I have no idea how popular a ficathon would be on LJ these days, but you can try! (Speaking for myself, I'm not really in a headspace for prompting or ficcing)
heeeeey how are things? :))) I keep trying to catch up on my friends' post but I disappear for a month at a time, and then going back in the LJ flist is so hard now? like it abruptly cuts off after a certain point and it's not fair.
lol I am not sure either. I mainly want to do it because like. I miss communal fic memes? on tumblr, you reblog a prompt meme and maybe ppl throw prompts at you or not but it's really not the same, and like, I'm super creatively blocked right now and I am trying to FIX THAT. None of my LJ friends even write in my main fandom though so I am trying to think of some panfandom ficathon thing to do.
(lol I figured you wouldn't be honestly, I don't think most people would? But I feel like if I can get a couple of my friends to prompt and maybe write, the ficathon will be somewhat helpful)
Things are good overall. I've moved five times since the end of last year, and actually just moved to a new place 2 days ago, so it's been busy, but otherwise satisfying.
I haven't really tried going too far back, though that's partly because my f'list is so quiet these days I can check back once a week or so, and barely miss anything.
I suppose you really have to advertise it in the right places. Maybe between you and your various tumblr followers, you can direct enough people to the LJ post to make the ficathon busy.
ETA: Actually, I lie, I would totally prompt Jean and Scott/Jean from the Apocalypse. It even made me briefly fannish again. And maybe Spock/Uhura.
5 Times :OOOO new moving stress is so much (and like. 5 times!!!!) but I'm so glad you're satisfied! I recently got a promotion (which is not much in terms of pay and hours, but my schedule has gotten more consistent instead of like, being, so that's really nice)
Lol, what happens with me is that I end up disappearing off the internet or at least LJ for a month or so? And then I try to catch up but my flist will only go up to a few pages back before it stops, so I always feel like I'm missing a lot of posts. And then there's the "do I comment on this months old posts? Is that creepy? That feels creepy :/ "
Most of my tumblr peeps don't have LJs but there are some who will reblog to at least promote it for me, I know that. And the Shadowhunters ficathon got a LOT of play and made me a bit envious, so it's not necessarily doomed to have a low turnout.
JEAAN. I'm still the most fannish about FDTD but lol I actually really enjoyed Apocalypse more than I thought I would, or more than most of the internet seemed to. I didn't really
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LMAO. Most of the people who've expressed interest are LJ-based so it might be here? Though some of my friends are purely DW too so. I'm tempted to make two versions of the prompt meme and put one up on DW and one up on LJ, but that feels self-important.
I'd love to see your prompts and comments and participation though :333
Ahaha, mainly I'm just thinking that I don't have nearly the kind of clout, power or draw to justify hosting a ficathon on two different platforms, as opposed to like, porn battle, which gets hosted on both LJ and DW and tons of people particpiarting. BUT MAYBE I WILL. MAYBE I AM THAT COOL. I keep getting new followers on tumblr and wonder why people think I'm a quality blog xD
(I am thinking of putting it tomorrow? Mainly because it's my day off and I can just laze about and get it ready and then write hopefully; I wanted it up on Wednesday but ended up running too many errands xD)
(I am very much not at Home right now - visiting family in Death Valley - so it may not be until Tue/Wed before I'm able to be Super Active? but the great thing about lj being mostly dead = ficathons actually last a bit longer? they come and go in waves. Used to be if you didn't catch the first wave of prompts and writing then you weren't really in it and had to wait a week or two for the next one. Now the activity on them seems to fluctuate.)
Don't even worry, bb. I work tonight and tomorrow will be the first in a string of days off I have, so I won't be around to participate much until then. It's fine! Tbh I always took ficathons as thing that should go on for at least a few weeks to give everyone a chance to participate xD
In any case, WOW YOU HAVE FAMILY IN DEATH VALLEY!!! That's so cool!
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I have no idea how popular a ficathon would be on LJ these days, but you can try! (Speaking for myself, I'm not really in a headspace for prompting or ficcing)
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lol I am not sure either. I mainly want to do it because like. I miss communal fic memes? on tumblr, you reblog a prompt meme and maybe ppl throw prompts at you or not but it's really not the same, and like, I'm super creatively blocked right now and I am trying to FIX THAT. None of my LJ friends even write in my main fandom though so I am trying to think of some panfandom ficathon thing to do.
(lol I figured you wouldn't be honestly, I don't think most people would? But I feel like if I can get a couple of my friends to prompt and maybe write, the ficathon will be somewhat helpful)
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I haven't really tried going too far back, though that's partly because my f'list is so quiet these days I can check back once a week or so, and barely miss anything.
I suppose you really have to advertise it in the right places. Maybe between you and your various tumblr followers, you can direct enough people to the LJ post to make the ficathon busy.
ETA: Actually, I lie, I would totally prompt Jean and Scott/Jean from the Apocalypse. It even made me briefly fannish again. And maybe Spock/Uhura.
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Lol, what happens with me is that I end up disappearing off the internet or at least LJ for a month or so? And then I try to catch up but my flist will only go up to a few pages back before it stops, so I always feel like I'm missing a lot of posts. And then there's the "do I comment on this months old posts? Is that creepy? That feels creepy :/ "
Most of my tumblr peeps don't have LJs but there are some who will reblog to at least promote it for me, I know that. And the Shadowhunters ficathon got a LOT of play and made me a bit envious, so it's not necessarily doomed to have a low turnout.
JEAAN. I'm still the most fannish about FDTD but lol I actually really enjoyed Apocalypse more than I thought I would, or more than most of the internet seemed to. I didn't really ( ... )
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I'd love to see your prompts and comments and participation though :333
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(I am thinking of putting it tomorrow? Mainly because it's my day off and I can just laze about and get it ready and then write hopefully; I wanted it up on Wednesday but ended up running too many errands xD)
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(I am very much not at Home right now - visiting family in Death Valley - so it may not be until Tue/Wed before I'm able to be Super Active? but the great thing about lj being mostly dead = ficathons actually last a bit longer? they come and go in waves. Used to be if you didn't catch the first wave of prompts and writing then you weren't really in it and had to wait a week or two for the next one. Now the activity on them seems to fluctuate.)
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In any case, WOW YOU HAVE FAMILY IN DEATH VALLEY!!! That's so cool!
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