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

[delight]

By all means! Sorry for the slow response.

[delight]

Thank you! ♥

[delight]

Ditto!

[ivyfic]

Thanks!

[forestofglory]

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

[forestofglory]

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!

[lebateleur]

DW username: lebateleur

Preferred pronouns: she/her

Other platforms (tumblr, twitter, etc): I'm also on Discord as Trismegistus

Active/primary interests or fandoms: Anything SF/F for one! Current fandoms include Anne Leckie, The Doctrine of Labyrinths, The Goblin Emperor, MCU, The Watchmaker of Filigree Street, and more anime/manga series than you can shake a stick at. For interests - D&D, Celtic art and music, languages (I speak Indonesian, Japanese, and Korean in addition to English), RPGs (including Call of Cthulhu, Dread, Pathfinder), Tarot

If you've seen me around, it's probably because: a) I've moved through online fannish circles since the X-Files Usenet days, and b) I'm really into book blogging.

I post about: My current fandom obsessions, books I'm reading, calligraphy, comics, D&D/roleplaying, live music, tarot, video games, and RL stuff.

I post/check my feed: I check daily and will at a bare minimum get a What am I Reading Wednesday post in every week.

I want to find people that post about: Fandom, be it fic or meta; foreign language learning, Tarot, writing.

I am most interested in interacting with people on: DW and Discord.

My blog is: Public.

Anything else you need to know about me: I am happy to geek out about shared interests and love getting sucked into new fandoms, so feel free to friend/pimp fandoms at will!

[alaterdate]

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

[pseudo_tsuga]

Hello! I've really enjoyed the reviews you posted so I've added you.

[jaggedwolf]

Hi, and cool!

[jaggedwolf]

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.

[pseudo_tsuga]

Hello! I've subscribed as I would love to see more video game posts on my feed.

[pseudo_tsuga]

hello! I loved your reviews of Goblin Emperor so I've subscribed to you. :)

[pseudo_tsuga]

Hello! I also like video games and f/f so I've added you.

[pseudo_tsuga]

I love your reviews, espcially of the twine games! I've subscribed if that's alright.

[fleetsparrow]

DW username: FleetSparrow
Preferred pronouns: zie/zir
Other platforms: FleetSparrow on everything including LJ, Twitter, Tumblr (though I don't use Tumblr much anymore since they decided to lock my gd blog in safe mode). Fleet Sparrow#9953 on Discord, and Fleet Sparrow on AO3.
Active/primary interests or fandoms: Batfam/DC Comics are my mainstays, but I'm also into Yu-Gi-Oh!DM, Foyle's War, and a small smattering of other too small to be named fandoms.
If you've seen me around, it's probably because: I've been around since...LOST was still airing. If you frequent the Batsphere, I write tons of Bruce/Dick and, newly, Bruce/Selina works, so that's probably where you'll have seen me most.
I post about: On DW, mostly fandom with memes and fic exchange letters. On Twitter, mostly my life and fandom stuff.
I post/check my feed: So rarely. If anyone knows how to track more than 25 things, I'd love to know it, because that's the main way I keep up on here.
I want to find people that post about: DC Comics stuff, life as a trans masc/non-binary being, and books and writing (especially mysteries).
I am most interested in interacting with people on: Twitter or Discord are the two places I check the most, tbh.
My blog is: public.
Anything else you need to know about me: Basically, my ideal man is Dick Grayson, but I'm still not sure whether I want him or want to be him, so there's that. I'm in the first stages of transitioning, and that's put me in a very odd spot mentally and emotionally where I feel like I'm living two different lives at once. But for reals, if you want to talk trans headcanons for characters (ask me about my trans Sherlock Holmes ideas), talk about DC Comics and/or the Batfamily in general, or just want to talk about problematic things we still enjoy even as we know they're problematic.

Or, idk, you just really want to hear me rant about my falling out with Harry Potter. Because that's a thing.

[pseudo_tsuga]

I LOVE your horror book reviews! It's nice to meet someone else into horror so I've subscribed!

[brigdh]

Your journal seems really cool! I'd love to follow you. :)

[enemyofperfect]

Ahh, and you list some amazing authors too -- Diana Wynne Jones, Max Gladstone, JY Yang! Very happily adding you right back.

[enemyofperfect]

Oh, I'm so happy to hear that, thank you! Not only is it entirely all right that you've subscribed, I'm returning the favor. :)

[alexseanchai]

Paid accounts can subscribe to 500 different things, premium paid to 1000. Among other features.

[sodium_amytal]

(Doing this on mobile so forgive me for any formatting errors or general typos)

Other platforms (tumblr, twitter, etc): vltraviolet on dA, vltraviolet.art on IG, sodium_amytal on AO3
Active/primary interests or fandoms: MCU, primarily. I have more obscure interests listed in my profile.
If you've seen me around, it's probably because: I helped mod the Sunshine Challenge on DW earlier this year. Also I joined a few fic exchanges, so you might have been assigned to me, seen my odd requests, or had me create for you.
I post about: all fandom all the time (or at least when I have something to actually post). Most of my posts are my artwork, and occasionly links to my fics and original writing. I’m trying to develop a few original stories, one of which I’ve already finished.
I post/check my feed: I check my feed multiple times a day. Posting? Ehhh I’m working on that. XD
I want to find people that post about: MCU, original fiction/artwork. When it comes to art and AU fic, I don’t really care what fandom it is: I just want to see what you create! (Also cute cat photos. I’m always here for those)
My blog is: Pretty much public, though I have an odd entry or two under friends lock. Usually NSFW art is friendslocked.
Anything else you need to know about me: I’m 30 and would prefer friends around my age. I hate modern fandom’s love affair with purity culture. Some of my MCU ships are: Steve/Natasha, Sam/Bucky, Loki/Wanda, Thor/Valkyrie, Peter Parker/Quentin Beck... I usually never ship juggernaut fandom ships, so I’m always happy to see content for my faves.

[brigdh]

I don't actually share any fandoms with you, but you seem cool and I'd love to follow your DW!

[scytale]

DW username: scytale
Preferred pronouns: she/her
Other platforms (tumblr, twitter, etc): scytale@AO3, catglomerate@Tumblr (barely!)
Active/primary interests or fandoms: Exchanges, fanfic writing. Right now I'm very into otome and poetry. In general, I'm in myth and folklore fandom. Other fandoms I'm actively consuming right now are The Witcher (TV), Fire Emblem.
If you've seen me around, it's probably because: Exchanges
I post about: Fandom interests! Right now, I am all otome reactions, but I'd like to post more about other things (writing, other media) once I find something to say.
I post/check my feed: Posting weeklyish, checking dailyish.
I want to find people that post about: Specific fandoms I'm interested in, or fandom in general! Book reviews and TV reviews, and writing stuff. In general, I'm interested in hearing about what people think about the fandoms they're consuming and creating in.
I am most interested in interacting with people on: Dreamwidth, Discord PMs, possibly Tumblr
My blog is: Public right now; if anything real life related comes up, I'll f-lock it.
Anything else you need to know about me: Pretty much always willing to talk about fiction. I fandom hop and mostly ship m/f and f/f. In general, I love stories that focus on the female characters and really want more f/f ships. Trying to write more.

[st_aurafina]

Hello! We have fandoms in common, and you like cats - I hope it's okay to add you?