Fannish House-keeping

[swirlsofpurple]

I’m relatively new to Dreamwidth and looking forward to taking part in the fun!

I have to admit though, that this first prompt left me feeling a little excited and a little melancholy. Because I’ve done the friending memes and the ‘about me’s’ and the masterlists, for years and years, I’ve poured my heart and soul into a community that’s now mostly gone. And I get that Dreamwidth is a fresh start, supposed to be a new and exciting one. But I can’t help but feel like an old-timer, staring up at a hill I once ran up, and it feels too unwieldy, too treacherous a path to start again from scratch.

I’m here, because I hope I can navigate the path anyway, and hopefully this will lead to some precious treasure like (or maybe unlike) before.

 

1)        Friending

Making friends is one of the things we’re here for isn’t it? I’m happy for people to friend and will usually friend back. Though I do tend to be a lurker; I don’t often post. And when I do it’s usually fanfic.

2)       Interests

I’ve been in various fandoms over the last seventeen years. My current obsessions are Brooklyn 99 and the MCU. (Good Omens is also definitely creeping up there). I like to write both fanfic and original fiction. Here’s a list of my favourite things: Youtubers- Vlogbrothers and screen junkies, Podcasts- Dear Hank and John and Welcome to NightVale, books- Discworld.

3)       Masterlists etc.

My AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/users/SwirlsOfBlueJay/works

My LJ: https://swirlsofblue.livejournal.com/tag/masterlist

 

Comments

[swirlsofpurple]

Yes, exactly that! I know, it's so hard. I'm so sorry you're going through that. I too struggle with my mental health. I hope things improve for you. I suppose the only thing we can do is what we can.