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silveradeptThe year has turned, and the Fandom Snowflake challenge returns, as a way of getting people to talk fannishly and possibly write more fannishly and build a community of fans of writers and readers and artists of prose, audio, visually, and other media.
Let us begin again, then:
In your own space, talk about why you're participating in Snowflake and, if you’ve participated in the past, how the challenge has affected you. What drew you to it? What did you take away from it? What do you hope to accomplish this year?
Snowflake is a source of both reflection and anxieties in some ways. Reflection on past works done, thinking about works that may be to come, but also the question of identity - what does it mean to be fannish? Snowflake takes the official opinion that if you do things with a media property, whether fic, vid, pod, meta, or criticism and discussion, you are part of the fandom for that property. There's no minimum number of works, accolades, or followers that you need to be part of fandom and to participate. Which is good for me, because I usually feel that I don't have enough of any of those three categories, much less all three combined, to qualify as a member of the Fandom. That the bar is set so inclusively is a thing that I always enjoy about the challenge. That it comes at the beginning of a year (assuming you follow a Gregorian calendar) means that it comes at a time when people are looking back and forward and making plans for the upcoming session. At the root of it all, there are fans, and there should always be a place where that is enough. From there, we go forward to the spaces of fandom that we want to inhabit, where we have ships or styles or rules of conduct that we apply to make our interactions more positive.
What I take away from Snowflake is that I am not necessarily the only person in the fandom who enjoys the things I do in the way that I do, and that there are plenty of people who go through similar struggles, not just of identity but also of trying to make sure that the works get out in a timely manner.
And so, what I hope to accomplish this year is the same as other years - to deliver works that I'm proud of, regardless of what venue or fandom I'm delivering them in. The extra bonus, of course, is if the people who read them also enjoy them and find them wonderful, and extra-extra bonus is if I pick up some extra kudos, followers, or bookmarks. But I want to be sure that the material I'm putting out is something that I'm willing to attach my identity to. It's a simple want.
And I can do with more recommendations. Once I figure out, of course, what tags, pairings, and fandoms I would enjoy. (I've been doing this for years now, you would think that I'd have a clue, but nope!)
Let us begin again, then:
In your own space, talk about why you're participating in Snowflake and, if you’ve participated in the past, how the challenge has affected you. What drew you to it? What did you take away from it? What do you hope to accomplish this year?
Snowflake is a source of both reflection and anxieties in some ways. Reflection on past works done, thinking about works that may be to come, but also the question of identity - what does it mean to be fannish? Snowflake takes the official opinion that if you do things with a media property, whether fic, vid, pod, meta, or criticism and discussion, you are part of the fandom for that property. There's no minimum number of works, accolades, or followers that you need to be part of fandom and to participate. Which is good for me, because I usually feel that I don't have enough of any of those three categories, much less all three combined, to qualify as a member of the Fandom. That the bar is set so inclusively is a thing that I always enjoy about the challenge. That it comes at the beginning of a year (assuming you follow a Gregorian calendar) means that it comes at a time when people are looking back and forward and making plans for the upcoming session. At the root of it all, there are fans, and there should always be a place where that is enough. From there, we go forward to the spaces of fandom that we want to inhabit, where we have ships or styles or rules of conduct that we apply to make our interactions more positive.
What I take away from Snowflake is that I am not necessarily the only person in the fandom who enjoys the things I do in the way that I do, and that there are plenty of people who go through similar struggles, not just of identity but also of trying to make sure that the works get out in a timely manner.
And so, what I hope to accomplish this year is the same as other years - to deliver works that I'm proud of, regardless of what venue or fandom I'm delivering them in. The extra bonus, of course, is if the people who read them also enjoy them and find them wonderful, and extra-extra bonus is if I pick up some extra kudos, followers, or bookmarks. But I want to be sure that the material I'm putting out is something that I'm willing to attach my identity to. It's a simple want.
And I can do with more recommendations. Once I figure out, of course, what tags, pairings, and fandoms I would enjoy. (I've been doing this for years now, you would think that I'd have a clue, but nope!)
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Date: 2018-01-02 01:07 am (UTC)What I take away from Snowflake is that I am not necessarily the only person in the fandom who enjoys the things I do in the way that I do, and that there are plenty of people who go through similar struggles, not just of identity but also of trying to make sure that the works get out in a timely manner.
Thank you.
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Date: 2018-01-02 06:02 am (UTC)