Snowflake_Challenge #2 - Talk about your fannish history

Inuyasha was my gateway drug when it comes to fandom. I adored that show and it was while I was talking about it with my classmate at the time that she introduced me to the concept of fanfiction. I was blown away by the idea that someone had taken the story I loved, and continued it by going in a completely different direction. They gave me an ending that I adored and it occurred to me that I could experience this delight with a bunch of my other favorite shows and movies. Every time an ending or a character's stupid decision frustrated me, I could maybe find someone who felt the same way and decided to do something about it.

So I started with Inuyasha, and then I rediscovered my obsession with Rurouni Kenshin, fueled by all the fanfic where Kaoru finally pinned Kenshin down and....*cough*....anyway. From there I branched into Naruto and Harry Potter (Hermione/Snape was my obsession for some reason) and Labyrinth!! My beloved Labyrinth, with fanfiction I could go back to experience David Bowie with his wonderfully tight tights. It was around this time I discovered the forbidden fruit of SLASH FICTION. I promptly lost my mind and basically started scouring anything I could get my hands on.

I devoured Star Trek, Deep Space Nine, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Naruto, Merlin, Phoenix Wright, The Mummy, Marvel (ALL OF MARVEL, SO MUCH HAPPINESS AND JOY), Teen Wolf, Supernatural, Dragon Age, Mass Effect, Legend of Zelda, Leverage, Godzilla: The Series, Stargate SG-1, The Sentinel (the tv show), Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Dr. Horrible, Doctor Who, Primeval, Luthor, Good Omens and etc. This list would literally go on forever if I let it.

Alot of the time if one of the authors I follow writes in a fandom I don't know, I will promptly go looking for it after I read their stuff. That's how I've fallen in with the majority of the fandoms I follow, but alas, the story is usually so much better than the original.

And that's a little of my fannish history. :)

Snowflake_Challenge #3 - Pimp Your Favorite Communities, Fests or Challenges

So I've only recently begun to take an active roll in the different communities and challenges I've seen around. Here are a list of the one's I've made a point of entering or taking note of the start date so I can.

hc_bingo 
fandom5k 
trope_bingo 
yuletide 
smallfandombang 
shipoween 

These are just a few since I've only just started to really dip my toes in. Feel free to rec any challenges, prompts, or kink_memes you think are awesome!

Snowflake_Challenge #4 - In your own space, set some goals for the coming year.

In your own space, set some goals for the coming year. They can be fannish or not, public or private. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

I have a lot of goals for this year, but there are a few that rate as more important to me than the others.

First, I want to get back into the habit of working out. I lost 15 pounds last year and I did it by focusing on eating better and going to the gym at least three times a week. I ran on a treadmill or lifted weights as the mood struck me, and I was happy and had an almost abundent energy that I hadn't realised I was missing. Due to health reasons I had to stop, but now that I'm back to 100% I can feel how far back I've fallen in my general fitness. This year one of my goals is to get it back. I wouldn't mind losing a little more weight, but I want the focus to be feeling better and more fit in general. Or at least to stop feeling a tad breathless by the time I reach the third landing in my apartment building. That would be nice.

Second, I want to focus on my writing. Since junior high its been my dream to be a fully fledged writer who got their work published....and now I'm staring down the barrel of my 30's and its still very much a dream with little to no basis in reality. I still write off an on, but I struggle to fully commit myself since I keep telling myself that I'm tired and it doesn't matter since everything I write is garbage anyway. Which it is, because I don't write. I seem to expect perfection from myself with little to no effort which is....stupid. So so stupid. So I created a word count tracker in my bullet journal in order to remind myself that this is something I want.

Those are the two goals that matter the most to me right now, beyond the usual of trying to be a good person and to try and not sit on my own thoughts until they turn into festering insecurities that make me lash out at the people around me. You know, the usual.