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Challenge #13, #14 and #15

2021-02-01T00:58:42Z

Challenge #13

In your own space, tell us about 3 fandom resources you use or enjoy. (One or two is fine, especially if you're in a smaller fandom!) Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

1) Livejournal. Definitely my friends here. They are great resources for fandom, known and unknown.
2) Wiki. I am constantly looking up things on wiki, mainly historical facts concerning my Tudor obsession.
3) Imdb. For as long as I can remember I used that site when checking out the works of actors that have caught my eye.

Challenge #14

In your own space, remix an existing work into a new media, and/or rec three or more remixes that do the same. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

Since I am kinda out of the loop with fandom, I am not really sure on this one. I do like watching fanvid, especially when they use really good music. I used to have so many favorites. I went in search of a few from some of my fandoms and came up with these three.

Richard and Anne from The White Queen || if our love's insanity, why are you my clarity?

Spock/Kirk/Khan || Immortals

Loki & Thor || Wake Me Up

Challenge #15

In your own space, Talk about Your Snowflake Experience. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

I took the challenge so that I would be pushed to post. It was fun but it made me realize that I am further removed from fandom than I thought. Hopefully I can get my love of fandom back. I am going to revisit my love of Star Trek tonight with a rewatch of Into the Darkness thanks to justjo2u. It's always fun to visit old fandoms especially if there are no new ones on the horizon yet.

Snowflake Challenge #7

2021-01-24T22:04:48Z

Sorry for the spam. Trying to catch up a bit with the challenges when I have the time.

In your own space, create your own challenge. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

Over at the community I have with stellar_raven we are running the LJ Book Bingo first quarter challenge. Anyone is welcome to join! ljbookbingo

Our first card:

Snowflake Challenge #6

2021-01-24T21:54:05Z

In your own space, rec at least three fanworks that you didn’t create. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

I don't really participate in fandom like I used to, so I am very behind on fanworks. Still even when I participated heavily I only really read works by justjo2u. Her LOTR poems still blow me away. If you are friends with her you can read my two favorite here: The White Tree and My Brother.

Also stellar_raven makes the most beautiful icons. You can find her icon journal here Icons by Jenn.

Snowflake Challenge #5

2021-01-23T19:33:46Z

In your own space, promote a canon/talk about a part of canon that you love. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

Whether it is to fix-it, honor it, or expand upon it, canon is why we are all here. So, let's celebrate canon today and talk about our favorites. Nostalgic, new, problematic, or forever canons are all welcome to be loved, dissected, and discussed. Have a favorite scene? A much-loved character? A much-maligned character? Just love the whole thing epically? Talk about it all or as little as you want!

I love how deep down no matter how badly things get, Thor and Loki love each other as only brothers can. All their scenes are better when they are sharing the screen. Thor wears his feelings on his biceped arms but Loki shows his through his eyes. You know they care deeply for each other even when they are on opposite sides. I hope we get more of them in the future.

Snowflake Challenge #4

2021-01-20T23:37:30Z

In your own space, create some goals. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

1. Respond more than react.

2. Accept things I cannot change.

3. Focus more on the good than the bad (think more positively than negatively)

4. Make more time for friends.

5. Grab joy wherever I can.

6. Stay caught up at LJ.

Snowflake Challenge #3

2021-01-17T02:40:24Z

Challenge #3: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

In your own space, tell us who, from one of your fandoms, would you most want to have dinner with (or tea, or a random afternoon visit), And why? This could be a creator, an actor, a costumer, a set designer, a director, a character, a composer, anybody! What would you talk about? What are you dying to know? Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

Being a child of the 80s, I loved Keanu before it was cool to love Keanu. I would love to sit down and chat with him. I met him at a Dogstar concert but couldn't really talk with him. His Dogstar concerts used to attract people from all walks of life and he was so sweet and humble with every single person. My husband and son even have man-crushes on him. I would love to find out how he does that. How can he be so open and nice after being in an industry such as his? I want to know his zen secrets.

Snowflake Challenge #1

2021-01-10T20:10:05Z

Challenge #1

In your own space, introduce yourself! Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

Starting this challenge late but I meant to do it and then decided not and now I think I will. *g*

Wasn't sure where to start so I followed spikedluv's format.

→ I am a wife and a mother to two kids, one in college and one graduating high school this year. I'm a Paralegal in a mid-Michigan firm. We have two dogs and two cats (all rescues) and six fish aquariums thanks to my daughter. She's going into fish biology (both fresh and salt water). We call our house the Zoo for obvious reasons.

→ I started my journal back in 2006 to enjoy fandom with my friends.

→ My health is pretty good except I need to lose weight and I have tinnitus that I am still trying to habituate to. So I am trying to find my joy and learning mindfulness practices in an attempt to alleviate any stress surrounding the constant sounds.

→ I have recently started watercolor painting. I suck but it's fun and I hope to keep it up. I have a friend that is getting me into cardmaking and stamps so I also hope to do more of that this year. I want to also start journaling regularly. I started old fashion letter writing with justjo2u. I love receiving her letters and writing and sending mine to her. It's so fun to slow down and do something the old fashion way. I would love to work on my handwriting and even maybe get a pen and quill. The art of handwriting is a beautiful form and I fear one that will soon be going away. My kids did not even learn cursive in school.

→ I love bees, daisies, Yankee candles, Bath & Body soap, cats, crafting, journals (even if I don't write in them I buy them).

→ Fandom has been my life since as long as I can remember. I started out exchanging BOP and TEEN BEAT magazines with my friends and then eventually expanded once the internet hit. My very first online fandom was one for Keanu Reeves' band Dogstar but it was an odd setup and I never really made friends. I really credit Wenham Wonderland with being my real honest to goodness online fandom. It was a forum for fans of David Wenham who played Faramir. I met my very first online friend justjo2u and we are still friends to this day. I miss that forum. In the beginning we really felt like a family. Then as interests changed and faded so did the people who were there. Sad. I don't even know if forums like that exist anymore so I've hung onto livejournal.

→ I don't really fandom like I used to. I don't have a current one I follow. I miss that so maybe one day I will find one. My biggest ones were The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars and Marvel.

→ Actor/Actresses - Right now I like Henry Cavill, Richard Armitage, Keanu Reeves, Ewan McGregor, Gal Gadot and others.

→ The tv shows I am current watching are The Crown, The Spanish Princess, The Witcher, The Boys, Ragnarok, The Mandalorian and others.

→ Tv shows/movies/books that I'm looking forward to in 2021: Loki, Wanda Vision, The Boys S3, The Witcher S2 and Obi Wan Kenobi (but I think that comes out in 2022.

→ Authors I follow: Karin Slaughter, Jenn McKinlay, Philippa Gregory and MANY others.

→ Video games: I am addicted to Animal Crossing. Would love to add some friends. My friend code is: SW 7289-9902-4882

If you want to know more, ask!

2018 LJ Book Bingo Master Post

2017-12-31T21:02:48Z

Here is my master post for 2018! Very excited to get started. I hope to finish more than last year!

2018 Book Bingo Rules Post
2018 Book Bingo Entrants Post
2018 Book Bingo Squares Post
2018 Book Bingo Squares Explained Post
2018 Book Bingo Report Your Bingo Here
2018 Book Bingo Sign-Up Post

Mystery/Crime - Girl in the Picture by Alexandra Monir
Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Paranormal/Urban Fantasy/Supernatural - Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
Published The Year You Were Born - The Dark on the Other Side by Barbara Michaels
One Word Title - Suspicion by Alexandra Monir
Children's Or YA Book - The Tudors: Kings, Queens, Scrobes & Ferrets

~~Fanfic Of At Least 100k Words~~ Wild Card 2 - Transylvania: Birthplace of Vampires by Robert Z. Cohen
Comic Or Graphic Novel - The Watchmen by writer Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons and colorist John Higgins
A Favorite Re-Read - Fantastic Beasts and where to Find Them by JK Rowling
Diverse Read - American Marriage by Tayari Jones
Recommended By A Friend, Family Member, Or Colleague - Just One Damned Thing After Another (The Chronicles of St Mary's Book #1) by Jodi Taylor

Published This Year - Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay
Non-Fiction - Best Castles by Peter Somerset Fry
Free Space - 13 Days of Midnight by Leo Hunt
A Romance - Be Buried in the Rain by Barbara Michaels
At Or Near The Bottom Of Your TBR List - Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris

Number or Color In The Title - The Final Six by Alexandra Monir
Animal On The Cover - Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
~~Script Or Screenplay~~ Wild Card 1 - Beautiful Creatures Manga (Graphic Novel) by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
TV Tie-In/Turned Into A TV Show - Reign: The Haunting by Lily Blake
Biography Or Autobiography - The Life and Times of Elizabeth I

Poetry Or Play - Consored on Final Approach by Phylis Ravel
Horror - The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
A Classic - The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
Never Judge A Book By It's Movie - Show White & The Huntsman by Lily Blake
Out of Your Comfort Zone - Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches by John Hodgman

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