Countdown to small gifts 1/7: Introductions!

[smallgiftsmods]

Welcome, folks! Every year at small gifts, we start off the holiday season with a week's worth of discussion posts. It's a chance to get to know other participants (or say hi again), meet our readers (hi, readers! we love you!), and while away the hours before December 1. We'll have one topic per day until November 30.

Today: introductions!

1) Leave a comment letting us know who you are as a fan. (Leave your Tumblr name/AO3 name as well as your DW name, if they're different.) How long have you shipped R/S? Are you a reader? Writer? Artist? Crafter? Do you participate in any other parts of Harry Potter fandom? Are you active in any other fandoms right now?

2) Say hi to someone else!

Comments

[mindabbles]

Hi Everyone!
I’m mindabbles everywhere, including Tumblr, but I will admit I don’t really understand Tumblr yet and haven’t done anything over there. Maybe this fest this year will help me.

I only participate in HP fandom. I’ve tried to get into a couple of others, but haven’t been able to manage it. I guess I’m loyal. R/S was my first love and is still my greatest love. I do read and write almost any pairing or gen (although I mostly write m/m and f/f), and I love the creativity and comraderie I see in fandom. I was a huge fan of the first small gifts and the writers and artists and so, when Maggie put out a call for someone to help run it in the second (or third, maybe?) year, I was really happy to do it. I’m not nearly as active as I used to be, but I do keep coming back and love this fest. I think what I love most about HP, including our blokes here, is the complexity of the characters and the relationships — no one is perfect and (almost) no one is all bad. I also love the primacy of the friendships.

[llaeyro]

Hi Min! I'm the same with Tumblr, but hold out less hope of getting to grips with it :P Thanks for all your modliness ♥

[mindabbles]

LOL, if I figure it out, I’ll let you know!! Thank you for being a wonderful participant and helping to keep the R/S love strong!!! ♥

[rj31]

Hi Min, thank you for this fest! I don't fully understand tumblr either, but I give it a go :)

[mindabbles]

Thank you for joining us this year!!! LOL, okay maybe I can figure it out. :)

[wild_flame]

Hi Min! Thanks you for running the fest! Super happy to be here!

I'm the same- I always come back to Harry Potter no matter where I stray! I definitely agree about the primacy of friendships- it's one of my favourite things to explore in fic!

[mindabbles]

Hi!!! Thank you and welcome!

I think there’s something about the source material that’s so rich, it allows for many different possibilities. I’m sure that just my bias, but I have thought about other books or films I love and have never seen the same potention. Or, maybe I’m lazy. :)

[ruinsplume]

HI Min! Great to see you again! This is one of my favorite fests. I love what you said about HP--I feel like it's true of the fandom too.

[mindabbles]

Hey there!!! I am so glad it’s a favorite and the you joined again this year. Was it last year you missed the sign ups? Anyway, welcome back!! I agree about fandom — I love the comraderie and encouragement around here.

[finalsoul]

Hey mindabbles!! Thank you for helping host and mod this wonderful fest! I agree the best part of hp is the complexity of each character and i think especially with r/s their relationship is so
torturously complicated its why I love them so much

This fest is such a nice way to end the year (its my first time participating and it's been a very good experience) also thank you so so much for your kind words on my entry the other day -- hopefully everything is in order :')