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

[auroracloud]

More people for book content is always fun! Hope you'll enjoy those books, I loved all three of them. (With the Wayfarers, it's good to not expect an action-packed adventure like some people expect from space sci-fi; it's more about characters and the worldbuilding, though there's also some intense plot stuff going on at certain points. I absolutely love it, but some readers are surprised that it isn't more plot-heavy. And with Ninefox Gambit, be prepared that it takes a while to really understand what's going on, as it's the sort of book that drops you in the middle of a very unusual world without explaining a lot. You get the hang of it eventually. Not trying to scare you, I just figure it may help to know that in advance!)

My baking posts usually happen among the access-locked stuff, not because my baking is particularly secret but because I lock most RL content and it's usually happening in posts that have other RL stuff as well. Let you know if you'd like to have access! (And you can always do so later as well, if you're unsure now.)

[unavee]

I like character and worldbuilding stories, so that actually sounds great! Thanks for the info about Ninefox Gambit; I'll keep that in mind when I start it. Sounds like it might be a fun reread, too, once I'm more familiar with the world.

Whatever you feel comfortable giving access for is fine with me. I don't mind reading RL content along with baking.