Snowflake Challenge #4

[cinefarious]

IceBreaker Challenge! Tell us about yourself.


I entered fandom when I was quite young during the heyday of HP. Reading fanfic rather instantly became my favorite thing to do in the world, and I spent most every night since reading and wishing I could write! I remember being astonished how some of the authors I was reading were better than the published books I was reading. I had stars in my eyes.

I started writing fanfiction myself once I was in high school, after meeting what would one day be my wife. She was very supportive of me, and I've been writing and trying to participate in the fandoms I love ever since!

In addition to fandom, these days I'm a huge D&D nerd. I dm a fully custom world game with a few of my friends, and I'm very passionate about it. I laugh when I realize I technically have hundreds of OCs now because of it, and I'm deeply in love with the way D&D has allowed me to explore worldbuilding and character writing outside of fandom.

Other than that, some fun and dumb stuff:
- I love fungi! I think mushrooms are beautiful and fascinating.
- I write mostly rpg video game fandoms, but my favorite type of games are medieval city builder simulators. Banished, Kingdoms Reborn, Farthest Frontier, etc.
- I have a three legged, fluffball of a cat that I love desperately.
- Very embarrassingly, I ran and helped run several Degrassi fandom communities when I was younger.

Comments

[sugareey]

Yay to D&D! Homebrews were how I learned how to play, so it was interesting trying to play campaigns that were already laid out. Fate and Tiny Dungeon are some other systems I've explored too, especially for one shots in case people don't want to be stuck on a campaign for too long. Sometimes, I do wish there was infinite amount of time to keep campaigns going though because the possibilities are endless!

1000% that fungi are beautiful and fascinating. <3 So many species, and yes, def a fan of them myself (to the point that I have home decor and a tattoo). :)

[scytale]

Your cat sounds wonderful!

And mushrooms are fascinating! Do you have any favorites?

[snowynight]

Mushrooms are fascinating, and your cat sounds lovely.

It's great how easy it's to learn by watching people playing games. Fate is fun, and I hope yoi'll like it too.

[hotsuqueen]

It's not embarrassing that you ran Degrassi comms. We all get our fannish start somewhere, and modding is hard!

[azurrys]

City builders!! All of the games you linked look gorgeous. Added these to my wishlist so I can keep an eye out if they go on sale :D

[svgurl]

I think it's great that you were running fan communities! I'm sure people appreciated having that outlet to connect with others. :D

[nonesensed]

I too remember discovering fanfic for the first time 💖 So many binge reads! And huzzah for writing fic 🥳

I too am a huge D&D nerd! Would love to hear about your homebrew world~! How long have you been playing and what edition are you using? (I run 3 campagins myself right now, 2 of them homebrew).

PS. Fungi are beyond neat, I already love your cat, and I think it's super cool that you ran a Degrassi fandom community!

[sushiflop]

DECAY IS AN EXTANT FORM OF LIFE and mushrooms n fungi are the absolute best! Good taste. 🍄

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> - I love fungi! I think mushrooms are beautiful and fascinating. <<

Agreed! Some are colorful. Some glow in the dark.

We recently found an Asian market whose mushroom section is a Wall of Awesome filled with cheap shrooms in many varieties.