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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If you're new to Dreamwidth and you've left OpenID comments on DW before, you can link your IDs here: How can I claim my OpenID account with my Dreamwidth account?

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

[prixmium]

Totally good! Will add you back.

[chez_jae]

I saw your comment in my inbox at this journal, which is my non-fandom one. I added you here, but I'll also add you at enchanted_jae, which is where my fanfic lives. If you'd rather not bother with this journal, let me know. Personal posts are the same, but I have book reviews here, and fanfic on enchanted_jae.

[brigdh]

Ha, I'm so glad not to be the only who remembers that – most of my original followers didn't!

[entwinedlove]

Yeah, sure! Marauders era stuff is awesome.

[paulamcg]

Yay for overlapping! I’m glad! So far I’ve posted mainly about (my) HP fic, but I’m more likely to start posting about those other things (that you mention), too, when I know there’s someone around who’s interested. Whatever we write will always (or only if it’s art?) be completed only by a recipient, right?

[paulamcg]

Thank you for adding at both! I love both fanfic and book reviews, although so far I’ve posted only (about) the former at my journal.

[paulamcg]

Yay! In 2019 I wrote 22 Marauders-era fics, although eight years earlier I left the fandom, thinking that I had nothing more to say (after writing mainly post-Azkaban fics). This era is addictive.

[merit]

Cats + books sound very good! added :)

[merit]

I'm interested in the 1990s nostalgic stuff + gardening (do you have solar, btw?) so added! :)

[merit]

I post about books and love reading about other people's books as well. Added :)

[parcequelle]

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

[pauraque]

Woo hoo! Adding back. :)

[pauraque]

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

[escritoireazul]

DW username: escritoireazul
Preferred pronouns: she/her

Active/primary interests or fandoms: Trick or Treat and Yuletide, horror movies, nostalgic fiction from the 80s and 90s (e.g., Point Horror, Baby-Sitters Club, Making Out, etc.), action movies, creature features, and, top of the top, werewolves. I love A Little Late with Lily Singh and am currently, as in while I'm writing this, halfway through Dollface. Hockey is my favorite sport, and my team won their first Stanley Cup earlier this year. #weallbleedblue

If you've seen me around, it's probably because: Trick or Treat and Yuletide treating
I post about: fandom and real life (locked)
I post/check my feed: varies, though at least a couple times a month
I want to find people that post about: anything, really, I love to hear about the things people feel strongly about. I am always looking for media recs and I love hearing about people's art and writing and everything.
I am most interested in interacting with people on: DW
My blog is: mostly publicly, selectively locked
Anything else you need to know about me: Here's my December 2018 about me post; big things to know: I'm queer, biracial, liberal, live in a small town in a red state, and kind of ridiculous about a lot of things, including art and my dog. I have bipolar disorder and have been in treatment for more than a decade. I'm close with my large, extended family, and I'm adopted.

[tozka]

Yay, added back! And no, we don't have solar, unfortunately.

[cerberusia]

Hi! What excellent taste you have :D

[torachan]

Excellent! I see that's what you post about, too!

[merit]

The right trope can get me to read things I otherwise wouldn't! I post a bit about what I'm reading (SFF, occasionally some romance, other genres to a degree) and your kitty looks precious :) added!

[merit]

I'm also interested in reading more about what other people are reading (especially SFF). Just added! :)

[auroracloud]

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!

[auroracloud]

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).

[auroracloud]

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. :-)

[auroracloud]

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!

[shadowhive]

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

[turgidwould]

DW username: turgidwould
Preferred pronouns: She/Her
Other platforms (tumblr, twitter, etc): N/A for now.
Active/primary interests or fandoms: I'm really big on Fire Emblem, Brandon Sanderson's writing, Pathfinder/tabletop roleplaying, and JRPGs in general.
If you've seen me around, it's probably because: This is very unlikely!
I post about: Fandom stuff, writing goals, game/show/book liveblogging, and really vague stuff about real life.
I post/check my feed: Frequently throughout the day. This account is new, though! I went away for a long while.
I want to find people that post about: Fandom! If we don't share any interests, I might have more trouble engaging, but I'm open to trying out new things! I also like reading about what other people are up to in general.
I am most interested in interacting with people on: Just here, thanks.
My blog is: Prolly gonna be selectively public.
Anything else you need to know about me: I write a lot. And that's probably only going to ramp up this year now that I've dumped my second job. Part of why I made this account was to have a place to log what I'm writing and how much of it, so expect some numbers that might be a little ???-inducing. Also, while I won't be linking any of my gnarlier stuff on DW, I get paid to write, uh...erotic content? And will at least be tracking how many words of it I churn out? So if merely associating with a filthy smut-peddler is a problem on your end, I totes understand.