post about: Fandom in general, baking/cooking, The Good Place, the Batfamily (including Steph and Cass!), Star Wars (all eras!), the Expanse (tv & books)
I am most interested in interacting with people on: DW; I am on Tumblr and do speak to a number of people there regularly, but I can't be on it at work, while I can be on DW (for now, anyway)
My blog is: 95% public, with occasional locked posts about work or family; I mostly give access to everyone who subscribes, though I don't always subscribe back.
Anything else you need to know about me: I'm 49 years old and have been in online fandom since Usenet in 1997, so I'm also Fandom Old and I'm very tired. I'm a big shipper of many things, but my OTP of OTP pairings are Steve/Bucky, Sirius/Remus, Han/Leia, Tim/Kon, Max/Alec, Danny/Rusty, Kaz/Inej, Luke/Lorelai, Coach/Mrs Coach - I write and read in a larger variety of fandoms, and I have a preference for bantery friends-to-lovers pairings.

I’m older! I entered the fandom later than you, though – in 2003. I wrote gen and slash, mainly about Remus and Sirius, and I remember enjoying and admiring your fic. And now I’m back, still only in HP, but I really hope we could be friends. My own post is on the second page.

I remember! <3

I’m so glad! <3 Thank you for adding me back, and for choosing that icon!

I'm here for all things Star Wars, MCU and Harry Potter, as well as cooking. My post is here and I have an About Me. Friends?

Done!

Hi! Your journal is awesome and I'd love to follow you!

Hi! Feel free! I just added you as well!

Star Wars, MCU and cooking are all things I talk about - friends?

Sounds good to me!

DW username: jaggedwolf
Preferred pronouns: She/Her
Other platforms (tumblr, twitter, etc):

jaggedwolf /

jaggedwolf

Active/primary interests or fandoms: Predominantly The Strange Case of Starship Iris and Critical Role. Other fandoms that have hit me with feelings this year include Steven Universe, Juno Steel, Homestuck.

If you've seen me around, it's probably because: The ridiculous amounts of Starship Iris fic I post on AO3 and Tumblr. Or my occasional comments in

podcastjoy

I post about: Mostly fandom, sometimes real life. I post about books I've read, other media I've consumed, random articles I've seen on the internet, and fanwork recs.
I post/check my feed: I check daily, and I try to post weekly

I want to find people that post about: My specific fandoms would be great of course, but I'm always interested in book reviews, recs of all kind, interesting links, fandom meta
I am most interested in interacting with people on: DW or Tumblr is cool.
My blog is: 100% public

Anything else you need to know about me:

I'm more generally here for found family and f/f feels, though I read a decent chunk of m/m. My writing and reading tastes are fairly tame in the grand scheme of things, but I'm very much not here for purity cultury/anti nonsense. I'm a software engineer, an atheist who was raised Hindu (so many other religious references go over my head), and a nerd who likes podcasts and history. I've been trying to write more this past year. I've mostly succeeded with that.

Hello, I am friending because I ended up following two links from your very top non-sticky post, and I figured that boded well. :)

Cool! Dare I ask which links? :D

It was the one on social media in Taiwanese politics and the one on the Vietnam lottery (although I ended up saving that for reading at another time).

I keep meaning to listen to Starship Iris -- it sounds very up my alley! Hopefully seeing more references to it will help me remember to do so!

Found family and f/f is also very much my jam. :)

I may be biased, but yes, Starship Iris is a great podcast and, in fact, heavily features found family and f/f :D

Mhmm! I've been aware of it for ages but my record with actually listening to podcasts is spotty :) It's one of the ones with transcripts, though, right? Those are much easier for me to consume.

Yeah, there are transcripts here. I get what you mean, being able to check when you don't catch a sentence or two is always nice.

Ah, nice!

Honestly, for me it's that sometimes with scripted things I just completely tune out of what's being said. I might be completely into the idea of the story but if the conversation doesn't feel real I just... lose track of it. Completely. My brain goes 'wow not enough stimulation there' and I start reading things on the internet or otherwise not focusing on the story, which is a shame when I know that Starship Iris is exactly my jam as far as a story goes.

I'm an atheist raised Hindu who enjoys f/f and writing/reading about books and theater. And history! I've subscribed. :)

Hi, and cool!

Heeey, another homestuck fan in this the year 2019!!! I also screamed over the "Palpatine fucks" article so I am adding you on tumblr and dreamwidth, if that's ok :D

The Palpatine fucks article was so funny haha. And yeah, I read Homestuck for the first time in like...two months this year? So now I'm just rolling around in art and fic before I subject myself to the Epilogues.

Hi! Your journal seems awesome and I'd love to follow you!

DW username: Ruuger
Preferred pronouns: she/her
Other platforms (tumblr, twitter, etc):

ruuger
Active/primary interests or fandoms: Currently my main fandom is Doctor Who (mainly Peter Capaldi era), and my other main fandoms are X-Files, Buffyverse, The Mentalist, and Babylon 5. My other two great loves, even though I'm not 'in the fandom' for them, are Queen (the band) and Discworld
If you've seen me around, it's probably because: I'm old? :D I've been on DW/LJ, complaining about footwear on fictional female characters for over 15 years now, and in online fandom in general even longer. There isn't really a fannish activity that I haven't done at some point.
I post about: Whatever I happen to be watching on TV that moment, or whichever of my old fandoms I happen to be rewatching.
I post/check my feed: I check my feed at least once a week, post a bit less often
I want to find people that post about: Anything really? I'm interested in anything but sports :) But naturally it would be great to read more about my main fandoms, or other things I'm interested in like British panel shows, scifi, horror and stuff like that.
I am most interested in interacting with people on: DW, although comnets on AO3 are of course also always welcome :)
My blog is: public, except for the rare RL-related post
Anything else you need to know about me: I'm in my late 30's, very left-leaning (and green) politically.

Fannishly, I'm not a very shipping-focused person and tend to have favourite characters who I ship with everyone rather than favourite ships. These days, I'm also pretty much only watching media with female protagonists, because I filled my lifetime quota of favourite male characters already a few years ago.

Hello! I am here for female protagonists, Doctor Who and Eurovision! And I've been meaning to watch B5 for AGES. :)

Yay! If you like female characters, you'll love B5 :)

Oh hi, I recognize you as the person who did the friendship fic fest in mid-February! I've also been meaning to subscribe to you for a while for B5 reasons -- hope you don't mind I've subscribed!

Yes, it is I :) And I can never have enough B5 flisties :)

I'm here for all things Doctor Who & Buffy, and I've always wanted to watch X-File. My post is here and I have an About Me. Friends?

Yes, friends :)

I'm a new Doctor Who fan, and I'm adding you

Adding back :)

I love Queen and Discworld too!

Yay :)

Dr Who and Buffy fan here, you sound kinda awesome so I'm adding you

Adding you back :)

Hi! Adding you for Doctor Who (I adore Capaldi), Buffy and Queen, as well as some other things, if that's okay!

My post is here

Added you back :)

DW username:

sperrywink

Preferred pronouns: she/her

Other platforms (tumblr, twitter, etc):

sperrywink,

slowerly

Active/primary interests or fandoms: Reading in Glee and Harry Potter; writing in MCU and Glee, currently watching Prodigal Son (behind, so no spoilers!) and have The Untamed queued up since everyone I know is squeeing about it.

If you've seen me around, it's probably because: You were in Popslash or Bandom back in the day.

I post about: Nowadays it is mostly real life (work, school, family issues), but also some fic recs and music links occasionally. I go to the theater a lot.

I post/check my feed: I post at least a couple times a week and read my flist daily and try to comment often depending on work schedule and RL.

I want to find people that post about: I appreciate older fans like myself (I just turned 50) and our life challenges, but also if you are a Glee Seblaine fan or a MCU Hawkeye fan, I'm your woman. I love getting to know my flist, so if you post about personal stuff I am definitely interested and will likely comment.

I am most interested in interacting with people on: Dw

My blog is: Friends-only for the most part except story announcements.

Anything else you need to know about me: My sister left her cat in my care. She's probably never getting Layla back now. *g*

That is a beautiful kitty! Such a button nose.

I know your name from round and about - I think we have mutuals? - so I've added you, hope that's okay.

She has such a face! I want to smush it all the time. *g*

That is fantastic! Happy to friend you back!

Hello, live theater is very relevant to my interests! I realize it's hard for two people with friends-only journals to figure out if they're sympatico, but--friends?

Excellent! Yes, let's be friends. I'll add you to my access/subscription lists.

Harry Potter is my only fandom, but at least I’m old (57)! I also love cats, used to have some as my family members. My own post is on the second page, and I’d love to be friends.

That would be lovely! Us older Harry Potter fans have to stick together. *g*

Yes! I'm so glad.

Did someone say Hawkeye? Also kitty is adorable, aww.
My thread, if you like. Shall we friends?

Ooh, ooh, me, me!! *g*

Ahaha, I think I just asked you to be friends! LOLOL

I was out today at my brother's for Hanukkah so I started catching up with journals before catching up with email. So yes, I think I would like to be friends!

something, something, great minds think alike?

Obviously great minds!

Prodigal Son is my current new shiny! My post is here and I have an About Me. Friends?

That would be excellent! I tuned in for the Lou Diamond Phillips and stayed for the amazing storytelling and mysteries.

Layla has such a cute profile! That nose!

I have so many feels over Prodigal Son, and need other watchers on my flist. Friends?

Definitely!

I am so behind on the show, but love it to pieces. My friend J is visiting for New Year's and I am hoping that we can do a marathon of the first half of the season in the next 3 days. *g*

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