Dept. of Memes
Frankenstein Meme, Day 19
Has social media caused you to stop liking any fandoms, if so, which and why?
Nope. I’ve never had to distance myself from people in any of my fandoms, and I am deeply grateful.
Of course there are folks out there in most fandoms, including a depressing number of mine, who are trolls, toxic assholes, misogynists, racists, xenophobes, transphobes, gatekeepers, gas lighters, ad nauseum. But I have never faced the horrible reality some fans have.
Those people - and way too many of them are girls and women - have had to leave fandoms or, at the very least, have decided to recede into lurkerdom because they’ve been bullied when they dare to let the world know they have opinions.
It still happens, and it shouldn’t.
Earlier Questions
1. What's changed about your fandom life in the last 365 days?
2. Your newest fandom.
3. You've got your OTP, you have to throw a third into the mix (from the same fandom), creating an OT3. Who is the OTP, and in your opinion, why would they make a perfect third for them?
4. What are the origins of your penname/username?
5. What's a fandom that you wish had a bigger following?
6. What’s the longest you’ve ever been in a fandom? What fandom was it? Not necessarily your oldest fandom, but a fandom that you started and still continue to read/write/create content for in some way.
7. What would make you leave a fandom, or prevent you from getting into it in the first place?
8. Squicks - What are some things that squick you in fandom - not necessarily "icky", though it can be. From anything involving blood, to bad grammar.
9. What's the hardest thing about writing, and why are titles the Worst™?
10. Do you have a fandom that you follow - either regularly or casually - with little to no knowledge of canon?
11. Ships that you currently like a lot. (They don’t have to be OTPs because not everyone has OTPs.) Friendships, pairings, threesomes, etc. are allowed.
12. A ship you have never liked and probably never will.
13. Do you prefer art, fic, or vids? Why? Bonus: If someone was to give you a fandom gift, what format would it be?
14. A pairing - platonic, romantic or sexual - that you initially didn’t consider, but someone changed your mind.
15. What was the first thing you ever contributed to a fandom?
16. Do you remember your first OTP? Who was in it?
17. What is your favourite source text for fandom stuff (e.g., TV shows, movies, books, anime, Western animation, etc.)?
18. How many fandoms have you written for? How many have you been in, and how many are you still in?
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Has social media caused you to stop liking any fandoms, if so, which and why?
Nope. I’ve never had to distance myself from people in any of my fandoms, and I am deeply grateful.
Of course there are folks out there in most fandoms, including a depressing number of mine, who are trolls, toxic assholes, misogynists, racists, xenophobes, transphobes, gatekeepers, gas lighters, ad nauseum. But I have never faced the horrible reality some fans have.
Those people - and way too many of them are girls and women - have had to leave fandoms or, at the very least, have decided to recede into lurkerdom because they’ve been bullied when they dare to let the world know they have opinions.
It still happens, and it shouldn’t.
Earlier Questions
1. What's changed about your fandom life in the last 365 days?
2. Your newest fandom.
3. You've got your OTP, you have to throw a third into the mix (from the same fandom), creating an OT3. Who is the OTP, and in your opinion, why would they make a perfect third for them?
4. What are the origins of your penname/username?
5. What's a fandom that you wish had a bigger following?
6. What’s the longest you’ve ever been in a fandom? What fandom was it? Not necessarily your oldest fandom, but a fandom that you started and still continue to read/write/create content for in some way.
7. What would make you leave a fandom, or prevent you from getting into it in the first place?
8. Squicks - What are some things that squick you in fandom - not necessarily "icky", though it can be. From anything involving blood, to bad grammar.
9. What's the hardest thing about writing, and why are titles the Worst™?
10. Do you have a fandom that you follow - either regularly or casually - with little to no knowledge of canon?
11. Ships that you currently like a lot. (They don’t have to be OTPs because not everyone has OTPs.) Friendships, pairings, threesomes, etc. are allowed.
12. A ship you have never liked and probably never will.
13. Do you prefer art, fic, or vids? Why? Bonus: If someone was to give you a fandom gift, what format would it be?
14. A pairing - platonic, romantic or sexual - that you initially didn’t consider, but someone changed your mind.
15. What was the first thing you ever contributed to a fandom?
16. Do you remember your first OTP? Who was in it?
17. What is your favourite source text for fandom stuff (e.g., TV shows, movies, books, anime, Western animation, etc.)?
18. How many fandoms have you written for? How many have you been in, and how many are you still in?
This entry was originally posted at https://kaffy-r.dreamwidth.org/802346.html?mode=reply, where there are currently
comments. You can comment there or here, but prefer to read over on DW. You can comment there using open ID if you don't have a DW account.