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[lucymonster]

The other day I cheerfully wasted a whole day's allowance of downtime rereading The Ms Scribe Story, as I can't resist doing every now and then. As legendary fandom wanks go, it's probably my all-time favourite for the sheer amount of effort that went into the fuckery.

But despite its being a horrible story about horrible people, my main takeaway this time is a weird nostalgia for those days - I mean, the days when single-fandom archives, forums, and LJ were the main hubs of fannish activity. I coped well enough with the move to tumblr, but twitter is basically the perfect polar opposite of what I want from a fandom space (Speed! Impermanence! Overlap with the non-fannish world!); discord, doubly so. I don't think LJ was any more or less wanky than other platforms - it really just depends on who you hang out with, or I guess who you're unlucky enough to get noticed by. (I was a nobody, so most of the drama sailed right on by me.) But it was definitely better at fostering the kind of interactions I enjoy. I love it here on DW, but we're not exactly in the room where it happens.

Anyway, the upshot of this nostalgia binge is that I've wasted today's downtime tinkering with my icons, which I haven't touched in forever. I've found some I really like, and I'll whittle and adjust based on what I actually end up using. Today's is for great flaming wankstorms lol. Let's hope I don't need it.

Comments

[osprey_archer]

Rereading The MsScribe Story is never a waste! Truly a classic. Someone should bring it out as a book.

MUCH AGAINST MY WILL I have slowly grown fond of Tumblr (it helps probably that it seems more chill now that the main hub of fandom is elsewhere), but I've never truly grasped how people fandom on Twitter. It moves so fast? It's so easy for fandom drama to break containment because there IS no containment? Horrible.

IMO DW is still the best place to talk about books and even for rare book fandoms, but the bigger fandoms have definitely passed on by.

[lucymonster]

Perhaps that’s the answer: I need to get invested in some rare book fandoms! (My kingdom to be able choose my fannish obsessions, lololol. I’d be into so many quiet, classy lit fandoms and so few loud wanky megacorp blockbusters.)

[osprey_archer]

My kingdom to be able choose my fannish obsessions

God, if ONLY. It would be so useful to be able to get obsessed on command!

[lucymonster]

My new fandoms are Ovid, a highly profitable subfield of computer science, and getting my chores done. Make it so.

[osprey_archer]

Excellent. I love it. Vacuuming will now me a high just like finding a fic with the perfect iron woobie characterization of Bucky Barnes back in the day. We've cracked the secret of adulthood!

[lucymonster]

…you jest, but in the privacy of my own head, I have been known to cope with having to do chores by daydreaming about my faves doing the same chores. Surely even supersoldiers and Jedi have to scrub the oven sometimes!