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moon ([personal profile] visualjyushi) wrote2025-01-09 12:22 pm

Snowflake Challenge #5: Cherished Memories

Talk about what has improved in your life thanks to fandom.

Fandom has allowed me to make a lot of meaningful connections with people! Which is generally very difficult for me to accomplish. Most people I talk to now are actually people I've met in fandom spaces, including my partner. I met many of them because of Ensemble Stars. I quite literally don't think I would have met my current partner, or a lot of online friends, if I wasn't into Enstars when Valkyrie's Eternal Weaving music video dropped. This is why my AO3 user (eternalweaving) doesn't match my other socmed— it's incredibly sentimental to me.

Aside from that, I think my writing has improved a lot. I started writing fanfiction with the intention of just trying to write more so I would get a little better at it. Although I still have much to work on, I think I've come a long way. Writing fic/roleplaying with friends has felt rewarding as well. I was even involved in a fanzine once, which reminds me that I should have more confidence in my writing abilities. (I struggle with imposter syndrome often.)
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[personal profile] tsuki_no_bara 2025-01-09 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)
i gotta say, i really love the folks who met their partners through fandom. it's just the loveliest thing. and props for recognizing that your writing's gotten better!
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[personal profile] tjs_whatnot 2025-01-10 07:10 am (UTC)(link)
So. Many. Connections!

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[personal profile] silveradept 2025-01-12 05:51 am (UTC)(link)
The people and the practice at skills are turning out to be really common answers across the people who have been responding so far.

I hear you on the impostor syndrome and situation. Channeling the confidence of a mediocre white man is sometimes a little more difficult than it usually is, but when I can manage it, things often go very well.
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[personal profile] ngtskynebula 2025-02-08 07:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Reading about your experience with fandom relationships reminded me I found the woman that showed me I'm multisexual because I began using Twitter cause of a fandom. I'm sure I'd have had the epiphany sooner or later, but it's funny to recall it happened the way it did... because of fandom. I got on Twitter to find fans of a dead fandom, and ended up finding out I'm gay?!

Well, anyway. I'm glad you found many comrades through the fansphere! <3