So, today is Valentine's Day, you say?

[sakesushimaki]

+ CONSUMER HOLIDAYS
I must be the only person to have completely missed the fact that it's Valentine's Day until I saw it in a news headline a couple of hours ago. Honestly, I somehow didn't even see it approaching. *lives under rock* In effect, and because I've been v. v. sloppy with checking my f-list and with all LJ bznz in general lately, I have

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Happy Valentine's!

[merkuria]

Re: Happy Valentine's!

[wouldbedorothy]

Awesome.

Re: Happy Valentine's!

[sakesushimaki]

True that.

Thank you, bb! <3

[pet0511]

IT IS SO GOOD TO SEE YOU BACK!
Happy to hear about your coming AU, yes, but first of all it's just great to see you here again. When will you probably start posting?
And I'm grinning about your idea about revitalizing the fandom. I hope we'll have a bunch of discussions and ideas etc. I heard about the very active spanish fandom....well, maybe we can make up here too?!
Since I don't know how regular some are checking their flist I'm gonna tell some others about your mail....
Hugs, Pet

[sakesushimaki]

:D Thanks for the welcome and the cheers!

I'll probably post chapter 1 of the new fic in a couple of weeks? Yeah, that sounds good.

Oof, yeah, I really gotta come up with some actual ideas as to reactivate the collective fandom spirit. We'll see. But yes, please spread my pseudo-activism! :D

[guavejuice]

WB,hon!! I have to say I really missed you. can't wait for your new AU,and I don't care if it's WIP
sorry if I sound as if I'm pimping my stuff on your LJ (the hell I am ) but I rediscovered the joys of creative writing and you ma dear are definitely one of my mentors and inspirations.
hope to hear more frrom you
Hugs
Vered
p.s loove that card =D

[sakesushimaki]

Oh why thank you! *feels special* Very glad to hear you're having fun with writing!

Thanks for the cheers! :D

[brianswalk]

I look forward to reading your original story, Sabrina! That's pretty much all I read anymore, so OC's from one of my favorite peeps is a good thing!

As for keeping the love alive, I'm pretty much stumped. We;re having a good month at drabylon but that can drop off at anytime.
The only thing I can come up with is if everyone made a pledge, to post one day a week, something QaF related in their journal. Pic spams, vids, clips, stories, discussions...
If you come up with something, I'll happily pimp it, or participate if I can.

[sakesushimaki]

Hi, Lisa! Thanks so much for the props! :*

I'm glad to hear drabylon is still going well - at least sporadically (?). Thanks for the pledge idea -- that sounds good actually, but I'm worried it might feel too constrained? Dunno. I'll think of some more ideas and than run them by you guys. Yes.

[merkuria]

I feel like it's not my place to advise, not anymore, but what the hell.

Since I am not up to date on QaF fandom things, let me ask - does it have all the things other fandoms have? A kink meme, friending memes, comment fic memes, fandom exchange thingies, secret santas, challenges, a daily/weekly newsletter of all things that have happened fandom-wise, ontd comms, party posts? There is not much hope of a bigbang, I don't think.

Is the QaF fandom very self-contained? Does it mix with others, at all? I don't think I've seen much prompts over at the all-fandom porn battle organised by oxoniensis, for example, or multi-fandom comment fic fests of all kinds - they happen on lj every couple of months or so

[sakesushimaki]

Oh, thanks so much for the input! As you know, I know nothing of other fandoms or practices, so thanks for the insight.

Because I personally don't really believe in any pledges etc. - make fandom look like work and that's when you have killed it, imo.
Yeah, I was afraid people could think along those lines, but hey, 'work' can be fun, right? RIGHT?!

I have never, ever seen so much 1st person fics outside of QaF; it's just not done
Haaaa, serious? Fun fact!

Sorry I took a while to respond, I was without internet for a couple of days.