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@annabowles
A WEEK IN KYIV: what itâs actually like here. While Putin is busy in the east, I snuck in to visit my friend Yulia. Itâs a bit of a slog
Spoiler: there are frying pans.
AND There is a more polished version of the article here, but the hellsite won't let me link properly to that for some reason.
Meet Yan Harris
Rapids
Now longlisted for the 2022 Branford Boase award!
Specifically, I'm ex-Hachette and ex-Egmont (UK). You can find some reviews from individual clients on my website. The review is for up to 5,000 words.
Rapids is available from UKBookshop.org, Amazon and others.
I've created an Internet and Fandom Glossary It's mostly aimed at people who aren't familiar with this world, but it could also be entertaining to those who are. Especially if I've got anything RONG and you need to correct me...
This. Is. Just. Brilliant.
(But also highly entertaining and enjoyable!)
I've LMAO'ed so many times while reading it, asdfgh'kkk.
Despite being a FANDOM OLD (AF), I've learned so many new things from this glossary (or rather because of it? heh). Now I want to come to my (very Western CISHET MEN-centric) modern philosophy professor and suggest him using WANK interchangeably with DISCOURSE â would be more than appropriate on most occasions.
Also, I'm curious why DISASTER if often paired with 'bisexual'. Is it based on some benevolently biphobic vibes in the pop culture (like, a bi FAVE is always CHAOTIC*)? Or just because the majority of canon characters are STRAIGHTS, THE, and we, FEN, lovingly HEADCANON them as bi?
*my suggested addition to the glossary
I've been so fascinated by the examples used in the glossary, that I was ready to peek into the DUMPSTER FIRE of the #vickinghusbungs FANDOM. Imagine my surprise when I googled it. I guess I finally have to read Rapids to SQUEE for poor sods together with Yan (or is she too young to use this archaic term?).
TL;DR. Go read this glossary immediately, it's so good IâM SCREAMING.
Congratulations on your learning experience (!)
I think DISASTER BISEXUAL comes from the idea that bi people are flamboyant and adventurous, loud and enterprising, and therefore get themselves into messes in their relationship. As far as I remember I've only ever seen bi people use it of themselves, as a sort of half-joke. It's a reclamation of the stereotype that bi people are promiscuous.
Is CHAOTIC fandom- or internet-specific, though?
I'm sorry Yan's voyage to you was delayed; I should have sent her by separate enclosure as soon as she saw the light of day. She is however on her way to you.
Yan does use the word SQUEE, and it may mark her speech as a bit old-fashioned there. It's just such a useful word.
I've created an Internet and Fandom Glossary It's mostly aimed at people who aren't familiar with this world, but it could also be entertaining to those who are. Especially if I've got anything RONG and you need to correct me...
Specifically, I'm ex-Hachette and ex-Egmont (UK). You can find some reviews from individual clients on my website. The review is for up to 5,000 words.
Rapids is available from UKBookshop.org, Amazon and others.
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Meanwhile on Twitter... Actually I'm going to tidy this up and create a complete single document that can go here, but only once all three sections are complete. But it's coming out in bits first, so people can argue with it if they wish (do please go and argue with it, then I'll know what's wrong before I do the tidied-up version...)
Meet Yan Harris
Rapids
every day i am percievedâąïž
There is a reason for this though!
The original tweet summarizes it pretty well. Fanfic tends to be popular among certain types of neurodivergent people (aka people most likely to read excessively as a child, and have burnout as an adult) for the same reasons that we tend to hyperfixateâneurochemical signaling (I hope Iâm using that phrase correctly). What I mean is, for people who are really dependent on changes in dopamine/serotonin/neurotransmitter levels, who have low levels or wonky neural reward systems (perhaps the most common types of neurodivergence)âŠpeople like us rely on dependable external sources of those neurochemicals. In order to function, we spend a lot of our free time trying to level out our brain chemistry using things that can reliably bring us a steady stream of joyful moments (rewards) without costing too much of the mental effort that is already in short supply.Â
significantly:Â the investment of reading has to be balanced with a steady âreturn on investmentââand this return has to start fairly quickly. because again, we donât have a lot of attention/energy to invest on tiring things. we have perpetual âlow batteriesâ in that regard.
that doesnât mean these stories are âsimple,â or that they lack complexity or valueâonly that the reward has to come in short regular intervals, and it has to have a low âupfront cost.â these stories are only âeasyâ to read in the sense that the effort we put into them is rewarded in a timely manner. which is why fanfic stories are so perfectly formulated for neurodivergent readersâthey are often beautifully written, but skip a lot of the upfront costs (of introducing new characters, of world-building, of getting the audience emotionally connected to the story elements).
the nature of fanfiction is that the reader has a pre-existing relationship with this world and these characters. thatâcombined with the shorter average length of ficsâmeans that fan fics very quickly start rewarding the reader in a way that traditional fiction struggles to. thatâs not a bad thing! and maybe itâs something more traditionally published writers should be paying attention to.
Fanfic, as a genre, has been uniquely helpful and accessible to many neurodivergent readers who would otherwise struggle to immerse themselves in stories. Iâm glad so many of you have found a way to love and enjoy reading again! The important thing is that you are spending time inside stories you loveâthe way those stories are published or presented to the world is just one detail. The fact that you find joy in the process of reading (or listening!) to storiesâthat is what matters.
I feel understood đ„°
a bunch of people have reblogged this with the default âi feel called outâ reactionâŠ.and i know when we say that we mean it tongue-in-cheekâŠ.but this comment sorta blew my mind & shifted my perspective up and to the left a little thank youâ„
EXACTLY, there is way more than enough Anxiety, and Change, and New Stuff, and things i have to Adult about with all my brain, i donât need it in my entertainment too. itâs not entertaining.
Thatâs exactly me. I always thought⊠well, I always thought that 1) my ADD became worse as I grew older and 2) I simply stopped enjoying fiction - Iâve only been reading non-fiction for years (when Iâm not reading fics).
I also rarely listen to new music/new artists. I mostly stick to albums/artists I already know and love, have loved since childhood.
@biggest-gaudiest-patronuses
Again: shit
Tfw you cannot even with anything and you are not even in a fandom so if you tell anyone you know that you have a feel and you cannot even they will just look at you funny.
Things I have learned about Fandom.
Tips for beginners.
Iâm staring down my 9-year anniversary here on Tumblr, and I thought Iâd share some thoughts from that perspective. I discovered fandom (and Tumblr) when I was 41, so Iâve obviously never been a teenager online, but I think these are pretty universal for newcomers of any age.
Pick a name that doesnât reflect your current fandom, because the odds that you will move on in 1 or 5 or 10 years are very high, and changing your url often means that your old friends donât recognize you anymore.
Keep your friends! Your current fandom friends are going to migrate to different fandoms than you will. You will generally not be able to convince them to love your Next Hyperfixation. Learn to enjoy the eclectic oddness that your dash will eventually become.
Donât be afraid to move on. Fandom is Brownian Motion. You will drift from one space to another as the spirit moves you. Itâs okay. In the beginning, it can feel like a betrayal to leave a fandom, to start reblogging things your current friends arenât in to, to lose interest in their meta/writing/art, to change the feel of your dash. Itâs okay! Everyone does it, although some take months and others take years. Just let them know that your hyperfixation has changed, but your heart and friendship has not. Itâs that simple.
Be Kind. To everyone. You have no idea what theyâre going through or who they are. Try to not say anything to others that you wouldnât want aimed at yourself. (Youâre going to fuck this up. Everyone does. Give yourself some slack and remember to absorb the lesson, if thereâs one to be learned.)
You are going to stumble. Especially in todayâs hypercritical climate. You are going to say something that starts a fire. Just say sorry (if itâs warranted) and move on. Delete that post and take a break for a couple of weeks if it gets too hot. LEARN from it, but donât fixate on it. Make liberal use of tumblrâs Block feature.
Learn to recognize wank (âdiscourseâ). Know that if you jump in with your opinion, you will very likely become some rabid personâs target. So make that choice with your eyes open. Try to avoid black-and-white thinking (weâre right â> they must be demons). Itâs really not helpful.
Online stress is real. Online hurts are real hurts. So learn how to protect yourself. Curate your dash, block people and tags. Learn to recognize when tumblr thoughts follow you into your real life and affect your happiness. When that happens, take a break. Change the makeup of your dash.
Donât make assumptions. Your friend might be older or younger than you, might be from an entirely different culture. Itâs easy to assume everyone on the other side of your keyboard is a mirror image of you, with similar experiences. They very likely are not, so always tread lightly.
Guard your personal information. No one needs to know your real name! And probably, they donât need to know your age, either. Especially if youâre young. You are your url, and in a fandom community, that is enough.
Being part of a fandom community takes time and effort. You make friends by commenting, reblogging, encouraging others in their writing/art/meta/whatever. If you are a creator yourself, please donât be discouraged by a slow lift-off. That happens for everyone (except a lucky few).
It isnât necessary to make friends with the BNFs out there: make friends with other newbies. Your shared experiences will be stronger for that!
Have fun! And if you realize it isnât fun anymore, walk away. People take breaks from fandom all the time, and itâs still there when they return. Even if itâs been decades. đ
These are all excellent tips! And a lot of this stuff really isnât obvious when you first wander into fandom spaces.
One neat side effect of âKeep your friendsâ + âDonât be afraid to move onâ is that even if your friends from Fandom 1 arenât in Fandom 2, you may see them again in Fandom 3 or 4!
There is no feeling like getting an AO3 notification showing that your favorite writer from 2-3 fandoms ago is now in your new fandom. And not just writers, of course, friends in general! If you liked the same things once, thereâs a good chance eventually youâll like the same things again. Youâll find new fandoms because of what friends from old fandoms start reblogging, and people you havenât shared a fandom with in years will have their interest sparked by something you reblog.
Not always, of course, but again, thatâs okay. Theyâre still your friends, and maybe someday your fandoms will intersect again.
This is a very good reason to pick a name thatâs not fandom-specific, that you can keep both across different platforms and different fandoms. Iâm PG on tumblr, twitter, AO3, my podcast, discord, in person at cons, etc. If you see someone going by PorcupineGirl in a fandom space, even if itâs on a platform or in a fandom where you havenât run into me before, 95% chance itâs me. This makes it easy for friends from previous fandoms to find me or recognize me in new fandoms, easy for people who like my fic to find my social media and vice versa, all that good stuff. And nobody needs to know my real name because PG is my name in this space.
And then you go and write a 'real' novel and need a realname account on social media... don't do it, folks.
ebook?
Thanks to people who've followed this blog! Rapids will have an ebook in due course but the publisher decided to put the paperback out first.
Fingers crossed other publishers will buy the rights so it will become directly available in other countries, not just the UK.
This tumblr has just followed a bunch of people rather obviously in the hope that they will be interested and reblog.
As for why this is a new account out of nowhere rather than a battle-scarred archive of 10 years' vintage... let's just say there are streams that should not be crossed.
