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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.

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[snickfic]

I've been thinking recently about where I do fandom these days, and honestly it's mostly in email and discord DMs. This is partly because my fandoms are so small these days, but if they were bigger, I still wouldn't end up actively doing fandom on twitter or tumblr. Like, I HAVE accounts for both of those, and in fact I'm very attached to my twitter account and my people there, but it's for casual stuff about my day (and cat pics), not for actively engaging in fandom. (Also it's locked, lol, and I will never, ever unlock it.) If I got into a fandom that had a bit more of a fannish presence, honestly I'd probably end up doing it on meme. 😂

I thought about maybe trying to do more fannish blogging here on DW, but honestly I don't know if it'd feel worth it. Talking about Oasis here mostly feels like yelling into the void, which is why I don't do it much anymore. I get a lot more engagement for my book and movie reviews.

In any case, new icons are always exciting, especially if having them motivates you to use them by posting more, which I enthusiastically support. :D

[lucymonster]

I used to do most of my Star Warring on meme, which was a surprisingly chill experience once you learnt to ignore a couple of easily identifiable trolls. But the parts of fandom I’m interested in died off after a while, and you honestly couldn’t pay me to Star War on most namespace platforms. So I just…stopped doing fandom, really, outside of exchanges and ao3. In theory I’d really like to get back in (maybe things have calmed down out there now that Kylo Ren’s been dead for a couple of years?) but I’m so out of the loop now that it just feels harder than it’s worth.

In any case, new icons are always exciting, especially if having them motivates you to use them by posting more, which I enthusiastically support. :D

You’re a gem. <3 I’m not saying I plan to choose my post topics for the next few weeks based on which icons they might suit, but the temptation is definitely there lol.