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Fanfic writers are like crows. If you give them treats (comments) they will bring you shiny things (fanfic)
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This piece was originally drawn for the JP audio drama's 2023 illustration contest of which I was one of the third prize winners. MDZS's French publisher asked to include it with volume 3 of the French edition, so I made a few edits for them and that is the version you see here.
(You can see my other guest contributions to the French edition of MDZS by browsing this tag.)
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15 questions for 15 friends
I got tagged by @descaladumidera; thank you so much! 💜
Are you named after anyone? - No! My mom liked the name and so I got it.
When was the last time you cried? - Today. Just like every day these days. Damn, that sounds depressing but I've gotten used to it.
Do you have kids? - Sadly, no.
What sport do you play/have you played? - I did. A very long time ago. It's no fun for me.
Do you use sarcasm? - Constantly.
What's the first thing you notice about other people? - I really can't say??
What's your eye color? - Grey mixed with green with some hints of blue, depending on the light.
Scary movies or happy endings? - I don't like scary movies and actively look for a happy ending tag on long fics. Give me all that happily ever after!
Any talents? - I'm pretty good with words. And very talented at reading and sleeping.
Where were you born? - A hospital! (In Austria.)
What are your hobbies? - Reading. Sleeping. Making lists for useless things.
Do you have any pets? - Not anymore. I used to have chinchillas, but it's been a while.
How tall are you? - My passport says 162 cm but I'm pretty sure I've shrunk a little bit over the last ~10 years. Maybe 160, if I'm lucky?
Favorite subject in school? - History!
Dream job? - Retirement. Seriously. My current job is more than okay with great colleagues, but I'm only doing this because I have to afford life.
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You keep talking about the origins of AO3 as this group effort by an actual group of people who were friends and who spent time discussing this with each other in person. It's kind of blowing my mind. Is there a post or a journal somewhere that specifically keeps record of this?
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I'm dying.
Nonnie, seriously?
No, that's mean, I know you're serious. It's just flabbergasting how much fandom has expanded and how much there isn't a direct link to the past.
Astolat and Cesperanza floated the idea at Vividcon and various places, I think, though I wasn't going to cons in that era. We were all on LJ in those days, and Astolat made a big post nailing her theses to the door. Discussion in the comments was instant and prolonged.
A LJ com was set up to discuss. It was later renamed to otw_news, but if you go all the way back to the beginning, you can see brainstorming mess instead of official news posts.
Fanlore page linking to Astolat's post and giving a little context.
Early brainstorming: https://otw-news.livejournal.com/2007/05/
For example, here I am collecting links to older archives to look at for research when designing AO3.
Fun fact, we never intended to call it AO3. There was a whole call for name suggestions, but nothing was as evocative as astolat's original post title referencing Virginia Woolf. (For those who haven't thought about it, AO3's name is a reference to A Room of One's Own.)
Here's the name discussion
Here's the poll that came out of it
But also notice how many people voted: 562.
That's how many people cared at the time: a few hundred. Maybe a thousand if you count lurkers, but frankly, that community was not as lurkery as now. It wasn't just ten friends. It was a community effort. But what "our" community looked like at the time was vastly different. It was six degrees of Kevin Bacon astolat, not a vast sea of strangers like fic fandom on AO3 is now.
Here's an early post suggesting we ban the under 18s from the site entirely. Pity we didn't do so, given the rise of antis.
Here's the invite to a fundraising party at astolat's in NYC that following Halloween. I dressed as Amanda from Highlander, not very well.
You can tell we knew each other by looking at those comments on astolat's initial post. You can also tell how discussion-based that part of fandom was back in 2007.
The way my tumblr is now with a ton of text, back and forth, and hopping around between threads of conversation, all featuring a consistent set of faces, is very much like LJ. Most of tumblr is not.
#i started out in highlander but read a bit of due south and sentinel#because it was the same authors#and i was jumping from rec page to rec pages#then there was sga which was just an amazing time with many of the same names#twice or so i got a kudo from someone i read back then#and my mind is blown that people whose words i adored back then now read mine#people from a time when my english was barely good enough to read but not to communicate#then i think wow they've been in fandom for a looooooong time#and the i realize they might have been here for a couple of years more but i've been here for a very long time by now as well
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What actually happened before WWX woke up in Cloud Recesses (totally canon).
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Apr 11 Zhu Yilong Studio: “Capturing the vitality of the passing of time; explore craftsmanship with Zhu Yilong and the beauty of time and life.”
Chopard global brand ambassador Zhu Yilong in Geneva.
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PHOENIX: Michael Biehn Archive is Moving to the AO3
PHOENIX: Michael Biehn Archive, a multifandom fanworks archive focusing on characters played by the actor Michael Biehn, is being imported to AO3. If you've used the archive before, read more at https://otw-news.org/3bp2vm7c
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#i spent countless days on this archive when i was in my mag7 phase#good to see that it'll be preserved
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Novel WWX: Since reincarnating in Mo Xuanyu's body, I'm not as high on the eligible bachelor's list.
Donghua WWX: Yeah, Mo Xuanyu isn't nearly as handsome, but I'm still pretty cute in this body.
Manhua WWX: I do miss being tall though.
Live action WWX: What are you guys talking about?
Part 2
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🔹Crazy puppy Mo Ran
💕 Pls do not re-upload or use my art
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tiktok is such an awful app, it's almost designed to feed you misinformation and expose you to insane discourse. unlike beloved tumblr, the app that feeds me misinformation and exposes me to insane discourse
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