2020 Friending Meme

[st_aurafina]

This helped me a lot in early 2017 when Trump had just been elected, and I am hoping we can get the same feeling going again, after the UK election was such a shock.

Connections are important when it feels like the world is getting darker. Fandom is a huge and strong network of people. We don't always get along, but we're stronger together.

Make new friends, reconnect with those who have drifted, enlarge your circle, and know you are not alone.

To play, cut and paste this text into a comment, fill out the details and tell us about yourself. Then go find new people to add.

<strong>DW username</strong>: <strong>Preferred pronouns:</strong> <strong>Other platforms (tumblr, twitter, etc)</strong>: <strong>Active/primary interests or fandoms</strong>: (keep this fairly short, so people will read it!) <strong>If you've seen me around, it's probably because</strong>: (how might people have seen you online / in fandom?) <strong>I post about</strong>: (fandom, real life, or a combination) <strong>I post/check my feed</strong>: (daily, weekly, twice a year, etc) <strong>I want to find people that post about</strong>: (specific fandoms, fandom in general, books, RL, SJ, etc) <strong>I am most interested in interacting with people on:</strong> (DW, Twitter, Tumblr, etc) <strong>My blog is</strong>: (public, selectively public, friends-only) <strong>Anything else you need to know about me:</strong> (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.)

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Play nice.

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<a href="https://st-aurafina.dreamwidth.org/287751.html"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/ooqK0gK.png" 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."></a>

ETA on Sat morning AEST: This text box was functionally busted a few hours ago, so if you grabbed the code then, you might have an image with no link. It's fixed now, with all new alt text for screen readers. If your promo link is just an image, please replace the code with what's in the box now. Thanks for all the posts, btw! Giraffes popping up everywhere.

Comments

[lazaefair]

Sure!

Fair warning: I am fairly negative about Joss Whedon. Not, like, in a hateblog way - I don’t go out of my way to mention him or voice criticism of him, or even think much about him on any given day, it’s very much an “only if he happens to come up in a conversation or news item” thing. But if he does come up and I post a critical opinion of him, are you OK with seeing that or would you prefer that I put it under a cut?

[used_songs]

Your dog is adorable!

[sonofgodzilla]

You're already my best friend from your icon alone! One hundred per cent let's be friends! I'm adding you right now.

[wheatear]

:3 Added you back!

[sonofgodzilla]

Thank you, thank you!!

[enemyofperfect]

I appreciate the parenthetical, but neurodivergent fans whose feminism is intersectional rather than bullshit seem like excellent people to know, and so I am subscribing to you anyway!

[alexseanchai]

some people are twitchy about things so

😸

[maia]

Yes! It's lovely to meet you! Welcome!

[skygiants]

Absolutely, I would love to talk with you in book posts! :D

[silverflight8]

Oh hi, I've read a lot of your D/Hr fic over the years and don't know why I never did friend you...fixing that now! :D

also Kushiel's Legacy!

[st_aurafina]

Yay! Always good to meet a Sanctuary fan!

[st_aurafina]

It's been giving me life for months!

[tozka]

Yay, sounds fun! Let's do it!

Re: Rathany

[olivermoss]

I got into it in college. I saw it once and then went on a quest to get a high quality bootleg instead of the 3rd or so generation bootleg with a TV logo in the corner that I saw.

[paulamcg]

The way to go… that’s it, exactly! Just discarding her as any kind of an idol whom we should follow in social media!

I’m thrilled there are others whose personal canon doesn’t include HBP and DH. I suppose I was more critical when reading those books because I was deep in my extrapolation of the first five. But I seriously disliked the whole idea of dehumanising enemies by making the main villain split his soul and by letting werewolves be represented by a thoroughly (up to the smell) disgusting character (besides an out-of-character version of our beloved Marauder and Defence teacher), and not fulfilling the hopes of caring about other non-human and part-human characters’ rights. Huh, why haven’t I erased that from my mind?

Anyway, now I label my fanfic first-five-books-compliant and cherish some hope that I can still have readers. This year (returning to the quiet live journal and posting new fic for myself to read) I’ve proved to myself that I can go on without any, but I still stick to my idealistic belief that fiction, like all art, is finalised in an active recipient’s interpretation.

Put more simply, I hope you’ll get less shy. I’m sure every writer and artist on Small Gifts loves comments. That community is proud to be very friendly and we all crave more interaction.

[st_aurafina]

Thanks for putting up the reaction posts for The Good Place - so far I've never managed to watch it in time to chime in but I live in hope.

I'm going to add you, hope that's ok?

[st_aurafina]

Hi! We have a bunch of fandoms in common, so I've added you - hope that's ok!

[maia]

I added you back! Nice to meet you! Welcome!

[vulcanrains]

DW username: vulcanrains
Preferred pronouns: They/Them
Other platforms (tumblr, twitter, etc): Just DW
Active/primary interests or fandoms: My current fandoms are Gentleman Jack, Good Omens, Carnival Row, MCU, War Of The Worlds, His Dark Materials, and anything with Keira Knightley, Natalie Portman, Chris Evans or Mark Ruffalo. I grew up on Star Trek. I have major crush on Cara Delevingne. I'm a sucker for a period drama. My favourite books are Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice & Matilda. I fucking love Jane Austen and books are my best friends
I love socialising, playing tennis and football, cycling, dancing, swimming, yoga, taking long showers, parties, listening to music, striking up conversations with random people, playing board games, rearranging the furniture in my flat, putting on super soft comfy pjs and hiding under a fluffy blanket with a book.
If you've seen me around, it's probably because: I'm a huge fan of DW's 'random journal' feature and happily comment and talk to people
I post about: Pretty much anything that goes through my head - books, movies, tv, sport, sex, music... with large doses of all things positivity and kindness
I post/check my feed: I'm aiming for once or twice a week
I want to find people that post about: their lives and loves and passions and what's important to them.
I am most interested in interacting with people on: DW
My blog is: public
Anything else you need to know about me: I am female, a tomboy who loves pretty things, and queer. I have ADPKD which I probably won't talk about that much. I'm politically centre-left. I'm an ESFJ, a Libra and a Hufflepuff. I'm addicted to coffee, I'm a geography nerd, I swear a lot and 'fuck' is probably my favourite word.

[sperrywink]

We *are*!! It seems like even if people are willing to read the pairing, they've mostly moved on from HP.

Thanks for the link to the Advent calendar! I'll definitely check it out!

OMG, so Hermione is my absolute *favorite*, but I can't stand her and Ron together. He can be smart, but is so lazy about schooling in canon that I just can't see it. But if Hermione can fall for Ron who is kind of snide to her when they are kids and as canon says has the emotional range of a teaspoon, then if Draco matures, I can see that much more easily. Because Draco obviously has skills, particularly in charms, and can be dedicated and focused. He is a silly, bigoted child, but I can see him maturing into a damned decent person (especially if you count Cursed Child as canon, since he raised Scorpius to be such a good kid). Plus their dynamic can then be filled with snark and banter that creates a level of tension that is delicious.

I also feel there is more potential for respect of each other than with Ron and Hermione. Hermione will always mother Ron, it is part of their dynamic, but I don't want that for her. I want an equal. And Draco would definitely demand to be an equal.

Draco is one of the few "bad guys" that I like. As I mentioned, it is obvious he loves his family and that drives him more than his bigotry in book 6 and book 7 (to a lesser degree), and I find that precious. But also, in reality, I find him funnier than I find Ron. He's a stupid boy, but the charmed buttons during Goblet of Fire makes me laugh every time. Plus the Weasley is King song. He's just so immature but smart. I think Rowling missed a major opportunity for growth of characters to not redeem Draco but only Snape. It made it look like there really were 3 good houses in Hogwarts and 1 evil one.

Alright, that's all the blathering I can do right now. I have work in 10 minutes. *g*

[pauraque]

Adding you back! I've seen you around in HP. :)

[pauraque]

You bet!

[jo_lasalle]

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? ^_^

[dancing_serpent]

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

[paulamcg]

Hello! I think I saw you over at HP Halloween (where I commented less than I should have, because I didn’t realise the writers could track the comments on their drabbles). I entered HP fandom in 2003, and it’s still my only one. I’m also queer, and a parent – of three adult men. Sadly, no cats in the family any more.

My comment is here. I assume it’s all right I’m adding you.