Fandom Snowflake - Day 15

Day 15

Talk about why you participated in Snowflake &/or what you got out of it. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.


I'd participated in the first Fandom Snowflake Challenge, back in 2012, when I'd truly believed that my fandom, White Collar, could last until eternity, that there was no better and more far-reaching platform than LiveJournal (although I'd been posting from DW). I'd also just come through a health crisis and needed something to fill in the hours while I was recovering.

In the intervening years, I'd participated in the FS Challenge but more often than not, dropping out by the fifth or sixth day. When I'd migrated over to Tumblr, I tried doing it there, but it all seemed so pointless. Most everything that wasn't a political screed or a cute cat picture or a fannish reblog got utterly lost. So I'd given up and I'd let my Dreamwidth account languish (although I'd never stopped paying for it).

But then the December 17th Ridiculousness happened and I realized that I was wasting far too much time on something which had no emotional or fannish value, and that it was time to come home.

And so, for the first time in a very long time, I did the Fandom Snowflake Challenge, as a way to get back into the habit of blogging on an adult platform. In the two weeks I've been participating, I've added more friends to my circle than I can count. I've reconnected with people I'd lost touch with, and I've found a new resolve to bringing fandom back to a community based platform.

My deepest thanks to all of the mods for continuing the work that began in 2012 and making it better, more meaningful, more important than ever.

And to everyone I've connected with, let's keep the dialogue going.