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Prompt 7, the final prompt for this Sunshine Challenge, is the promise of growth and new life: Zephyrus, the West Wind.
( What does a gentle wind bring with it, and how does that relate to the ways that we interact with each other? )
That's the warm and gentle breeze, the promise of flowers and rain and spring, I think. The ability to step away from the things that everyone else seems to prize and create something for yourself (or someone else). Even for people who make works for a living or a side hustle, the promise of Fandom is of being able to enjoy a thing unabashedly (and without anybody bashing you, even if there have to be conversations about the choices you're making) with others who enjoy the same thing. A community for people who are (sometimes desperately) in need of one to help them thrive, and for those who want to share their experiences to others through the creation and enjoyment of works. It's not perfect. A lot of the systemic problems from the world outside fandom have found their way in all the same, but there's definitely the promise that things can be better every time a new work gets created.
The child of Dawn (Eos) and the Titan Astraeus, Zephyrus represents the West Wind. Zephyrus was considered to be the gentlest of the Anemoi (wind gods representing the cardinal points of the compass), and the beneficial bringer of Spring. The gentle springtime winds of the West indicated an end to Winter and the new growth of plants and flowers.
( What does a gentle wind bring with it, and how does that relate to the ways that we interact with each other? )
That's the warm and gentle breeze, the promise of flowers and rain and spring, I think. The ability to step away from the things that everyone else seems to prize and create something for yourself (or someone else). Even for people who make works for a living or a side hustle, the promise of Fandom is of being able to enjoy a thing unabashedly (and without anybody bashing you, even if there have to be conversations about the choices you're making) with others who enjoy the same thing. A community for people who are (sometimes desperately) in need of one to help them thrive, and for those who want to share their experiences to others through the creation and enjoyment of works. It's not perfect. A lot of the systemic problems from the world outside fandom have found their way in all the same, but there's definitely the promise that things can be better every time a new work gets created.
