Challenge #10 asks us to talk about inspiration and those who have provided it.
Which provides an interesting juxtaposition for me, as elsewhere in the aether, someone indicated that they found it fascinating the way I approach fandom and being a fan as a field of study. I am sure this was 100% intended as "I appreciate that you talk about structures and history and mechanics and your approach and provide background details so that we see not only the finished product, but how you got there from here," which is the sort of thing I like reading in the first place.
( Write what you want to read, right? )
Inspiration continues because of all of this.![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
alexseanchai is the person that got me involved in the Miraculous Ladybug fandom, but also has an entire world of things not explicitly pointed out in the canon that I usually think of as part of the world I want to write in as well. I think that world is itself influenced and inspired by other people's statements and headcanons and suppositions scattered across tumblr and Discord and other places as well, so inspiration is recursive and twisty and complex as much as it is finding a lineage of where ideas come from and how they spread. And ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
shadaras just had a post linking to Leonard Cohen songs, which was a thing I recognized from how many people use Cohen lyrics in their works, but now I understand a lot more how Cohen's work is inspiring to others who are making fic.
And sometimes, people take inspiration to their lives from the works they consume. Because sometimes there are characters, situations, songs, and a package that helps you come to terms with your own situation. And seeing those characters succeed and find their way and learn how to believe in themselves, even when they have to make really hard decisions and strike out on their own with a much less solid support system than where they are coming from, can sometimes inspire someone to say, "I might make it after all" and make changes in their own life.
And, perhaps, at some point in time, someone else will say "silveradept inspired me, because they were patient while I struggled, because their ideas are so interesting, because they improve ideas shared with them, because they looked at my work and said 'This is excellent. I look forward to seeing what you produce in the future.' " Or they will talk about things that I have done and contributed to as parts of what inspired them. Because I've had the closure of the loop happen once or twice, but not nearly as often as I'd like, at least for my professional self, and that is both a gratifying and terrifying thing to experience.
Which provides an interesting juxtaposition for me, as elsewhere in the aether, someone indicated that they found it fascinating the way I approach fandom and being a fan as a field of study. I am sure this was 100% intended as "I appreciate that you talk about structures and history and mechanics and your approach and provide background details so that we see not only the finished product, but how you got there from here," which is the sort of thing I like reading in the first place.
( Write what you want to read, right? )
Inspiration continues because of all of this.
shadaras just had a post linking to Leonard Cohen songs, which was a thing I recognized from how many people use Cohen lyrics in their works, but now I understand a lot more how Cohen's work is inspiring to others who are making fic.And sometimes, people take inspiration to their lives from the works they consume. Because sometimes there are characters, situations, songs, and a package that helps you come to terms with your own situation. And seeing those characters succeed and find their way and learn how to believe in themselves, even when they have to make really hard decisions and strike out on their own with a much less solid support system than where they are coming from, can sometimes inspire someone to say, "I might make it after all" and make changes in their own life.
And, perhaps, at some point in time, someone else will say "
silveradept inspired me, because they were patient while I struggled, because their ideas are so interesting, because they improve ideas shared with them, because they looked at my work and said 'This is excellent. I look forward to seeing what you produce in the future.' " Or they will talk about things that I have done and contributed to as parts of what inspired them. Because I've had the closure of the loop happen once or twice, but not nearly as often as I'd like, at least for my professional self, and that is both a gratifying and terrifying thing to experience.
