About this journal
Hi there. I'm Clare, and I like writing. A lot. I also like playing games and reading books and comics and manga and watching films and tv shows and anime and consuming as many media products as I have time for. A lot. And I especially like writing about them. A lot.
I'm a perpetual student, currently reading for a PhD in media studies (media convergence and transmedia storytelling specifically), with a background in English lit and a handful of other academic loves that I left by the wayside (French, Spanish, Old English, Maths). And I'm an incurable fan, unreasonably passionate about fandom and fan practices even when they make me facepalm, for whom fannish activity (esp. fic and meta) = default brain setting. I overanalyse everything; I get shamelessly enthusiastic about things I like, and colourfully ranty about things I don't; and I'm incapable of shutting up once you've got me on a topic I'm interested in.
I use this journal mostly for fic, meta, and reviews of things I'm currently overinvested in, and the occasional non-fandom post about my thesis or my family or other random personal and RL crap. I don't have much of a friending policy; I always welcome new friends, and will add back 99.99% of the time, and conversely there's always a defriending amnesty on this journal (although if you're someone I've had more than a couple of conversations with I'd appreciate a note as to why). I read everything on my flist, and do my best to get past my social awkwardness enough to comment whenever possible.
Still interested? Then go ahead and enable me :) It doesn't take much.
I'm a perpetual student, currently reading for a PhD in media studies (media convergence and transmedia storytelling specifically), with a background in English lit and a handful of other academic loves that I left by the wayside (French, Spanish, Old English, Maths). And I'm an incurable fan, unreasonably passionate about fandom and fan practices even when they make me facepalm, for whom fannish activity (esp. fic and meta) = default brain setting. I overanalyse everything; I get shamelessly enthusiastic about things I like, and colourfully ranty about things I don't; and I'm incapable of shutting up once you've got me on a topic I'm interested in.
I use this journal mostly for fic, meta, and reviews of things I'm currently overinvested in, and the occasional non-fandom post about my thesis or my family or other random personal and RL crap. I don't have much of a friending policy; I always welcome new friends, and will add back 99.99% of the time, and conversely there's always a defriending amnesty on this journal (although if you're someone I've had more than a couple of conversations with I'd appreciate a note as to why). I read everything on my flist, and do my best to get past my social awkwardness enough to comment whenever possible.
Still interested? Then go ahead and enable me :) It doesn't take much.