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small_giftsWelcome, 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.
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.
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Date: 2019-12-18 03:38 pm (UTC)As for the other, I'm afraid you must've mixed me up with someone else, I never actually had any fandom interaction with anyone until later, when I'd already written a few things - and what initially encouraged me was the fashion at the time for whiny/tearful doormat Remus which made no sense to me and I was so sick and tired of that I decided to write the kind of thing I like, just for my own pleasure.
And yes, I think the reason I like this fest so much is that it maintains a bit of a community feel, and it's not too demanding (compared to, say, Big Bangs), plus it's at a time of year when people are happy to write about small pleasures. Not a fan of the holidays per se myself, but do love twinkling fairy lights, a mince pie and some mulled wine! :D