shadowhive

Challenge #10

In your own space, write a love letter to Fandom in general, to a particular fandom, to a trope, a relationship, a character, creator, episode, or it could be your fandom friends. Share your love and squee as loud as you want to. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

This is an interesting one and I dunno where it’s gonna go.

Let’s start with the elephant in the room before getting to the positive. Fandom has gotten really bad these last few years. Between call out posts, bullying and just just general shitty behaviour at times fandom hasn’t felt like a nice place to see. It’s sad and it’s really unfortunate and horrible. Fandom should be a positive place, a thing that brings people together so to see one such a mess...

But I digress.

The positive, then, is that sense of community that fandom brings. I’ve met a lot of people through fandoms over the years, some have been awesome, some have been awful and some I wish I’d known better. Fandom has at times kept me sane, at times made me crazy.

At its best fandom is about sharing the squee, about whatever it is. You can usually see it best at get together, at concerts, at conventions. Hopefully those things will come back once this is all over. As much as I’m not a terribly social person and things haven’t changed too much for me in lockdown, I have missed all of those things.

But yeah, I’m glad for all the people I’ve met and all the experiences I’ve had through various fandoms, Star Wars Celebration. The various nintendo meets. Download and Sonisphere festivals. All the gigs.

I’m glad for all the people that are still here and have stuck around. Their support and kindness means the world especially now.

Let’s all try and remember what fandom is all about. Focussing on the things we love, instead of hating the things we don’t, because that’s how we win. (And by treating people with kindness)

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Yesterday and today have been a bit bleh. I’ve been tired and unmotivated so I’ve not read, or done any of the uni stuff I was going to. Again, it’s a game of depression or meds. Hopefully tomorrow I can boot up the laptop and get going on it.

Thankfully I’ve done a bit of gaming still, but not much. Elder Scrolls Online has a free ESO+ event so I’ve been filling up the craft bag and started Markath. I’ve done one boss and, ugh, a harrowstorm (fuck do I hate those things) so we’ll see how far I get before the sale (where I’ll get it still probably).

Speaking of games has anyone played Armello? I’m thinking of getting it in the Xbox sale when money goes I ,

I’ve finished Disenchantment tonight and just... damn, those last 5 minutes. I hope we get to find out what happens soon. I’ll probably watch Carmen Sandiego or finish Julie and the Phantoms tomorrow.

While looking for usbs I got awhile back, and nope, can’t find them, I did, however, find my Animal Crossing amiibo cards (though the folder I have is still awol) and the special ones aren’t with them. So that’s a good thing.

I’ll likely head up to zzz soon, once QI’s done.