Fandom Snowflake Friending Meme

[ysabetwordsmith]

Fandom Snowflake Friending Meme

Names I go by: Ysabet, Elizabeth Barrette
Other Places I Can Be Found:
Livejournal: ysabetwordsmith
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elizabeth.barrette
AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/users/Ysabetwordsmith
Other: http://penultimateproductions.weebly.com/
http://greenhaventradition.weebly.com/
My communities:

allbingo, crowdfunding
The fannish platform(s) I am most active on is/are: Dreamwidth, AO3

My main contribution(s) to fandom is/are: writing, reading, modding, commenting, meta.
Link(s) to my Masterlist(s): https://archiveofourown.org/users/Ysabetwordsmith/works
http://penultimateproductions.weebly.com/my-work.html
http://penultimateproductions.weebly.com/serial-poetry.html
http://penultimateproductions.weebly.com/shared-worlds.html
http://greenhaventradition.weebly.com/writing.html

Fandom(s) I enjoy: The Avengers, Good Omens, Harry Potter, Sherlock Holmes, Jurassic Park, Tolkien, Shadowhunters, X-Men.

The type(s) of fanwork(s) I consume the most is/are: Fanfic, filk; occasionally art, meta, or videos.
Fanwork tropes/clichés I enjoy are: Enemies to Friends/Lovers, First Contact, Fish Out of Water, Fix It, Hot Mess, Hurt/Comfort, Linguistics & Xenolinguistics, Wingfic.

Non-fandom things I enjoy: Activism, crafts, gardening, nature, Paganism, photography, social engineering, troubleshooting, wildlife. I am a professional wordsmith in addition to fannish activities.
I post/want to post mostly about: Based on my Dreamwidth tags, these are some of the more active topics:
activism - 2850 uses
birdfeeding - 1117 uses
blogging - 3002 uses
cyberfunded creativity - 16,852 uses
fantasy - 9991 uses
fiction - 2969 uses
fishbowl - 11,562 uses
gender studies - 3706 uses
how to - 1308 uses
nature - 5000 uses
networking - 13,506 uses
news - 7236 uses
paganism - 1010 uses
photography - 2012 uses
poem - 6638 uses
poetry - 14,894 uses
politics - 3391 uses
reading - 20,306 uses
science - 3417 uses
science fiction - 6365 uses
weblit - 6267 uses
wildlife - 2544 uses
writing - 19,033 uses

One thing I am good at: Anything involving words made of language. Any language. If I don't already know it, I can probably hack it. I am linguistic SillyPutty. I have a linguistic coprocessor in my brain that can do things which are supposed to be impossible. It occupies space that other people use for things like face recognition. I wouldn't trade it away for anything.
Other things I want to share about myself: I post daily, often several times a day unless something prevents that. If you're looking for an active blog, this is it, and many of my audience members are active too. I enjoy boosting the signal for other people's events, as well as science news and other current events; some friends use me as a newsfeed. I am happy to make new friends. It's also fine if you prefer lurking.
Regular events:
* Poetry Fishbowl on the first Tuesday of each month. Next up will be February 1 with a theme of "Flipping Expectations." Leave prompts, get poems! Much of this is original, but if you like my fanwritting, you'll probably like my original writing as it contains many of the same themes and motifs. Fannish prompts are also acceptable, since I can use those as freebies.
* crowdfunding Creative Jam on the third weekend of each month. Next up will be February 19-20 with a theme of "Hopefulness."
* Recurring Posts (see tag) on coping skills, philosophical questions, Monday Update, Good News, Hard Things, and Cuddle Party.

Extra Posts for Snowflake:
* Activating Communities
* Cultivating Kindness in Fandom
* Fun Meta Asks for Writers
* Improving Community in Fandom
* Skills Heroes Need


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