Day 14 - Fandom Snowflake Challenge

Day 14

In your own space, ask for help. Need a beta? Always wanted to learn how to make a vid? a fanmix? icons? Maybe you’d want to have someone cheering for you while you work on an upcoming big bang or fannish bingo? Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

Anyone want to teach me how to vid? I’ve got Macs, and of course iMovie and a bunch of other video programs. I have been wanting a fanvid of Peter Burke set to “What A Man” for almost as long as I’ve been in the White Collar fandom. I’ve asked for it a few times, and no one will give it to me – which I completely understand.

Vidding is hard work.

So, if I want it, I’ll need to learn how to do it myself.

Teach me, please?

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Day 15 - Fandom Snowflake Challenge

Day 15

In your own space, share a favorite memory about fandom: the first time you got into fandom, the last time a fanwork touched your heart, crazy times with fellow fans (whether on-line or off-line), a lovely comment you’ve received or have left for someone. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

There is a lovely, lovely way to end the entire challenge. There is also a charming synchronicity about this final entry and my life at the very moment that it was posted.

On January 15, I was in a hotel room with six other wonderful women. Five of us had all met through White Collar fandom (in some way or another), and the sixth was a writer in the Grimm fandom. What was so wonderful about this meetup, and the one the year before, was that we had only known each other as user names, creators of admirable fanworks, but we were now RL friends.

Real people, wonderful people, not just a collection of stories and talents.

For a person who has had difficulty making and keeping friends, fandom has given me something precious and worthy.

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