Where Do You Connect With Your Fandom?
Where Do You Connect With Your Fandom?
Or are you like me and (for the most part) don't?
I have one community which is on Discord I take part in on occasion. It's nice with the occasional fandom event, like my upcoming rarepair week. Yet I don't have a lot of places where I can talk about my preferences for my fandoms outside of the comments on my fics.
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For the most part, I don't.
I have friends who are into the same things I am (mainly horror, sci-fi) & I often nerd out to them about those topics but not the fanfic side. I think I'd be at risk of massive info-dumping if I did & I've been steadily reining in that aspect of myself over the years (there are only so many glazed-over looks I can take 😂) & push that energy into my writing now instead. Plus I like writing smutty romance & most people who know me IRL don't link romance to me so it would involve getting over that to move forward with the conversation.
Overall I'm pretty happy with that approach. Writing is a solo activity for me & lets me recharge my batteries. Inviting others into it would make it seem social & that would take the fun out of it.
I've been chatting with another writer in comments on their fic & they mentioned Tumblr a few times & I'm half contemplating joining it to see what the fandom is like there. Don't know if I want to get that deep into discussion of it though or just use it to advertise that my fics exist further afield than AO3.
I thought about Tumblr once too, but the instant I made an account I couldn't see half the accounts I'd been eyeing when not logged in. As I wanted it mainly to like fanart and the like, the fact I couldn't leave likes/reblogs/comments made me give up on it immediately.
No one else I know with Tumblr has a problem with it though. Despite people also calling it a hellsite, it seems most people are using the term with affection. (Or maybe for lack of a better site?) I don't know. If you decide to sign up, I'd be interested in hearing how you find it.
😂 So long as it's a better Hellsite than Twitter, I'd be happy. The only thing I'm wondering about it is whether it will suit me as I don't do original or fan art - all my creative stuff is writing. I guess I'll see how it goes.
Odd re not being able to see a bunch of accounts. Sounds like a weird glitch!
I'm starting to understand the affectionate hellsite attitude. Although I feel like I'm in the honeymoon phase with Tumblr right now & this comment is going to bite me in the ass in a month's time when it turns out it's an actual hellsite.