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[tomomichi]

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    So, I'm going back through a lot of the older posts on this journal, retagging and reorganizing everything, since it was such a mess back then. And there is nothing quite so embarrassing as going back five years and realizing just how painfully bratty you were. I-- I apologize to pretty much everyone for my behavior up until

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[keitorin]

Haha, I felt the same way about my own posts in tanomono when I went back to the first ones to tag them. XD It's amazing how you feel you've grown when you look back at your old writing/attitude.

Thanks for all the lovely Merlin recs, I just watched episode 12 and am in need of some fics to sate me. ♥

[tomomichi]

I know that nearly everyone was a lot more bratty back then, there was a lot more using of cutesy phrases and random fangirl Japanese at the time, but, oh, lord. It's painful to look at some of them. XD (I'm just glad I don't have to go back any further than that, lest my overuse of parentheses or emoticons comes back to haunt me. Even moreso than I abuse them now, that is.)

I see another one falls to the uber-fandom that is Merlin. Pretty soon everyone will be in this fandom--NO SURVIVORS ARE TO BE LEFT.

[keitorin]

Oh gods, I know. XD I sure did. I try not to abuse my emoticons anymore. ...Too much.

I think everyone is falling for Merlin! People are rec'ing it over at recsrainbow now as well - recs ahoy!

[tomomichi]

I was also terrible with ending nearly every sentence with ellipses or abusing the italics tags. I imagine we'll probably feel that way about ourselves now in five years from now, too. XD

I love anime/manga fandoms, but, man, it's nice to be in a fandom where lots of people rec stuff, too!

[keitorin]

Strangely, I didn't do the italic thing until recently - probably due to reading comics. I think it was mainly the abuse of ^_^ type faces back then. *grin* Now I also abuse *asterisks*. =P

I imagine we will feel the same again! We're always growing and we only realize it when we go back and take a look.

I completely agree. I often find myself wishing that more people rec'ed anime/manga fandoms, and it is nice to have so many people rec'ing TV Show/etc fandoms!

[tomomichi]

Like, I'm pretty sure I'm going to look back and want to crawl under a rock at how much keyboard mashing I do these days. And yet. I cannot stop myself anyway! XD

I often wish there were more people recommending for anime/manga fandoms, because there are so few of us, especially dedicated ones! And it's a lot harder to find the good stuff in anime/manga fandoms! And it's easy, you guys! If you're already reading fic, you're already doing your own mental filtering, so help the rest of us out! *COMPLAINS*

....this is a subject I could go on about for awhile, as you can tell. XD

[keitorin]

It kind of hurts to try not to be so fangirlish! So I just do my best to tone it down when I get really rambly and start making no sense. xD

It is a lot harder to find stuff - well, that and a big part of it is wading through the not so good fic. A lot of younger people write for anime/manga, though you have a better chance of finding good stuff on LiveJournal. I feel the exact same way about rec'ing. You've read the fic and had your thoughts about it, how hard is to share it with others so that they can read it too? Also, it can be very fun and is a good way for me with my bad memory to keep track of things.

I actually managed to get my friend into rec'ing and she made an account @ tomato-graffiti, but she's a bit ADD so it's not updated often. D:

I tend to get distracted a lot myself by all the shiny, but I guess I've had years to get used to keeping up with the rec'ing / using that distraction as an advantage to rec more.

[tomomichi]

Tell me about it. XD I've gotten better at accepting that I'm going to be fangirly on-line and that's just the way I am, which tones down on the embarrassment I used to feel, but there are times when I do get a bit "...oh, lord." at myself still. XD

Yes! I can't fathom not doing recs at this point, because it's such a fantastic way to get more of what I want from fandom and a great way to participate and a great way to get all that pent-up energy I have focused into a goal! I was total crap at it at first, reading some of those early recs makes me cringe, but it gets easier and easier and I just. Want more people to do it!

Anime/manga fandoms are pretty vast, for all that they skew very young and don't get as many longer fics, not to mention how difficult it can be to wade through fanart, so more help would be appreciated, you guyssss. XD