Special Snowflakes: The Fandom Edition [day 2]

Challenge #2

In your own space, talk about your fannish history.

( a brief history of my fannishness )

A small thing that I still find amusing is that I never thought of myself as fannish until the 2000s. And even then I'm an odd duck among my family. My mum is the kind who watches a non-procedural TV show and asks "who's that?" and "what's happening?" and "why did they do that thing?" and then spends the five minutes after the episode finishes saying "I don't understand" even after someone explains it to her. My sisters avoid anything that could suck them in, because they have lives to live (although B2 has lately started watching the DC movies and all associated things). My stepdad and stepbrothers aren't interested in fannish/geeky/nerdy things beyond a generalised public interest.

Then, a few years ago, I went to visit my father in Vietnam. Apart from visits, we haven't lived in the same household for thirty years. And I came down one morning to find him binge-watching the latest episode of Supergirl and getting really worked up about Alex's boyfriend/colleague finding out about Kara.

As it turns out, I inherited my fannishness. :)

It's My Snowflake And I'll Pimp If I Wanna {Day 3}

Challenge #3

Pimp Your Favorite Communities, Fests or Challenges!

This one doesn't take long; I'm not as active as I used to be...

Always Yuletide, both the yearly exchange and the discord group. Great people in the off-season, plenty of assistance during the panicky exchange-season.

I've been lately (in the last six months) posting in gardening with pics of my garden, and am looking to revive the permaculture comm in 2020 because I've been elected president of my permaculture gardening group.

localweather is a reminder that not all the world is on fire like we are here down in Australia, and it showcases a different part of the world to the northern hemispherites.

I don't really follow any fannish communities anymore. I'd be more into personal interests, etc.