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Leave me a comment saying "Resistance is Futile."
• I'll respond by asking you five questions so I can satisfy my curiosity
• Update your journal with the answers to the questions
• Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people questions
She gave me these.
1. How did you come to fandom?
Oh gosh. Er. I think I've been writing fanfic in some form forever. But I somehow stumbled upon ff.net when I was in middle school, saw they had a section for Labyrinth and started posting. Most of the stuff was trash (all of it, probably). But I shortly found my way to rattlebeak.com and their weekly chats, and found a community. That fizzled quickly, but I discovered that I wasn't alone in my geekdom (as I had thought I was due to living in a rural area and going to a very small school). One of the friends from that chat turned me on to Velvet Goldmine and it just continued.
2. Describe your favorite clothes - a full outfit, if you can, something that makes you feel confident and snazzy when you wear it.
Oooh. Right now? My black trousers, this beautiful red-and-silver pinstriped shirt (with my breasts bound), and my boys' dress shoes. Oh man.
3. What is your fondest obsession right now and why?
Oooh. Hrm. Probably Torchwood? Despite the what could have been that I'm sure all of us will be thinking post-what happened this summer...I still love what was. It wasn't perfect. It was cracky and sometimes it failed hardcore in matters of gender (And continuity). But there were times when it got the notion that physical gender has no bearing on who we fall for, that sexuality is fluid and this is not a big deal--I could have used that growing up. I want to believe that the first two series (and some of the tie-in media) will find its way to young people just coming to realize that they do not fit into heteronormative land--or that media will take lessons from what it did right and will *not* fail in the way it did the end.
4. What would you tell your 12 year old self if you could?
Nurture your writing on your own. Have fun with her, but don't let her become the be all and end all of what you do creatively.
5. Say something you'd like to tell someone, that you've been repressing for whatever reason.
I want to believe you didn't mean any of it. That you didn't realize you were hurting me all that time. But you were, and you should have realized it. You should have cut me off instead of stringing me along. I hate you because you gave me wounds that have still not completely healed. I hate you because you took a part of me away; a part I will never be able to share with anyone again. I hate you because I was always looking at you and what you couldn't (wouldn't ) give me, that I didn't see what was right in front of me until it was quite possibly too late. I hate you because if you called, I would probably still come running.
splixLeave me a comment saying "Resistance is Futile."
• I'll respond by asking you five questions so I can satisfy my curiosity
• Update your journal with the answers to the questions
• Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people questions
She gave me these.
1. How did you come to fandom?
Oh gosh. Er. I think I've been writing fanfic in some form forever. But I somehow stumbled upon ff.net when I was in middle school, saw they had a section for Labyrinth and started posting. Most of the stuff was trash (all of it, probably). But I shortly found my way to rattlebeak.com and their weekly chats, and found a community. That fizzled quickly, but I discovered that I wasn't alone in my geekdom (as I had thought I was due to living in a rural area and going to a very small school). One of the friends from that chat turned me on to Velvet Goldmine and it just continued.
2. Describe your favorite clothes - a full outfit, if you can, something that makes you feel confident and snazzy when you wear it.
Oooh. Right now? My black trousers, this beautiful red-and-silver pinstriped shirt (with my breasts bound), and my boys' dress shoes. Oh man.
3. What is your fondest obsession right now and why?
Oooh. Hrm. Probably Torchwood? Despite the what could have been that I'm sure all of us will be thinking post-what happened this summer...I still love what was. It wasn't perfect. It was cracky and sometimes it failed hardcore in matters of gender (And continuity). But there were times when it got the notion that physical gender has no bearing on who we fall for, that sexuality is fluid and this is not a big deal--I could have used that growing up. I want to believe that the first two series (and some of the tie-in media) will find its way to young people just coming to realize that they do not fit into heteronormative land--or that media will take lessons from what it did right and will *not* fail in the way it did the end.
4. What would you tell your 12 year old self if you could?
Nurture your writing on your own. Have fun with her, but don't let her become the be all and end all of what you do creatively.
5. Say something you'd like to tell someone, that you've been repressing for whatever reason.
I want to believe you didn't mean any of it. That you didn't realize you were hurting me all that time. But you were, and you should have realized it. You should have cut me off instead of stringing me along. I hate you because you gave me wounds that have still not completely healed. I hate you because you took a part of me away; a part I will never be able to share with anyone again. I hate you because I was always looking at you and what you couldn't (wouldn't ) give me, that I didn't see what was right in front of me until it was quite possibly too late. I hate you because if you called, I would probably still come running.
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on 2009-10-23 04:48 am (UTC)1. What was your first fandom? (first one you were really involved with in any way)
2. How did you get into anime?
3. Favorite piece of clothing?
4. Describe your ideal day
5. If you could change anything about your body, would you and if you would, what would it be? If not, why?
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on 2009-10-23 05:17 am (UTC)