Snowflake challenge Day 13
Jan. 26th, 2022 01:22 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shadowhiveChallenge 13.
In your own space, share a favorite memory about fandom: the first time you got into fandom, the last time a fanwork touched your heart, wild times with fellow fans (whether on-line or off-line), a lovely comment you’ve received or have left for someone. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
So I’ve not done challenge 12 yet cause I couldn’t think of anything, so maybe I’ll add that to a future one.
This one took me a little while to figure out, because I didn’t wanna do something obvious that I’d mentioned before in something like this. Nor did I wanna mention something that has, in time, become a tainted memory.
So I think a few come to mind.
So a few months before the pandemic became a thing (which feels like forever ago) one of my loves came and spend some time here. It was really weird being in a hotel in Birmingham, but there was lots of good times. We watched a bunch of films and such, as well as the first season of Stranger Things (which I’ve still not continued), going to a cat cafe for the first time and seeing a mutual friend, again for the first time.
One of the last things we did was going to comic con in Birmingham. It ended up being pretty fun. I got a Pokemon funko, saw two Star Wars panels and had a good talk with one of the guys from Star Wars Rebels. It was fun and it’s strange looking back thinking of being in such a place with all the people. I dunno if I’d be ready to go to such a thing anytime soon.
One of the things that helped keep me sane through the pandemic was watching Maxx Danziger’s streams. He’s the drummer of Set It Off and, although getting into them was from a source that’s snow bleh, I’m glad about it because watching him helped keep me sane. The streams were always nice even if the streams were of something scary. There’s something nice about his voice. Plus seeing his dog Crash and cat Pistol, who are both so sweet (I hope they’ve been ok with the move he’s done). He’s stopped streaming cause of the move/Christmas/tour, but it’s nice seeing him as happy as he is in tour pics.
Speaking of streamers, as I’ve mentioned before I got into a few because of my friend Chai. I have a feeling a fic triggered my interest but I’m not entirely sure who I started watching first. Whoever it was definitely ended up sending me down a rabbit hole of streamers and now I have so many that I watch.
The most memorable stream was probably the wine stream which was basically Quackity and Wilbur together drinking wine and being cute and having staggering sexual tension. It also came at good time because that night I was super depressed. So it was nice.
And of course the prison break lore streams was the best, because it was my first one that was able to watch live that was a big event. (Quackity’s lore was before it, but it was predone and the prison break was all live). I ended up watching three different streams of it, one live then two as vods. It’s turned out recently that it had been planned for awhile, but had been done then because they’d been worried techno might have an arm amputated so they got as many people together to do it as they could. Which was pretty impressive.
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Just a few random things now before I start another Archive 81 ep on Netflix (is anyone watching that? I’m about to watch ep 6)?
Set It Off announced today that they’re doing a stream of a gig for one of the dates for the people that can’t make it for the tour. Which is a really nice gesture, even though it works out being pretty late our time. There’s a tee and pennant on the streaming site but neither are too special alas. At least the album was up to order earlier. I’ll sort the stream ticket probably next week.
Today I beat Victory road on Brilliant Diamond and it’s, honestly, the first part of the game that’s given me real trouble but that’s mostly due to the amount of wild Pokemon in there with sturdy which is an irritating ability. I’m hoping to do the elite four tomorrow so it’s done for the new game.
Season 5 of Fringe started last week and I’m… really not vibing with it. I think it’s because I’m done with dystopian things. And also because it feels like the whole thing is just… missing a step you know? Between the time jump and the observers gone from being passive to suddenly evil… I dunno.
There’s a trailer for a Picard season 2 and I’m cautiously optimistic, though I sense it also has a dystopia which… ugh. At least it has Q and Guinan now.
And speaking of trailers I saw there’s something called the legend of vox machina coming out in a few days on prime, which looks like it could be fun/interesting.
I did start a fic last night so we’ll see how it pans out. But my head has been so fuzzy lately and I’m not sure why. Ah well. Hopefully it shoos soon.
I think, as always, I was gonna mention something else, but it’s completely gone from my head.
In your own space, share a favorite memory about fandom: the first time you got into fandom, the last time a fanwork touched your heart, wild times with fellow fans (whether on-line or off-line), a lovely comment you’ve received or have left for someone. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
So I’ve not done challenge 12 yet cause I couldn’t think of anything, so maybe I’ll add that to a future one.
This one took me a little while to figure out, because I didn’t wanna do something obvious that I’d mentioned before in something like this. Nor did I wanna mention something that has, in time, become a tainted memory.
So I think a few come to mind.
So a few months before the pandemic became a thing (which feels like forever ago) one of my loves came and spend some time here. It was really weird being in a hotel in Birmingham, but there was lots of good times. We watched a bunch of films and such, as well as the first season of Stranger Things (which I’ve still not continued), going to a cat cafe for the first time and seeing a mutual friend, again for the first time.
One of the last things we did was going to comic con in Birmingham. It ended up being pretty fun. I got a Pokemon funko, saw two Star Wars panels and had a good talk with one of the guys from Star Wars Rebels. It was fun and it’s strange looking back thinking of being in such a place with all the people. I dunno if I’d be ready to go to such a thing anytime soon.
One of the things that helped keep me sane through the pandemic was watching Maxx Danziger’s streams. He’s the drummer of Set It Off and, although getting into them was from a source that’s snow bleh, I’m glad about it because watching him helped keep me sane. The streams were always nice even if the streams were of something scary. There’s something nice about his voice. Plus seeing his dog Crash and cat Pistol, who are both so sweet (I hope they’ve been ok with the move he’s done). He’s stopped streaming cause of the move/Christmas/tour, but it’s nice seeing him as happy as he is in tour pics.
Speaking of streamers, as I’ve mentioned before I got into a few because of my friend Chai. I have a feeling a fic triggered my interest but I’m not entirely sure who I started watching first. Whoever it was definitely ended up sending me down a rabbit hole of streamers and now I have so many that I watch.
The most memorable stream was probably the wine stream which was basically Quackity and Wilbur together drinking wine and being cute and having staggering sexual tension. It also came at good time because that night I was super depressed. So it was nice.
And of course the prison break lore streams was the best, because it was my first one that was able to watch live that was a big event. (Quackity’s lore was before it, but it was predone and the prison break was all live). I ended up watching three different streams of it, one live then two as vods. It’s turned out recently that it had been planned for awhile, but had been done then because they’d been worried techno might have an arm amputated so they got as many people together to do it as they could. Which was pretty impressive.
***
Just a few random things now before I start another Archive 81 ep on Netflix (is anyone watching that? I’m about to watch ep 6)?
Set It Off announced today that they’re doing a stream of a gig for one of the dates for the people that can’t make it for the tour. Which is a really nice gesture, even though it works out being pretty late our time. There’s a tee and pennant on the streaming site but neither are too special alas. At least the album was up to order earlier. I’ll sort the stream ticket probably next week.
Today I beat Victory road on Brilliant Diamond and it’s, honestly, the first part of the game that’s given me real trouble but that’s mostly due to the amount of wild Pokemon in there with sturdy which is an irritating ability. I’m hoping to do the elite four tomorrow so it’s done for the new game.
Season 5 of Fringe started last week and I’m… really not vibing with it. I think it’s because I’m done with dystopian things. And also because it feels like the whole thing is just… missing a step you know? Between the time jump and the observers gone from being passive to suddenly evil… I dunno.
There’s a trailer for a Picard season 2 and I’m cautiously optimistic, though I sense it also has a dystopia which… ugh. At least it has Q and Guinan now.
And speaking of trailers I saw there’s something called the legend of vox machina coming out in a few days on prime, which looks like it could be fun/interesting.
I did start a fic last night so we’ll see how it pans out. But my head has been so fuzzy lately and I’m not sure why. Ah well. Hopefully it shoos soon.
I think, as always, I was gonna mention something else, but it’s completely gone from my head.
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Date: 2022-01-26 03:19 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-01-27 07:30 pm (UTC)At the time I was so intrigued I wanted to continue you… but when I got home I was really sick and I think that messed me up a bit (I never finished a game I got at the same sorta time either)
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Date: 2022-01-26 06:15 pm (UTC)I'm glad you managed to find some good and not tainted memories ♥
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Date: 2022-01-27 07:27 pm (UTC)Aww thank, me too
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Date: 2022-01-27 05:35 am (UTC)Hope your head clears up (or you figure out why it is happening) and you are able to get the fic done.
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Date: 2022-01-27 07:28 pm (UTC)Thanks I hope so too. It’s just depression and anxiety being a bitch mostly, bleh
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Date: 2022-01-27 07:09 pm (UTC)Spending time with fannish friends, watching through films or shows, or whatever, is SO NICE.
So, what is Archive 81, please?
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Date: 2022-01-27 07:26 pm (UTC)Awww it is! I hate that everyone is so far so I’ve not done it often
It’s a show on Netflix, based on a podcast (that I’ve not listened to to). A guy is hired to restore some video tapes that were damaged in a fire, but he has to do it at a remote location… and as he’s watching the tapes it becomes clear that there’s something spooky going on…
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Date: 2022-01-29 01:53 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-01-29 11:44 am (UTC)So if you like spooky things I’d definitely say watchy
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Date: 2022-01-29 09:48 pm (UTC)no subject
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