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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<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

[randomling]

DW username: randomling
Preferred pronouns: he/him
Other platforms (tumblr, twitter, etc): queerwombat, randomling
Active/primary interests or fandoms: Currently: Kaleidotrope (an adorable fandom-informed queer romance podcast), previously: Highlander (TV), WtNV, popslash, Star Trek, Doctor Who
If you've seen me around, it's probably because: If you've seen spoonlessactivists around, you might have seen my name; otherwise I've been inactive for a while but am trying to get more active
I post about: Currently mostly real life, possibly also a sideline in my original writing at some point
I post/check my feed: Check my feed most days, trying to get back to commenting more regularly; post very sporadically
I want to find people that post about: Kaleidotrope would be great but I think I probably know everyone from the Discord! Otherwise, general fandom topics (I like reading about people's opinions even if I don't know the canon), activism (vested interest in fighting the Tory government here in the UK), also a big fan of animal/bird pics and stories!
I am most interested in interacting with people on: Primarily Twitter where I'm most active at the moment, but I'd love to make friends on DW too!
My blog is: Currently friends-only, thinking of going back to public
Anything else you need to know about me: I am: queer, trans, autistic, disabled and traumatised; I wear the SJW label with pride; if you post activist resources or thinky thoughts about activism I am very interested!

[ephemeralflower]

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

[randomling]

Ooh yay, adding you back!