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

[summerstorm]

DW username: summerstorm
Preferred pronouns: they/them (afab agender)
Other platforms (tumblr, twitter, etc): pollychurchill, howlongthebones
Active/primary interests or fandoms: MCU, gymnastics, hockey rpf but lowkey, Stranger Things, CAVofSabrina, Check Please, Schitt's Creek!! and been mainlining Bon Appetit, I'm a photographer.
If you've seen me around, it's probably because: you're been around for a very long time, because I kinda accidentally peaced out in 2012 and came back later.
I post about: real life mostly but it's real sporadic.
I post/check my feed: Somewhere between daily and monthly. Depends or what I'm up to. But daily's my goal.
I want to find people that post about: fanfic, what they're watching or reading, their lives, just... people that post really.
I am most interested in interacting with people on: DW and Twitter but I'm paranoid about twitter
My blog is: selectively public
Anything else you need to know about me: I'm a fic person. I wrote a lot and read a lot. I'm agender and it's important to me that people know that. I'm trying to restart my lifestyle blog, and that's travel, personal style, and food, because I am kind of a foodie? I would def say I travel for the food.

I'm also a graphic designer.

[rattfan]

Hi. I liked what you said about the people you want to find and also interested in the lifestyle blog bit. I've subscribed to you!

[summerstorm]

I had a look at your intro post and added you back. I look forward to seeing your pet rats and anything court-related, if you post about that. :)

[ng_moonmoth]

Also gender-variant (nonbinary). Also a foodie. Looks like a good start.

My intro comment is over here.

[summerstorm]

Added you back! I liked your line about meeting up with people when you travel, I do the same thing. And I agree about the pronouns, I almost did the same thing myself. (I misgender myself all the time but I keep trying. I only realized I was agender in June. Can you share that nonbinary discord? I'm not on discord much but that seems like a nice place to hang out. You can message me privately.)

[ng_moonmoth]

Don't know when our paths will cross, but I will keep your location in mind should I be headed that way.

Switching away from anything one has used for a long time seems to always take time and be error-prone. It was about half the time they had been in the serious relationship that preceded ours for spouse to reliably use my name in conversation rather than most recent ex's. (But they always quickly corrected themself).

Discord invite coming via PM. Please let me know how well it worked for you.