Yesterday I saw there'd been another scrape of fics from Ao3, including mine, and for a reason I can't define this was the time that I decided it was too much, so I've locked all my Ao3 fics to logged in users only. I hate that we have to do this.
Fic recs seem a like an okay way to go as a fortnightly posting default, but I wish I had more interesting things to say. Way back in the day I had so much enthusiasm, but I guess I can't expect the same of myself nowadays. And that's okay. Fandom Grandma vibes suit me well enough nowadays - siting back quietly enjoying me thing while ignoring the flame wars and occasionally yelling "get off my lawn" and all that - but it gives me less to say, and therefore less to interact with you all about, and that I do miss.
Anyway, this counts as a post, so I haven't failed yet.
Anyway, this counts as a post, so I haven't failed yet.
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Alas, I did nothing creative in fandom this year, so no End Of Year meme works for me, but my one and only New Year's Resolution this year is to post more often here on DW, and thanks to ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
delphi I think I'll try using the Fandom 50 format. Fingers crossed :)
(And who knows, maybe this year I'll be able to write again too).
HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE! May it be a very good one <3
delphi I think I'll try using the Fandom 50 format. Fingers crossed :)(And who knows, maybe this year I'll be able to write again too).
HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE! May it be a very good one <3
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Just a note to all that I use online fandom spaces like DW and tumblr as my safe spaces in which to relax and escape stressful things, so I have blocked all the words/tags I can think of and will ignore pretty much every post or comment mentioning Certain Topics for the indefinite future. It's not personal and I'm not ignoring any of you individually, but I've got to look forward to being here, not dread it.
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Meme borrowed from the kindly author_by_night, and I'm picking and choosing questions to answer, since I don't do real life stuff online and some of them just aren't applicable.
December 3, 4, 5, 8 & 9 : talk about movies, television, books, games, art this year
( Huh, looks like I can still talk a LOT when I get going )So if you're seeing this, you probably follow me here on DW, and I might be following you too, either because I have been for years or because, in the last few days, I saw you're currently active on DW and followed you back.
But here's a thing that's awkward: I haven't been around in so long that I don't remember how I met most of you, or what our mutual interests are/were, or... honestly that much detail about you. Which feels like being a bad friend, but that's not quite accurate, so I'm trying to think about it more like we met at an event years ago, kept in touch for a while, and now I recognise your face but can't connect any names or or details, and we just ran into each other again.
(Most of you, not all:sholio, I know you and I met through Agent Carter, and I started following rthstewart after binge-reading your lovely Narnia fics, but you two are also the ones I've interacted with here and there (mostly there, being tumblr) in the last few years, so my less-than-perfect memory has a bit more to go on.)
So... tell me about yourselves? If you remember, how did we meet - a friending meme? Did I read your fic and follow you? Did you read my fic and follow me? What are you interested in now that we could maybe nerd out over now?
But here's a thing that's awkward: I haven't been around in so long that I don't remember how I met most of you, or what our mutual interests are/were, or... honestly that much detail about you. Which feels like being a bad friend, but that's not quite accurate, so I'm trying to think about it more like we met at an event years ago, kept in touch for a while, and now I recognise your face but can't connect any names or or details, and we just ran into each other again.
(Most of you, not all:
sholio, I know you and I met through Agent Carter, and I started following rthstewart after binge-reading your lovely Narnia fics, but you two are also the ones I've interacted with here and there (mostly there, being tumblr) in the last few years, so my less-than-perfect memory has a bit more to go on.)So... tell me about yourselves? If you remember, how did we meet - a friending meme? Did I read your fic and follow you? Did you read my fic and follow me? What are you interested in now that we could maybe nerd out over now?
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So I hear there's a(nother) social media panic happening, this time that Tumblr may shrivel up and die the way Twitter has. And that people are looking for where to jump ship to if that happens, with Dreamwidth apparently being a good contender? This is all heresay because I don't care to look too deeply into Internet Panics, but it got me thinking.
Back when LiveJournal was the thing, I posted a lot. But with tumblr, I make a conscious effort not to add my voice to anything, not make new posts of my own, etc. I'm virtually silent, and not because I have nothing to say - because I feel uncomfortable posting in this giant, all-in-one bucket where posts can be taken and changed. Public posts on LJ or here on DW can be seen by everyone - if I choose not to hide them - but no one can share it around without me being aware. It's always here, and if I choose to edit or delete it, there's not a dozen copies scattered around beyond my reach. It's mine, and it can't be lost or taken away.
If tumblr goes, I'll be sad, but mostly because I've been using it for... *checks* ten years? Wow, okay. But it made me really stop and think about how much I actually have to say - whether about my current fandoms or fics I want to write or observations on stuff or just talking to internet friends - and how much I miss saying it, not to mention having the occasional actual conversation with people.
So tl;dr, I'mma try using this place more again, and deliberately allowing myself to just drop thoughts posts and not expect any responses, back like it used to be, and if people are actually interested and want to reply? Cool, that's how I like it. This format just works better for me for social interactions. Tumblr's good for collecting the fun bits of current hype and showcasing them like an art gallery. I can have both :)
Back when LiveJournal was the thing, I posted a lot. But with tumblr, I make a conscious effort not to add my voice to anything, not make new posts of my own, etc. I'm virtually silent, and not because I have nothing to say - because I feel uncomfortable posting in this giant, all-in-one bucket where posts can be taken and changed. Public posts on LJ or here on DW can be seen by everyone - if I choose not to hide them - but no one can share it around without me being aware. It's always here, and if I choose to edit or delete it, there's not a dozen copies scattered around beyond my reach. It's mine, and it can't be lost or taken away.
If tumblr goes, I'll be sad, but mostly because I've been using it for... *checks* ten years? Wow, okay. But it made me really stop and think about how much I actually have to say - whether about my current fandoms or fics I want to write or observations on stuff or just talking to internet friends - and how much I miss saying it, not to mention having the occasional actual conversation with people.
So tl;dr, I'mma try using this place more again, and deliberately allowing myself to just drop thoughts posts and not expect any responses, back like it used to be, and if people are actually interested and want to reply? Cool, that's how I like it. This format just works better for me for social interactions. Tumblr's good for collecting the fun bits of current hype and showcasing them like an art gallery. I can have both :)
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