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 the fest begins. We'll have one topic per day everyday until Friday, November 30. Posting begins Saturday, December 1.
Discussion is not limited to participants! Please introduce yourself if you're a reader, too.
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! We're friendly around here like that.
Discussion is not limited to participants! Please introduce yourself if you're a reader, too.
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! We're friendly around here like that.
Aaaaaaaah!!! Hi Small Gifters!!!!!
Date: 2018-11-26 03:59 pm (UTC)I'm so excited to be back! I adore this fest every year!!! HI EVERYONE!
Heyyyyy!!
Date: 2018-11-26 04:13 pm (UTC)Re: Aaaaaaaah!!! Hi Small Gifters!!!!!
Date: 2018-11-26 04:16 pm (UTC)Re: Heyyyyy!!
Date: 2018-11-26 04:54 pm (UTC)POTC? I'm clearly out of the loop, I don't even know what this one is!
I'm fairly sure we have at least a FEW Marvel people hanging around here. It seems to be the other fandom these days. :)
Glad to see you back as well!
Re: Heyyyyy!!
Date: 2018-11-26 04:56 pm (UTC)Re: Heyyyyy!!
Date: 2018-11-26 04:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-11-26 05:51 pm (UTC)I'm on AO3 as wildflame and Tumblr @wild-and-flammable. Harry Potter is my only real fandom, and RS my main ship although I have also dabbled in Jily and remadora... I also lurk in the Snape fandom from time to time but have never really participated.
Re: Aaaaaaaah!!! Hi Small Gifters!!!!!
Date: 2018-11-26 05:55 pm (UTC)Re: Heyyyyy!!
Date: 2018-11-26 06:01 pm (UTC)Hi :)
Date: 2018-11-26 06:05 pm (UTC)I'm lanna here on DW, but I'm on Tumblr as aryastark-valarmorghulis, and on Ao3 as aryastark_valarmorghulis. (I like Arya Stark from the Asoiaf books, what can I say?)
I occasionally read in the Marvel Fandom - mostly Stucky - but the HP fandom is the only one I'm active; I started shipping R/S in the early days, but I'm quite new to the English language fandom. I started reading a year ago and then this summer I started writing too. I occasionally read Jeddy, but R/S is my one true love.
I'm excited to be a part of Small Gifts! :)
Re: Aaaaaaaah!!! Hi Small Gifters!!!!!
Date: 2018-11-26 06:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-11-26 06:06 pm (UTC)Re: Hi :)
Date: 2018-11-26 06:07 pm (UTC)Re: Hi :)
Date: 2018-11-26 06:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-11-26 06:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-11-26 06:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-11-26 08:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-11-26 10:33 pm (UTC)I've been in HP fandom since first discovering fandom and fanfic in general back in 2006, and while I love a lot of the characters, especially the older, professor-age ones, I've shipped R/S since I first realized I wasn't the only one who saw that pairing in the books. In addition to R/S I love gen fic and femslash.
I'm a life-long fan of the Sherlock Homes stories and sometimes dabble in the various SH fandoms. Right now I'm also deep into the cute puppy fandom, since it's the only thing that makes me feel better after reading the news. (Their cute little furry faces! Their tails! Their enthusiasm!)
Glad to see some familiar face and some new folks here! Looking forward to hanging out with you this month. M.
no subject
Date: 2018-11-26 10:59 pm (UTC)I think you and Liseuse might be the old-timers here--anyone else writing/reading/drawing R/S back in 2005, 2006? M.
Re: Hi :)
Date: 2018-11-26 11:02 pm (UTC)I'm not familiar with Stucky fic, but just from seeing Stucky posts over on Tumblr I can tell they have the same through-thick-and-thin, good-times-and-bad, epic history.
What language fandom were you involved in before, do you mind if I ask? M.
no subject
Date: 2018-11-26 11:03 pm (UTC)I'm a big Snape fan, too. It used to be that the R/S and Snape folks didn't mix at *all*, but now that fandom's smaller we're less tribal. I hope. :) M.
Re: Heyyyyy!!
Date: 2018-11-26 11:09 pm (UTC)I think there are a lot of Marvel folks around--perhaps we'll see a crossover? M.
Re: Aaaaaaaah!!! Hi Small Gifters!!!!!
Date: 2018-11-26 11:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-11-26 11:48 pm (UTC)I've shipped R/S since joining fandom in like 2005, but I never liked the shoebox project. Sorry! lol
I'm a writer and I write for so many different HP ships. I have a soft spot for Remus/Severus, though. A lot of my recent stuff is Drarry, but just because that part of fandom is so popular right now. I wouldn't say Drarry is my OTP.
I'm also sensitive about how much femslash is overlooked. I'm really into Ginny/Pansy and Ginny/Millicent atm.
Also, I'm not really active in any other fandoms. I left the HP fandom for a few years when I got really obsessed with the soccer USWNT, but I consider that time my dark ages lmaoooo. I just wrote a fic for the tv show Killing Eve, though!
no subject
Date: 2018-11-26 11:51 pm (UTC)Also, there's a fandom for strictly cute puppies??? lol
Thank you for organizing this fest again!!