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Since I haven't been around for years and am currently making some brand new friends, I thought I'd make a post giving a bit of my fannish background.

( It's kind of long. )

Following this poll,
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9. A view you hold that you think is rare or unpopular in the fandom.

This took me a while, and then it was so obvious.

It took a while because in many respects I'm quite flexible with my views and the readings I accept. Obviously there are some hard limits (like my views on Xue Yang or Sect Leader Yao) but I don't think they are out of line ( Read more... )

8. A character on whom your opinion changed over time.

There are a few.

I guess the main one is Jiang Cheng. I really disliked him first time round, even before all the bad shit went down (but more then).

One of the things I never got, because I do have siblings and interact with them, is the thing that eventually 
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7. Second most appealing point for a canon divergence AU.

( It pains me but... cut for spoilers. )

6. Favourite canon animal

So if I recall correctly, I'm expected to choose between a temperamental donkey, a fat spirit dog, an evil owl, a canary glimpsed once, a slobbering wolf, a vague number of fluffy rabbits, and Sect Leader Yao (a sheep if ever I met one)?

I think it's between the donkey and the dog. Rabbits are cute but otherwise... don't ( Read more... )

2. Moment(s) when you have really identified with a character.

( Here be spoilers. )

So, I have a bad track record with memes, or indeed with any 'running' format where I intend to do a certain number of posts. I stopped doing my Untamed rewatch(along) at ep 20, my fandom alphabet at V, and my 30 days of the Untamed at day 21. (I mean, there were always reasons, usually to do with me getting the feeling that nobody was really ( Read more... )

Excerpt from the wall of 3500 rules for recent returnees from abroad:

• Self-isolate for 10 days.
• Do not leave your house.
• Do a home Covid test on days 2 and 8.
• Post the Covid test from a priority post box.
• Do not enter a post office.