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#Fandom #Introductions #FandomFriendingMeme

1. How long have you been in fandom?

I’ve been a fan (as in, wrote fanfiction) since circa 2007 but only “in fandom” (as in, communicating with other fans) since 2016 or thereabouts.

2. Which fandoms are you in now?

Typically I identify myself as belonging to “Nintendo fandom” as I have fannish opinions across most #Nintendo franchises and am amenable to crossovers. I actively contribute to #Zelda and #Pokémon, and very occasionally #SmashBros and #FireEmblem.

I’m also very interested in zhiguai and chuanqi, but it’s rare to find people interacting with those stories as fans, as opposed to non-fannish adaptation or academic study.

3. Do you create transformative works (fic, fan art, podfic, etc.)?

Fic primarily, maybe one day some meta/shrines.

4. What was your first fandom?

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess is the first thing I approached from a decidedly fannish perspective.

5. How often has fic made you cry?

Almost never; most fic is situational drama and if you want to make me cry you need something a little more permanent.

6. Rec a fic that you love!

Make a Wish, Make it Count by LiliansMalice. Probably the best dark fantasy story I’ve read. <https://archiveofourown.org/works/14864093/chapters/34414643>

7. Who's your ult OTP?

Original Pokémon Trainer/Original Pokémon Trainer

8. Share a pic that would convince someone to fall for your current fandom!

https://at.tumblr.com/kibigo/a-true-lesbian-classic/fydho6ervaxy

9. Have you ever met a fandom friend IRL?

Bold of you to suggest I have fandom friends!

10. What's the last fandom merch or craft you got?

As in something produced by fans? I don’t think the Chainmail Bikini zine is technically in communion but I think it has similar vibes. <http://chainmail-bikini.com>

I don’t really express myself through material culture much so purchasing fannish artefacts is pretty rare for me.

11. Rare pairs, big ships, or gen?

Anything so long as it’s interesting, although if you are writing a big ship and don’t orient yourself critically towards the existing body of work I am liable to get bored.

12. Are you multi-fandom or mono-fannish?

See response to №2, above.

I’ll read fic from fandoms I’m not into if I’m doing research or it comes with a strong recommendation from a friend.

13. When did you last travel for a con, concert, fanmeet, or cupsleeve event?

Never! I don’t leave the house lmao.

14. How did you get into your current fandom?

Writing stories with nerdy friends in class in middle school.

15. What's your favourite trope?

People who are meant to inherit privilege developing solidarity with the wrong (read: correct) people and abandoning The System as a result.

There isn’t a fancy trope title for this and I explicitly do NOT mean a redemption narrative; cf. Vel Sartha in Andor for a contemporary popular example.

16. What are 3 tags that will make you click no matter what?

“no matter what” is a bit of an exaggeration but I’m tempted to click on fics with:

• Religion meta, although I’m usually dissatisfied with it

• Crossdressing, provided there isn’t anything to suggest it is virulently transphobic or whatever

• Lesbian sex (provided it isn’t boringly straight) let’s be real

17. Fav fest you've prompted/read/written for?

Bold of you to suggest my fandom is so organized!

18. Share an upcoming fest you're excited about!

See №17.

19. What's your favourite episode, song, moment, etc. from your current fandom?

In The Princess Who Carries the Blood of the Goddess <https://archiveofourown.org/works/15049127> when the author makes an almost direct comparison between the protagonists fighting to address a growing apocalypse after generations of failure and young climate justice activists in the real world.

Or did you mean in canon? There is nothing of value there lmao.

20. Tag three fandom friends on Masto!

See №9.