Howdy!

[batiferrite]

I've been daydreaming about starting a Dreamwidth for a while now, and decided to finally take the plunge today! I used to read the Hetalia kinkmeme way back in the day (circa 2013-4), but, aside from that, I have no real experience with the DW / LJ format... It seems almost like a mixture of Tumblr-style posts with Reddit-like communities?  That idea really appeals to me, even if it isn't necessarily accurate...

I plan on using this account probably mostly for posting little fanfics and original stories for the time being. I've always thought the little prompt challenges were cute, so I think it'd be really fun to actually participate in one for once!

About myself... hm, I've been kinda fluttering between fandoms for a while, but I'd say I'm mostly interested in:

• Hetalia
• Fire Emblem (FE7, 13, 14, 15, 16)
• Pokemon

I also have a number of nostalgic anime that are very near and dear to my heart (like Inuyasha, Ouran, Fruits Basket, Sailor Moon, etc), so I might talk about those, as well. And I like Greek Mythology and other folklore, so you might see some of that, also.
Oh! I also have a Neocities where I post book / movie reviews, literary analyses, and other sorts of essays about women's history / sexuality. Feel free to check it out and stop by to chat or recommend some books or anything like that! ^^

And... yeah, I think that should be about it! Nice to meet you, current Dreamwidth users, and hope we can get to know each other! :D

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Re: Hii

[batiferrite]

Thanks for the compliments and for finding the archive link for that article! It went a lot harder than I remembered, lol.

Oh, I didn't realize this all started so early! Have you heard of the Tumblr model, by the way? It's basically the same idea, but I think your explanation is more nuanced, with people opting into "more oppressed identities" because it makes them more virtuous and therefore above criticism. The lack of historical literacy throughout Tumblr is appalling; the kids have no idea what they're talking about and still fight to the death over it. For real, it's so disappointing how forgotten female characters / lesbian ships are in fandom spaces! And the way Maxine Harlowe was run off of the internet, and now people are coming after cowboyjen68, as well, etc, etc... Lesbians really just can't have anything! Yeah, I think smaller, more cozy spaces like Dreamwidth or personal websites are a much better place for fandom / general arts & crafts-y stuff than major social media platforms.

Oh, nice! I've mostly been doing one-off solo rpgs, either based around dungeon crawling or journaling. My favorites so far have been The Estate of Baron Archambaud, an Ingrate, Cryptkeeper, Necrocarta. I'm just a really big fan of roguelikes, lol. I've also been meaning to try out more slice of life-y things, like Fox Curio's Floating Bookshop or Iron Valley, but haven't gotten around to it yet. Honestly, I've bought a couple of those mega charity bundles off of itch.io, so I'm kinda drowning in choices! Vampire the Masquerade sounds like a cool setting, from what I saw on the Wiki. Oh, painting your own maps and dungeons sounds like so much fun! A grid or bullet journal with ~100gsm+ paper would probably work well for that.

Oh, thanks! I definitely will and I hope you enjoy making stuff, as well! <3