Fandom Snowflake Challenge #2

Challenge #2

In your own space, talk about your fannish history. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.


This is difficult because I have a really hard time with my memory, but let's see…
- I'm pretty sure the first fannish experience I had was going on gameFAQs back in… mid 2000s? to devour the gamescripts of Metal Gear games prior to Metal Gear Solid.
- I feel like I remember finding out about fanfiction poking around Quizilla?
- But my first real foray into actual fandom was finding Fiction Alley and reading Harry Potter fanfic there. Pity about Cassandra Claire, because I absolutely adored the Draco trilogy. I once tried to print it all out and bind it by hand.
- I don't remember how I got to making a livejournal account, but that was when I first actually participated in fandom -- Merlin -- writing my first fanfic, taking part in a comment fic campaign, and a big bang!
- I've never been a single, or even main, fandom kind of person, but when I got to Tumblr it was even easier to fandom hop.
- I got back into gaming in 2015, I think? and every fic but one since then has been a video game fic.
- I can't even remember how I ended up taking part in chocolatebox 2017, putting down offers almost at random, but I had a fun time writing for a prompt I didn't think I could work with. Last year I gave it another try and came out with five fics that I'm really proud of.
- Now I've been on dreamwidth for a year, and I'm trying to make more fannish friends, find communities, and take part in fun things like this challenge?
- :)