snowflake challenge, day 6: create something

Crying... I forgot to do 6 before 7. Hopefully I can change up the order lol! 

Challenge #6 - In your own space, Create something. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

Sadly I will not be able to show anything off, but I have a project I finally started working on that I've wanted to do for a while! It's some fairly simple graphic prints that I wanted to make and hang up in my bathroom (lol), and they are all fandom related (specifically, star trek, star wars, mass effect). Ah... I really hope it turns out how I hoped. Since I haven't finished I can't share, but I'll show the results when it's done!! I'm really excited, I find it super fun and it'll be personal to me. Can't wait to look up at them and smile whenever I take a shit. (´꒳`)

 

snowflake challenge, day 7: fandom resources

Hello again! I took a break bc no inspiration, but back on my bullshit. :3

Challenge #7 - In your own space, tell us about 3 fandom resources, spaces, or communities you use or enjoy. (One or two is fine, especially if you're in a smaller fandom!) Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

This one was hard, because at first I thought I no longer really used any fandom resources, but I thought further about it, and then I got a bit embarrassed, bc the resources I use aren't very directed at transformative fandom, but rather just the game aspect. Yes, I'm still talking about Genshin Impact.

I don't really feel the need to link any specific things, because there's no actual site I consistently go to before checking google. For character builds, I search for "*character name* build" and usually check the top 3 links, mainly game8.co, gamewith.net, and genshin.gg. I also like watching youtube vids that explain a bit more about how to use the characters, combos and teams, etc. -- having done a lot of the hard work for me already.

I enjoy honeyimpact for checking out either stuff from the beta (yes I don't mind leaks lol) or voicelines/lore, but I also like the genshin wikia for specific character info or lore on the NPCs, places, etc. that I don't remember. I guess this is quite useful for fic writing and such!

In general I've already complained a lot about the twitter fandom, and tiktok + instagram are both much worse. I really enjoy youtube, though, because you can find videos for pretty much anything you are into. I really like lore vids and, yeah, builds + tests and such. I absolutely love that the game has so many different aspects that I can enjoy in so many different ways. 

I also have my own spreadsheet, so I guess I am sort of my own resource as well, lol. I wish I could share a good community, but I have yet to find one. Sorry, this one was very fandom specific! I guess as a general one, it's easy enough to say dw, and snowflake challenge. I am really enjoying getting to know so many different people with even more differing interests!

snowflake challenge, day 8: personal wins

Slowly catching up! Since I wasn't feeling ... being online or existing in general, I hadn't checked out snowflake challenge and missed this and the next challenge completely, so I haven't had time to think much about it!

Challenge #8 - In your own space, celebrate a personal win from the past year: it can be a list of fanworks you're especially proud of, a gift of your time to the community, a quality or skill you cultivated in yourself, something you generally feel went well. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

 

ヾ(｡ꏿ﹏ꏿ)ﾉﾞ<- me realising I can't come up with anything... I've really been struggling with fandom for a long while, lol!

I guess I have a little bit -- despite things getting bad for a while, I'm really happy I didn't lose my love for the game I am currently into. I also did start writing last year, even if I didn't quite reach my goal. I was super close, though! And I wrote a lot more than I expected. I also started drawing a bit again, and while I slowed down a bit on that front again and haven't really felt much progress, I remember looking through a notebook where I saw two sketches and thought not bad. This is quite a rare feeling for me! (~˘▾˘)~

In general, I guess what I most think of when looking back is the bad times, and there were sort of a lot of those, fandom wise. I still had a really good time playing the game I enjoyed, and I had a lot of personal wins in my life, such as new job and apartment, so I don't want to complain. And I'm really hopeful about this coming year! 

snowflake challenge, day 9: fandom wrap

 Oo, I adore this challenge! 

Challenge #9 - In your own space, list your Fandom Wrap categories. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

What are your top five fandoms for 2021 based on the amount of time you interacted with them?

1. Genshin Impact, no doubt.

2. Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint

3. Red Candy

4. I Favor The Villainess

5. Mass Effect (mostly inactive, but I'll never stop loving it)

 

What are your top five fandom spaces in terms of time spent? (AO3, Twitter, Tumblr, Reddit, Dreamwidth, and others)

1. Twitter, sadly...

2. Youtube! See my fandom resources for an explanation, lol. Not much transformative fandom over what I watched, but I still had loads of fun!

3. AO3 - I didn't really read much, but I still got a few fics in, and enjoyed those greatly. Hopefully this year, it'll be higher on the list.

4. Reddit - I am not good at using this one for fandom, lol, but I enjoy checking certain subreddits occasionally! 

5. Dreamwidth -- I was not as active at all as I wanted, but hoping to rectify that this year! 

 

What are the top five ways you interacted in these fandoms? (Reading fanfic, writing, commenting, watching videos, chatting with friends, making art, or anything else you can think of).

1. Chatting with friends. I even had some issues on this front, but I'm still immensely grateful.

2. Writing! Despite not having shared any of my writing yet, I still really had fun with it.

3. Watching videos -- mainly gameplay and theories. Lots of great content out there.

4. Reading fics -- I don't think I commented much, but I really enjoyed it and gave the kudos I could. I hope to be brave enough to engage more with strangers in fandom this year.

5. ... Playing the actual game. I have to be honest, this is what I threw the most hours into, but I wasn't about to put that in as number one, lol!

 

What are the top five things you did to contribute to fandom in terms of time? Did you write? Comment? Send positive energy into the universe? Create art?

1. Playing the game. ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ Way too much. Please get a life, Rui.

2. Talking to friends. I helped out with inspiration when getting stuck sometimes too, so I'd like to think I did play a small part in my friends sharing their works.

3. Writing! I wrote very on and off, my usual "doesn't write for a month" vs "goes into a daze and spits out 30k in a week". Once again I am hoping to become more consistent this year -- I'd rather go slower and continue doing it with less blocks and breaks!

4. Drawing. Just for myself, I know I am really into stuff when it makes me want to draw again for the characters. (ʃƪ ˘◡˘)♡

5. Crying... I wish I was kidding. _(┐「(､ﾝ､)_

 

What things did you create that took the most time?

1. I think it was this story I wanted to write about a character attempting to defy their own fate for the one they loved! I still would like to continue it one day, I got pretty far.

2. I don't remember, haha. I think it might be an introspective series I attempted that was pretty much just about the main character from others' points of view.

3. This one AU I wrote purely for smutty reasons. Will never see the light of day, it is incredibly self-indulgent, and I had a lot of fun with it. ♡

4. I wrote a double agent canon divergence fic -- technically, it could work with current canon, but I'm definitely not expecting the twist to actually turn out to be canon later on. I almost prefer this character as more of a himbo, but I still had fun exploring the dynamics in the story.

5. I spent a lot of time lying in bed daydreaming about scenarios with the characters I enjoy. Time well spent. (*´ ˘ `*).｡oO ( ♡ )

 

Have a Top 5 List you'd like to share?? By all means! -- I do, in fact!

Top 5 goals that will make my next year's list look a lot more fun!

1. Write more -- post more. 

2. Be more active on dreamwidth.

3. Don't feel bad about blocking or muting people on twitter, curate your own fandom space!

4. Stop caring about whether you are good enough at stuff before beginning. You sure as hell won't become good enough if you refuse to practice or work on it.

5. Be more decisive and care less.

This one was super fun! I'm happy to see that I'm still hopeful for my future in fandom, and it's nice remembering that despite feeling like it, it's not like I didn't do anything last year. I love questionnaire-style things like this,