snowynight

 Challenge #9

Challenge #7

LIST THREE (or more) THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF. They don’t have to be your favorite things, just things that you think are good. Feel free to expand as much or as little as you want.

1. I don't have known allergy nor nasty side effects to medication I  have taken. This makes my life easier. 
2. I can take pills without drinking water. It's handy when no water is available. 
3. My mind often comes up with ideas that entertains me.

Challenge Day #5: In your own space, create a list of at least three things you'd love to receive, a wishlist of sorts.

My wish list:

1. Recs for music with female vocallist, or music by female composers. I like a variety of music: metal, rock, Celtic, pop, bardcore, country, etc. Music in non-English languages are welcomed! A sampling of my favourite singers/bands: Loreena Mckennit, Dar Williams, Vienna Teng, Within Temptation, XG, etc.

2. Recs for interesting blogs to follow. Books, nature, history, cute animals, trivia, tabletop RPG, world building, art and craft, or anything you find interesting

3. Stolen from kingstoken : Go to arab.org and "click to help", it's free. All raised money goes to UN agencies. 

Dear fandom, 

It's joyful to meet people who are enthusiastic about the same media /characters/etc! I love when you're creative and show me new ideas and insight. I am also thankful when you're supportive of my writings and ideas. I have a great time and hope you all enjoy yourselves! 

With love, 
Me. 

Hi! I'm snowynight! This's my introduction post

I'm doing this because it's fun. It's also good to meet other people. I'll try to join as many challenges as possible.

Challenge #13: Interact with someone in fandom you haven't talked with before.

I have gone back to the Yuletide 2024 collection and kudoed on the works I haven't read before. There're so many lovely fics!

Semi-related: bestof_icons has started the Best of '24: Icon Voting from the 26th until 5 days after the final poll is posted. You may vote for 1 to 10 icons for each icon maker in each poll. Let's enjoy the pretty icons and vote the your favourite! It's difficult for me to choose because they're gorgeous.

Challenge #12 Create a Rec Countdown.

5 books
4 Paintings
3 Free, no ads, no iap Android games:
2 Solo Tabletop RPG
1 self-rec

Books:
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3 Free, no ads, no iap Android games:

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2 Solo Tabletop RPG:

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Self Rec:

Stupidly Reckless [Periodic Table of Elements (Anthropomorphic)] : Chlorine and Fluorine are both reactive. When they work together, it gets explosive. G-rating Gen

Challenge #10



My first multifandom exchange is Yuletide 2009. This was also the year Yuletide moved to AO3, which was probably why I got an AO3 account. I have joined single fandom exchanges on livejournal coms before, but it was different:  to meet fans of so many different things, to try to find out what rare things I could request and offer. The enormous possibility was exciting yet overwhelming. I remembered reading multiple posts to learn the ropes.

The fic I wrote is Duty and Honour, a gen character study of Mulan for the Disney movie. It was fun to write, and the recipient liked it, which was the most important thing. 

I have joined other exchanges afterwards and received a lot of lovely gifts and comments. It's great that there are so many differently themed and formatted exchanges and fests now. Although I needed to take a break due to life, I'm still thankful to the multifandom exchange scene. 

Challenge #6

Share your favourite piece of original canon. Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

Let me share a moment in Star Trek: the original series movieverse.

Star Trek III: the Search for Spock begins with Spock's funeral. Then Doctor McCoy has an apparent mental breakdown. Spock's father comes with an alarming news: Kirk has to bring back Spock's soul and body to Vulcan so he can rest.

Problem: Spock's body is on Genesis, which the Federation has forbidden anyone's access on this planet. If Kirk has to fulfil the promise, he will throw his career and future away.

Conversation between Kirk and his superior:
( But even if there's a chance that Spock has an eternal soul ...then it's my responsibility. )

Contrary to popular culture perception, Kirk is a rule abiding officer who loves his job (and pretty much only has his job now). He knows what he has to give up for something he doesn't quite understand. He is willing to throw everything away, because Spock's soul is his responsibility, as surely as if it were his very own!

That's why Kirk/Spock (Star Trek: the Original Series) is my eternal ship.

Challenge #4

Since this is the start of a new year, this challenge will be e to set your own goals! Of course we can all make large or ambitious goals, remember that small and/or short goals are also good! Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

Fannish:

- Only sign up to fests/exchannges/fests when I'm confident that I have enough time to finish the assignment in time.
- Fulfill my getyourwordsout habit badge (120 days a year)

Non-Fannish:

- Do exercise every day. I'm doing workouts on Darebee because they don't require equipment and are beginners friendly. I try not to stress too much about the length or the level of challenge. It's more important for me to build the habit.

Challenge #2

In your own space, talk about your fannish origin story. Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

As a kid, I was an avid manga and books lover. I have got into the ACD Sherlock Holmes book series very early and loved it, so I look for more Holmes and Watson stories when I finished the canon. My first exposure to fanfics is reading published Sherlock Holmes stories by other writers in public libraries.

When I finally had access to the internet, I looked for more and found websites and archives. This was the first time I came across the term "pastiche" and "parody" as fanfic genre. I also stumbled on my first slash fic - a fic written in Watson's PoV about a pining Holmes and repressed Watson in denial. It broke my mind because I didn't know that people would write them with romantic feeling. Then I looked for more Holmes/Watson fics.

My love of manga also led me later to join forums to discuss manga and animes, read translated doujinshi and play otome games. My first fanfic was published there. I lost my account, but I still had fond memory about the forum.

Then I discovered Kirk/Spock in Star Trek: the Original Series. Thus began my archive crawling, Yahoo group lurking, and fic posting foray in western media fandoms. I didn't remember how I discovered fandoms on livejournal, but it was why I got in Stargate: Atlantis, Marvel comics, Due South, etc. It was great to discover something you might like because a fan talked about it/recced fanworks on journals/communities. I enjoyed talking with other fans. They encouraged me when I was a very nervous newbie.

For me, these were the focal points of my fannish origin.