Scales and Tales

Problem: I want to do the December meme, but I don't think I can manage in-depth posts on work nights; I'm usually running on minimal brainpower after having been up sixteen hours.

Solution: turn it into a "weekends of December" meme!

Ergo: Pick a date and a topic, and on that date I will write about that topic for you. If I don't know anything about the topic, I'll make something up or substitute photospam or doodle something!

December 6th:
December 7th:
December 8th: sylvaine "xeno!"
December 13th: blnchflr "light"
December 14th:
December 15th: tropicsbear "why snakes?"
December 20th: seerofbread "smoke"
December 21st: ysobel "favorite seasonal drink(s)"
December 22nd:
December 27th:
December 28th:
December 29th:

Nabbed from pebblerocker:

It's international book week. The rules: Grab the closest book to you, turn to page 52, post the 5th sentence. Don't mention the title. Copy the rules as part of your post.

"You run a ship, you get odd hours."



Alternately, since I in fact have two books within arm's reach, essentially equidistant:

"I slipped a round stake into the animal's groin and stationed the two biggest men at either end of it, then I fastened a rope above the fetlock and gave the other end to Mr. Preston and the remaining two Germans."

Her prompt:
Has Fandom changed since you joined it? Do you have the same feelings about Fandom now as then?

Wow, all right, I think the real answer to this -- after meditating on it for a day and a half -- is: my fandom experience has shifted so much that I can't possibly compare then and now in a relevant way.

( Three Points on my Fannish Timeline, For Reference )

To me, my fandom experience(s) have been so disparate from fandom to fandom that I don't really think of them as a progression, where change might be observed and attributed to Fandom rather than to quirks of a particular fandom. For one, I seem to zigzag across the book/film and anime/Western animation lines quite a lot, making it very hard to tell cultural differences from progressive changes; Gundam Wing and TPM weren't all that far apart in my personal timeline, but the "culture" of each fandom was quite different, which I attribute more to the community (and perhaps the greater connexion and the medium than to evolution of fandom itself.

I feel pretty lucky about the breadth of my fandom experience! I have been to a SF/F con, an anime con, and HP midnight book releases (in costume); I have met fandom friends ranging from teenagers to grandmothers; I have a basic comprehension of a number of fannish cultures, from the mainstream (HP, Star Wars) to the obscure (Lois Bujold, Eroica) to the obscure-within-the-mainstream (HP/SS in Harry Potter). I know how to read a manga page and where to find fic for a tiny novel-based fandom. I can compare slash and yaoi, have friends in both camps, and enjoy both styles, as well as where they overlap.

Now, post-HP, I'm in that odd limbo of "looking for a fandom," which is interesting and aggravating. (I got entangled in Loveless for a while, but the author's lack of updates means the fandom is evaporating.) I worry that I'll never find another huge and thriving and engrossing fandom like HP; and I'm not sure what will happen then. Can I go back to small, disorganised fandoms? Can I manage without a steady stream of fic to rec? If so, I clearly can't be "a reccer" -- so what will I become? Will I ever be more than a lurker again, even if being an unknown reccer is only a slight step up? :D

Her prompt:
Since I know you like Loveless, I'd like to hear your thoughts on the subject of Ritsuka and Soubi's relationship. It doesn't have to be exclusively about the 'romantic' aspect, per se, just the relationship in general (which kinda goes hand-in-hand with romance, I suppose).

( Three (and a half) Paragraphs, As Promised )

So, tadashi_chan, how was that? (Aside from long!) If you still want something narrowed down, feel free to ask! I could go on forever about these two; they have so many facets and interlocking (and conflicting) angles. :D

Stolen from rainmage:

Give me a topic, preferably a fannish topic that I would be likely to have something to say about, and I will attempt to write you a few paragraphs of meta on what I think about the subject.

Stolen from resonant8 and viva_gloria: Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous.

The problem with this meme (or perhaps it's a problem with this fer-de-lance) is that I keep all or nearly all my story attempts for a given fandom in a single document, which is pretty undescriptively named for the fandom. So the answer to this meme is as follows:

Dragaerafic
FMAficstart
BlackJewels
lovelessfic
lovelessroughoutline
HPfic
Severus
SOLDIERfic
realmsfic
potcficstart
temerairefic
Valdemarfic

That's pretty much everything that's been prodded in the last six months.

The lovely and talented rainjoyous gave me three association prompts:

( FMA, naturally. )

( well-thought-through comments )

( And, and. Snakes? )

I guess I should do that "ask me anything" meme next, so you can have more things to associate me with. *grins*

I requested five interview questions from skuf, so here are my answers:

( this is insanely long )

This one courtesy of wanderingrock, from whom I unabashedly stole it.

( Meme-age beneath! )

All right, I couldn't resist the "15 Facts" meme! Gacked from cluegirl, although it's been all over my FList.

Directions:
Post 15 facts about yourself, but five of them have to be made up. Everyone then guesses which are the untrue ones. Then, post this on your journal and see if I can guess which ones you're bluffing about!

( fifteen supposed facts under the cut )