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

[maia]

DW username: Maia
Preferred pronouns: She/her
Other platforms (tumblr, twitter, etc): https://archiveofourown.org/users/everything_rhymes
Active/primary interests or fandoms:
Active/often post about: Good Omens; Doctor Who; The Good Place; Star Trek: Discovery
Inactive-but-interested/post-about-occasionally/enjoy-reading-other-people's-posts-about: Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Star Trek: The Next Generation; Star Trek: The Original Series; The Terminator films and The Sarah Connor Chronicles; Babylon 5; Tolkien
If you've seen me around, it's probably because: I'm a dinosaur
I post about: Fandom; moral and philosophical issues in my favorite stories; ideas; psychology, philosophy; poetry; nature, gardening, sometimes personal stuff
I post/check my feed: Most days
I want to find people that post about: Stories I love; philosophical issues; nature; gardening
I am most interested in interacting with people on: Dreamwidth
My blog is: Mostly friends-only, a few public posts
Anything else you need to know about me: I'm not active in Star Wars fandom but I loved The Last Jedi; I posted some meta on it here that will give you an idea of how I think.
I'm going to be away until early January so if you friend it will be a few weeks before I friend you back. Happy New Year!

[wheatear]

Happy New Year! We have a couple of fandoms in common and I also love talking about moral/philosophical issues in fiction. Friends?

[maia]

Yes! It's lovely to meet you! Welcome!

[st_aurafina]

Hi! We have a bunch of fandoms in common, so I've added you - hope that's ok!

[maia]

I added you back! Nice to meet you! Welcome!

[prixmium]

I already subscribed to you from some interest search recently, but just noting that I like several of your interests too!

[maia]

Added you back! Nice to meet you! Welcome!

[ephemeralflower]

I'm a new Doctor Who fan, and am planning on reading/wtching Good Omens... friends?

[maia]

I added you back! Nice to meet you, and welcome!