addme | Hello!

Hi, I am new to Dreamwidth so I am looking for some new friends!

Name: Lilac

Age: 20+

I mostly post about:
meta about my relationship with fandom and media, my takes on characters and ships, some anecdotes from life

My hobbies & likes are:
books, reading, languages, collecting stationery and postcards, museums, musical theater, compiling lists, fonts, myths

My fandoms are:
I tend to be drawn to Japanese media.
My main ones right now are Mahoyaku (Promise of Wizard), IDOLiSH7, DCMK (Detective Conan & Magic Kaito).
Other genre I am into are danmei/BL, joseimuke (of the non-romance variety), and fantasy.
A more comprehensive list of my fandoms (past & present) can be found here!

Things I hope to get into:

reading some IF (interactive fiction)
reading more fantasy novels
writing more!!!

I'm looking to meet people who:

people who share my fannish interests
people who like reading/writing about media (reactions, reviews, meta etc.)
anyone up for some discussion about all kinds of media

My posting schedule tends to be: sporadic for now

When I add people, my dealbreakers are:
hate speech, (either fandom or political) discourse, being pro-censorship

Before adding me, you should know:

I consume a lot of media in Mandarin (my first language) so I tend to write about/quote stuff that are unavailable in English
I am still very confused about the labels (I'm really not a fan of shipping discourse) but I suppose I fit the definition of a proshipper & multi-shipper?
I expect to keep my journal free of explicit content but I will link to NSFW stuff (fanart, fics, etc.) so I would prefer to interact with people aged 18+

I made a intro post in my journal recently and some more information can be found there!

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I read a good amount of books and enjoy reviewing them in detail, and reading others' reactions to things. Definitely not pro-censorship here. Care to give a mutual subscribe a try and see whether we gel?

Sure, it’s nice to meet you!! I visited your journal and it seems you read and review lots of books, which is something I aspire to do. I subbed to you & hope to talk to you some time. Hope you have a great day!

I’ve really slowed down since starting full time work after graduating, but I like writing about what I read as a way to digest it and share books I liked (and didn’t) with others. Hope you enjoy reading the review! 😊

Hi! I do reflective posts about media I'm loving, mostly manhwa & webtoons, and kdramas. Also I went and looked at your journal and saw you posted about Vocaloid. I loveee! Here's one of my faves: Sigh by Kagamine Rin.

Hi!!! I am actually not that familiar with Vocaloid but I really like the song; the reveal near the end was so heartbreaking yet it ends on such a hopeful note…

You’ve convinced me to listen to more Vocaloid songs—recently I find many Vocaloid songs on my periphery because almost most Japanese fanvids (animatics, MMD, etc.) use Vocaloid music, and some of them sound so craftfully constructed that I had to check out the original and the various covers.

Your journal looks amazing and I am particularly fascinated by the isekai post. I just subbed to you and hope to read more of your reflective post!

I had a big Vocaloid phase around middle and high school; they were very comforting for me in my adolescent angst. I can recommend some for you if you want to hear more, and there's also a comm for it:

vsynthrecs

I watch some MMDs even without knowing the character or anime, because of the song LOL!

I'm so happy to find someone who also likes doing these types of reflective posts on media! I sometimes wonder whether people will be interested to read the ones I write, since they've probably not read or watched the piece of media I'm engaging with... but this kind of rumination is so exciting and stimulating to me and it's also the way I fangirl. Sometimes the media I love and how it makes me feel, and the fascinating things it makes me think about, are by far the most interesting and significant happenings in my life.

I’d love to know your Vocaloid recommendations!

I am happy to read about what people think about the media they consume even without knowing about the media. I think it’s often fun to think about what their interpretations relate or contrast with my experiences with my fandoms.

…and yes I agree often when I get sucked into a fandom, all I want to gush about is the overarching themes or the motifs or the narrative foils of that particular piece of media, so I’m happy to find a place where I could write about them.

I hope you don’t mind that I backread and comment on some of your past posts—they seem infinitely interesting!

Two I love are Witch by Megurine Luka and Seasonal Feathers by Kagamine Lin!

I am happy to read about what people think about the media they consume even without knowing about the media.

Same! It gives me a contact high when people squee about media they love, and I enjoy media analysis in general.

I hope you don’t mind that I backread and comment on some of your past posts—they seem infinitely interesting!

I don't mind at all, in fact it would make me so happy! I shall go edit my intro post to mention that I'm happy to receive comments on old entries :)

Thank you for the recs! I will leave some comments as I go through your entries then (˶˃ ᵕ ˂˶)

You sound interesting! Added you :)
I usually post about manga, anime, games, and sometimes books. I've been meaning to post more fanworks though! I'm also just getting into some danmei :D

Hello!!

I added you as well!

I have not heard someone invoke the three laws of fandom in ages and that took me back in all the good ways.

Would you be open to test out being mutuals? I'd love another stationery/postcard girly on my feed!

I love Rikkai! I am particularly fond of Yukimura and Niou, though I haven't kept up with the New POT ever since the players' powers got more and more absurd.

Added you!

all good! to be honest i couldn't bring myself to venture into New!POT cos it just got weird.

thank you! happy to have you on my feed <3

Hi Lilac, I used to do a lot of IF in the past. I'm Sammy btw.

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Hello. I love your blog - so pretty!!

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i checked out your intro post and i had to use this icon

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