Countdown to Small Gifts 1/3: Introductions

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Welcome, folks! Every year at small gifts, we start off the holiday season with a series of discussion posts. It's a chance to get to know other participants (or say hi to old friends), meet our readers (hi, readers! we love you!), and while away the hours before the fest begins. We'll have three topics this week, posted Monday, November 25; Wednesday, November 27; and Friday, November 29. Posting begins Sunday, 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 been in HP fandom? How long have you shipped R/S? Are you a reader? Writer? Artist? Crafter? Do you participate in any other parts of HP fandom? Are you active in any other fandoms right now?

2) Say hi to someone else! We're friendly around here like that.

Comments

[paulamcg]

Thank you! I’ve enjoyed writing my gift fic, and I’m sure I’ll enjoy reading and commenting, too. I remember feeling that the fest was full of gifts: not just the story for each participant but also the generous commenting.

It’s lovely to be called an Old Timer, although in 2004, when entering FictionAlley, I felt (as you said in another comment) that it was late, the fandom past some of its most exciting times. I admired and somehow envied those who’d written about Remus and Sirius before OotP and before some of Rowling’s interview comments (even though I’ve decided not to consider them part of canon).