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

[enemyofperfect]

DW username:  enemyofperfect
Preferred pronouns:  they/them
Other platforms:  enemyofperfect and enemyofperfect, although I haven't been active on tumblr in a while.
Active/primary interests or fandoms: I read outside my fandom like 90% of the time, but with that said: Stumptown, The Good Place, Person of Interest; Ann Leckie, Zen Cho, Martha Wells, Yoon Ha Lee, Rose Lemberg, Courtney Milan; language, psychology, worldbuilding, ethics, animals; roleplaying, interactive fiction, and indie computer games.
If you've seen me around, it's probably because: I used to be pretty active in Person of Interest fandom, and lately I've been putting up the episode reaction posts on the_good_place!
I post about: fannish things mostly, with a side order of social justice thoughts.  Occasionally I post about mental health issues or transgendery things.
I post/check my feed: Lately I've been posting around twice a week, and I check my feed nearly every day.
I want to find people that post about: what you've been reading, watching, playing, or making lately, fanworks definitely included; social justice; thinky thoughts about pretty much anything!  I always crave delicious meta.  Shared fandoms are a plus, but not a requirement.
I am most interested in interacting with people on: Dreamwidth, or even old fashioned email if that's your style!
My blog is:  100% public except for a few old private posts.  I do give access reciprocally, though, just because I find symmetry pleasing.
Anything else you need to know about me:  I'm a bit shy but very friendly!  If you ever need me to do something differently, please feel free to ask -- no request too large, small, or idiosyncratic.  I'm a bit of a Myers-Briggs geek, in basically the same way some people are Hogwarts houses geeks.  For the last couple of years I've had fun DMing a tiny D&D campaign for a party of one.  Fannishly, I read in a wide variety of genres, but I tend to have a particular fondness for angst, whump, and generally doing terrible things to lovely characters.

[alexseanchai]

I subscribed! (no obligation to reciprocate)

[enemyofperfect]

I appreciate the parenthetical, but neurodivergent fans whose feminism is intersectional rather than bullshit seem like excellent people to know, and so I am subscribing to you anyway!

[alexseanchai]

some people are twitchy about things so

😸

[st_aurafina]

Thanks for putting up the reaction posts for The Good Place - so far I've never managed to watch it in time to chime in but I live in hope.

I'm going to add you, hope that's ok?

[enemyofperfect]

More than okay, that's delightful -- given that we also have POI and the Imperial Radch in common, I was working on scraping up the nerve to subscribe to you! I'll be very glad to have you on my reading list.

[shadaras]

I love your book interests! Also gaming and trans stuff, of course, but the book tastes very much caught me. :)

[enemyofperfect]

Ahh, and you list some amazing authors too -- Diana Wynne Jones, Max Gladstone, JY Yang! Very happily adding you right back.

[pseudo_tsuga]

I love your reviews, espcially of the twine games! I've subscribed if that's alright.

[enemyofperfect]

Oh, I'm so happy to hear that, thank you! Not only is it entirely all right that you've subscribed, I'm returning the favor. :)

[flowersforgraves]

oh, I love 4/6 of the authors you listed (haven't been able to read anything by the other two yet) and several of your other interests. hope you don't mind I've added and subbed!

[enemyofperfect]

That is extremely okay, and I am very glad to add you right back! I'm always happy to meet a new fan of darkfic and cool SFF.

[pauraque]

It looks like we have some shared interests, so I'm adding you if you don't mind!

[enemyofperfect]

Awesome, I'm glad to meet you and will be adding you right back!

[corvidology]

Person of Interest!

And other stuff too. I subscribed.

[enemyofperfect]

Hey there! I remember you! You wrote me two awesome POI treats a few years back! And it looks like you're into Stumptown too? Totally subscribing back. :)