Snowflake 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.
So a couple years ago, I told the story of how I got into fandom by searching webrings for pictures of Gambit from the X-Men to do a cosplay, and found fandom and just never left. But this is the story of why I stayed.
Some of it was through reading good fic, and a place in my heart goes to bifictional bedlam’s polyamorous recommendations, because I think it was there that I followed a link rabbit hole to the livejournal of![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
copperbadge, he of the awesome journal, the imaginary poet laureate, and the well-moderated comment section full of friendly oddballs. Once I started making fandom friends who got my references? It was game over. I was never going to leave at that point.
copperbadge’s journal had thoughtful breakdowns of, for instance, Sam Vimes’ character and why he had to be the way he was for the plot of Guards! Guards! to swing around him. Fics like Stealing Harry, etc. were awesome, but his journal is part of how I came to be a curious interrogator of narratives at all, because I used to not do that.
So happy Snowflake Challenge tocopperbadge and to you, too! May January 2025 bring us the gleeful spite we all need to feast on the distemper of those who would subdue us!
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.
So a couple years ago, I told the story of how I got into fandom by searching webrings for pictures of Gambit from the X-Men to do a cosplay, and found fandom and just never left. But this is the story of why I stayed.
Some of it was through reading good fic, and a place in my heart goes to bifictional bedlam’s polyamorous recommendations, because I think it was there that I followed a link rabbit hole to the livejournal of
copperbadge, he of the awesome journal, the imaginary poet laureate, and the well-moderated comment section full of friendly oddballs. Once I started making fandom friends who got my references? It was game over. I was never going to leave at that point. copperbadge’s journal had thoughtful breakdowns of, for instance, Sam Vimes’ character and why he had to be the way he was for the plot of Guards! Guards! to swing around him. Fics like Stealing Harry, etc. were awesome, but his journal is part of how I came to be a curious interrogator of narratives at all, because I used to not do that. So happy Snowflake Challenge to
copperbadge and to you, too! May January 2025 bring us the gleeful spite we all need to feast on the distemper of those who would subdue us!