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

[flamebyrd]

DW username: flamebyrd
Pronouns: she/they
Other platforms: flamebyrd, flamebyrd, Discord
Active/primary interests or fandoms: I'm between fandoms, but canons I'm currently consuming and/or have strong feelings about are: The Adventure Zone (podcast), the Lord of the Rings/Hobbit (books/movies), Wandersong (video game), Celeste (video game). I watch a lot of YouTube tutorials on watercolour art and greeting cards. I also watch speedrunners on Twitch.
If you've seen me around, it's probably because: I've written user scripts and bookmarklets for altering your AO3 experience, but I've also written fanfic.
I post about: Fanworks I create, when relevant. Also craft, baking, my attempts to learn how to create illustrations, bullet list reactions to media I consume (books, movies, narrative podcasts, video games). Offline life is locked.
I post/check my feed: I post when I feel I have enough content to make something substantial. I check my feed daily, occasionally multiple times a day. I comment rarely because I struggle to find things to say, but I'd like to improve that.
I want to find people that post about: Fandom, books/movies/podcasts/games/etc, art, with an emphasis on queer content.
I am most interested in interacting with people on: Dreamwidth, Twitter
My blog is: Selectively public.
Anything else you need to know about me: I'm Australian but I spent 7 years living in Canada. I'm asexual, not aromantic, cis, white, anxious, and I've been in fandom for about 20 years.

I'm a recovering web developer, now back at university studying information management (records/archives, library). I am inclined to fix internet annoyances with browser tools, and can easily be convinced to write such things for other people.

I'm a fandom butterfly and usually a multishipper. I prefer romance to smut. I like happy/hopeful endings, SF/fantasy (but cannot handle horror) and murder mysteries in the style of Christie and Sayers - one day I will find the perfect combination of all these things.

[silverflight8]

I think we have similar tastes in books! I shall add you :)

[such_heights]

I always need more TAZ people to follow! Hi!

[flamebyrd]

Hello! TAZ is so great, I need to find more people to follow too :D