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strewnstars) wrote in addme2020-08-21 10:45 am
Because right now I'm mostly talking into a void.
I'm a queer lady in my early thirties, from and living in the trash fire that is the USA. I am extremely liberal, and too tired from dealing with conservative bullshit irl on a daily basis to cope with it in my happy fandom space. If you're upset by this statement, please scroll on by and enjoy your day.
To those remaining: Hello! I was majorly into fandom things and LJ about ten years ago, and for about ten years. Then I drifted away, becoming a very boring grown-up person. I've been re-bitten by the fandom bug as of late, and am throwing myself into writing fanfic with enormous relish.
Right now my weird obsession is the semi-ancient BBC's Hustle, due to rediscovering it via week-long marathon while on vacation from work recently. I've also been into the following in the past, and will likely be unearthing all my joys and opinions on them via rewatches and writing soon, as I'm three bingo-card challenges deep: Doctor Who, Torchwood, Primeval, the Man from Uncle (the old TV show, not the new movie), X Company, and Killjoys, along with a dozen other briefer or more distant obsessions. I want all characters to be gay and do crimes. Looking for friends of a similar mindset, tbh.
I post dailyish, and it's almost totally fannish. My irl woes and joys, I journal by hand and keep to myself. I just missed the experience of logging on to an LJ-like site and going, "Let me tell you about why this character is a garbage human being that I would die for." My posts are mostly of that ilk, and excerpts of my ridiculous writing notes as I remember how to do this fanfiction thing. Want an over-lengthy breakdown of the roles of Team Torchwood in an alternate universe I'm working on where they are a long-con crew who angsts less and hugs more? I am the girl for you.
That said, I am an absolute shameless fiend for hurt/comfort, and if that ain't your bag, maybe I am not your girl.
Looking for friends here less for anyone to interact with the nonsense I'm spewing about my miniscule fandom loves right now (though that's totally encouraged, of course), and more because I'm currently only following one rediscovered LJ friend from the good old days, and I miss having a more active reading page. Are there old-school fandom folks still drifting through this ghost town?
Speaking of, one last note. Bless your fannish enthusiasm, but I am too old and wary to friend or interact with anyone under, like, 21. That's a weird age gap I am just not prepared to deal with or, worse, censor my posts against. I wish you the greatest of joys, but I am your fandom great-auntie. Go forth and hang out with the cool young kids. I'll be over here with my schnapps and my complete bafflement re: snapchat, cheering you on from afar.
To those remaining: Hello! I was majorly into fandom things and LJ about ten years ago, and for about ten years. Then I drifted away, becoming a very boring grown-up person. I've been re-bitten by the fandom bug as of late, and am throwing myself into writing fanfic with enormous relish.
Right now my weird obsession is the semi-ancient BBC's Hustle, due to rediscovering it via week-long marathon while on vacation from work recently. I've also been into the following in the past, and will likely be unearthing all my joys and opinions on them via rewatches and writing soon, as I'm three bingo-card challenges deep: Doctor Who, Torchwood, Primeval, the Man from Uncle (the old TV show, not the new movie), X Company, and Killjoys, along with a dozen other briefer or more distant obsessions. I want all characters to be gay and do crimes. Looking for friends of a similar mindset, tbh.
I post dailyish, and it's almost totally fannish. My irl woes and joys, I journal by hand and keep to myself. I just missed the experience of logging on to an LJ-like site and going, "Let me tell you about why this character is a garbage human being that I would die for." My posts are mostly of that ilk, and excerpts of my ridiculous writing notes as I remember how to do this fanfiction thing. Want an over-lengthy breakdown of the roles of Team Torchwood in an alternate universe I'm working on where they are a long-con crew who angsts less and hugs more? I am the girl for you.
That said, I am an absolute shameless fiend for hurt/comfort, and if that ain't your bag, maybe I am not your girl.
Looking for friends here less for anyone to interact with the nonsense I'm spewing about my miniscule fandom loves right now (though that's totally encouraged, of course), and more because I'm currently only following one rediscovered LJ friend from the good old days, and I miss having a more active reading page. Are there old-school fandom folks still drifting through this ghost town?
Speaking of, one last note. Bless your fannish enthusiasm, but I am too old and wary to friend or interact with anyone under, like, 21. That's a weird age gap I am just not prepared to deal with or, worse, censor my posts against. I wish you the greatest of joys, but I am your fandom great-auntie. Go forth and hang out with the cool young kids. I'll be over here with my schnapps and my complete bafflement re: snapchat, cheering you on from afar.
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(btw, I snooped into your tags a bit and spotted Dragon Age. My people!)
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Oho, a fellow Dragon Age fan! I am always very happy to find another person who enjoys that series; such good games! And very replayable; I'm hoping to eventually go back to Origins and play one of my newer characters. My main was a Dalish rogue. ^^ And feel free to snoop away. :D
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I love designing dwarf characters most for whatever reason even though so often I just play humans. XD Maybe it's their short stature that I relate to....
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Oh god, dreams do come true. I love those dorks so much. I already love you.
(Although I have to admit that the entry I am working on right now, this very second is Cullen/male OC, and it's part of a slice-of-life fic of polyamorous Dorian/male OC/Cullen where each part of the triangle loves every other part that spans several years and is eating me alive. I dunno, I felt I had to say it, I grew up with OC-shame drilled into me.)
Ugh, your writing style is so delicious. Pleased to meet you, new best friend.
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Oh my goodness, that sounds amazing and I'd click on something with that description in a heartbeat. I'm coming back into fandom after such a long absence, but I've come back with an enormous 'eh, fuck it' attitude about things I used to be terribly ashamed of writing. If you're having fun writing it, that is literally all that matters. Be self-indulgent as fuck and fuck anyone who judges you, tbh. ♥
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(Btw, does that mean we can potentially ramble at each other about Dorian & Cullen i.e. Trauma Boys, as I like to call them? Because man, do I need more people in my life who will talk my ears off about these two.)
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Meanwhile, with Dorian, I will never forgive the game developers for not including an "Press X To Punch" option for his father's horrid face. It's clear that the "right" option they want you to pick is to have them have a little family sit-down and it's like, excuse me, Dorian is my family now, you can fuck back off to Trevinter and never show your face here again, Papa Pavus.
In summary: yes, I have many opinions and would love to hear all of yours.
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I have so many. Not all of them coherent. Or having anything to do with what you just wrote.
(Also, i want to link you to thirteen different entries in my journal. Incoherently! I am an overeager puppy, basically.)
Uuuuh I think I need to whip up something extra, just for you. In the meantime, how about a Cullen x Dorian Care Package? I made it a while ago for a friend, and they didn't know the game so I also had to include voice files, and I gleefully chose the Cullen romance dialogue recording that was intended for a MALE inquisitor, only I edited out the (MALE) Inquisitor because this was supposed to show off Cullen's voice, not the (MALE, it was Cullen ROMANCE dialogue for a DUDE) Inquisitor's. So it's basically just like the het option, only contextually it's totally not.
hxxps://www.sendspace.com/file/fsix7a (copy into new window, replace xx with tt, it's 2006 baby)
the password is, of course, TRAUMA BOYS
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By the way, because I forgot to comment on that -- I, too, would not mind a "Punch Halvard Pavus in the face" option. What he attempted was horrifying, his parenting skills are atrocious in general, it's an abusive shitfest plain and simple. And I know of players -- gay players -- who went for the reconciliatory option because they themselves had an experience where they could make peace with their homophobic parent after said parent changed their ways. But that's up to THEM and it is a decision that ONLY the victim of abuse should get to make, never the abuser, and neither should it be forced on them (or presented as the "better" option) when they encounter a similar situation in a game.
As for Cullen's damage, I have reason to suspect there's at least one fanart piece in this package that'll be right up your alley.
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I have got to remember to download this file this weekend, btw. I'm such a mess at remembering to do online things. Like, Trauma Boy fanart just sitting there waiting for me, and I haven't looked at it yet? A travesty.
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Ugh, YES. I'll never not be bitter about it (for a relative value of bitter, where it's far from eating you up inside but it also creates a flashfire of "grrr!" whenever you're reminded of it, which is often). I mean, I could be grateful for the table scrap of him not being a homophobic dick about it when he lets you down gently, but, uh, that's a very very very low bar.
and will sail that particular semi-OC/Dorian ship til my dying day
That's so nice to hear! ♥
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And yes, she was brilliant as HG Wells. I wish she'd been on WH13 so much more.
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I love Torchwood, too, and like Dr. Who a lot. I noticed you have some other fandoms of mine on your profile (The Witcher, LOTR, Killing Eve), too. I think we'd get along, so let me know if you'd like to add each other.
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I post dailyish, it's a mix of woes but also fannish stuff, as I post an original serial and fanfiction on AO3 on a regular basis. If you're curious, feel free to add! (Everything significant I have is under friends lock, but the art/photos are public for the most part).
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Hello! I know I'm late with my reply to this (I really AM planning on visiting DW more, it would help SO much if there was an app, sigh) but your entry really speaks to me as a "fandom grandpa" (I'm a gay guy in my late 30s). A lot of what you wrote could have been written by me - especially that first paragraph, ahem - and so I think we'd get along just fine! If you would like to be fannish friends, let me know!
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