Fandom Snowflake - Day One

[elrhiarhodan]

In your own space, talk about your Happy Place—the things that give you joy, calms you or keeps you sane.

The circle always closes...

I remember participating in the first Fandom Snowflake event, and quite a few thereafter, but I'd drifted away from it as my fandom locus moved to Tumblr. But now that I'm back on an adult blogging platform, I thought it would be a good (and healthy) way to re-establish the habit of posting regularly.

Once upon a time, I'd have said, without qualification, that fandom is my happy place, a place of loose and tight connections, where I can find like-minded people to discuss the things I love. But the migration away from a journal-focused platform made making those connections difficult. But I have persevered and forged some wonderful friendships, which have sustained me through difficult times.

But fandom, as a whole, doesn't fill me with the same level of joy it once did. Times change, fandoms change, people (myself, specifically) change, and so, what gives me happiness changes. At this moment (and perhaps always), it's the act of creation that gives me joy - whether it's writing or crafting or worldbuilding with friends - that's what has become my safe space, my haven from the world and its troubles.

(Note: first use of my Year: 2019 tag. Happy New Year everyone.)