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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Comments

[jaggedwolf]

DW username: jaggedwolf
Preferred pronouns: She/Her
Other platforms (tumblr, twitter, etc): jaggedwolf / jaggedwolf

Active/primary interests or fandoms: Predominantly The Strange Case of Starship Iris and Critical Role. Other fandoms that have hit me with feelings this year include Steven Universe, Juno Steel, Homestuck.

If you've seen me around, it's probably because: The ridiculous amounts of Starship Iris fic I post on AO3 and Tumblr. Or my occasional comments in podcastjoy

I post about: Mostly fandom, sometimes real life. I post about books I've read, other media I've consumed, random articles I've seen on the internet, and fanwork recs.
I post/check my feed: I check daily, and I try to post weekly

I want to find people that post about: My specific fandoms would be great of course, but I'm always interested in book reviews, recs of all kind, interesting links, fandom meta
I am most interested in interacting with people on: DW or Tumblr is cool.
My blog is: 100% public

Anything else you need to know about me:

I'm more generally here for found family and f/f feels, though I read a decent chunk of m/m. My writing and reading tastes are fairly tame in the grand scheme of things, but I'm very much not here for purity cultury/anti nonsense. I'm a software engineer, an atheist who was raised Hindu (so many other religious references go over my head), and a nerd who likes podcasts and history. I've been trying to write more this past year. I've mostly succeeded with that.

[snickfic]

Hello, I am friending because I ended up following two links from your very top non-sticky post, and I figured that boded well. :)

[jaggedwolf]

Cool! Dare I ask which links? :D

[snickfic]

It was the one on social media in Taiwanese politics and the one on the Vietnam lottery (although I ended up saving that for reading at another time).

[shadaras]

I keep meaning to listen to Starship Iris -- it sounds very up my alley! Hopefully seeing more references to it will help me remember to do so!

Found family and f/f is also very much my jam. :)

[jaggedwolf]

I may be biased, but yes, Starship Iris is a great podcast and, in fact, heavily features found family and f/f :D

[shadaras]

Mhmm! I've been aware of it for ages but my record with actually listening to podcasts is spotty :) It's one of the ones with transcripts, though, right? Those are much easier for me to consume.

[jaggedwolf]

Yeah, there are transcripts here. I get what you mean, being able to check when you don't catch a sentence or two is always nice.

[shadaras]

Ah, nice!

Honestly, for me it's that sometimes with scripted things I just completely tune out of what's being said. I might be completely into the idea of the story but if the conversation doesn't feel real I just... lose track of it. Completely. My brain goes 'wow not enough stimulation there' and I start reading things on the internet or otherwise not focusing on the story, which is a shame when I know that Starship Iris is exactly my jam as far as a story goes.

[nyctanthes]

I'm an atheist raised Hindu who enjoys f/f and writing/reading about books and theater. And history! I've subscribed. :)

[jaggedwolf]

Hi, and cool!

[pseudo_tsuga]

Heeey, another homestuck fan in this the year 2019!!! I also screamed over the "Palpatine fucks" article so I am adding you on tumblr and dreamwidth, if that's ok :D

[jaggedwolf]

The Palpatine fucks article was so funny haha. And yeah, I read Homestuck for the first time in like...two months this year? So now I'm just rolling around in art and fic before I subject myself to the Epilogues.

[brigdh]

Hi! Your journal seems awesome and I'd love to follow you!