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

[paulamcg]

Hello, I’d like to add you. My friending comment is here. (Learning platforms is always hard for me, and I thought I was doing something wrong when my cross-posting stopped working.) I’m one who got back to writing after a long hiatus, and it seems fiction saves me when life’s hard. Even in case you can’t consider HP for a possible new fandom, I’d love to be friends.

[wendelah1]

Absolutely. I will add you and give you access.

Re: HP. Because my son was reading the books (he was in fifth or sixth grade when the series began), I've read six of the seven books (I was too angry after the sixth to read the seventh). I did finally go see the last movie. I wouldn't consider myself "in the fandom" but I do read some fic occasionally.

[paulamcg]

Yay, I’m glad!

I, too, started reading HP thanks to a son – my eldest, who was about eight, as it was around 2000. And I found the fandom in summer 2003, when OotP gave me an urge to discuss it. Because I started my fanfic – the big story which I still continue but now in separately-working short stories – back then, I didn’t care so much about HBP and DH, and I don’t care for them for various other reasons, too. My fanfic would be safe – perhaps even pleasant – for someone like you to read. I’ll be thrilled if such an occasion arises… :)

In any case, I’ve been happy to add and give access!