Happy weekend. I saw your pirate info - was that for fun or because you were procrastinating for some reason? Big plans for the rest of the weekend? I was looking over your follower list. I find it interesting that only 2-3 of them were known to me. It’s interesting how big it is. How long have you been around here? And why did you join? What are some pluses and minuses that you find on here? -springformal pal
Happy weekend to you too.
Was writing the Pirate Masterpost that for fun or because you were procrastinating for some reason?
Ummmmm….It was more to be helpful? A few friends in a Discord chat needed some information on pirates for fic writing and I had a lot of notes on pirates in my Notes app on Mac for fic writing and I decided to compile it so people could use it and have an easier time writing their fics. I sent them a PDF but I decided to make a masterpost on here because I thought it would be a nice thing to do.
Granted, I am slightly procrastinating. I really want to put up the last chapter of small multi chapter sometime tonight or tomorrow. We will see if it works out.
Big plans for the rest of the weekend?
Ahahahahahahah, no. Aside from fic writing and watching Jessica Jones with my fiancé, I have no plans. I have a bit of a heavy cough going so I’m trying to put my health above everything for once. In the past month, I’ve been trying to be more health conscious and part of that is giving myself some TLC when needed.
Looking over your follower list. I find it interesting that only 2-3 of them were known to me. It’s interesting how big it is.
The list of people I follow or the list of people following me? I think you can only see the people I follow on mobile. Regardless, I wouldn’t necessarily say either is a long list. I follow exactly 140 people and 237 people follow me, which roughly half the amount of followers I had on the old blog before crazy shit happened…I won’t go into the details on that.
I think it is super unfortunate that you only knew 2-3 people on either list because there is so many fantastic people in the CS fandom and I have the pleasure of getting to know some of them, which blows my mind everyday. I do have a lot of beloved mutuals that I’m gonna shamelessly promote to you right now because if you don’t know them then you should. Like these people are my ride-or-dies, would or have met in real life, would send care packages to, trust them with my home address kinda people and I think they’re just absolutely wonderful - @welllpthisishappening, @katie-dub, @1handedpiratewithadrinkingprob, @awkwardnessandbaseball, @forestiyari, @justanotherwannabeclassic, @imhookedonaswan, @once-uponacaptain, @the-reason-to-sail-home, @hencethebravery, @peglegsjones, @shireness-says, @optomisticgirl, @stubble-sandwich, @wingedlioness, @winterbythesea and @lenfaz. I also had have had the fortunate experience to chat with these four ladies and I will stan/promote them shamelessly for the end of time and if you don’t follow them, I personally think you are making a grave, grave mistake - @initiala, @bleebug, @wellhellotragic and @cat-sophia.
How long have you been around here?
On tumblr? I originally joined tumblr in 2012 but deleted that in 2016 because I felt that tumblr was a distraction I didn’t need in my life if I wanted to focus on grad school. That lasted like….8 months, maybe a year and I decided to make a new blog and start afresh, especially because I had a new obsession. Old, old blog was as multifandom as this one is but it was more focused on Doctor Who, particularly on Nine/Rose.
I rejoined March of last year. I lurked around for a bit. However, that was on the old blog as mentioned previously. This current blog was made back in February. So, technically this blog has been around for less than a month but I’ve been active is March 1st, 2017.
However, if you mean as an active part of the CS fandom, I posted my first fic on April 17th, 2017 and since then I have posted 40+ fics/ficlets and about a collective 260k words. So, I kinda have been making up for my late arrival to the party.
And why did you join?
Real talk? Because I fell in love with the words of @welllpthisishappening‘s “You Play Ball Like a Girl” and I kinda wanted to stalk her because she and I have very similar sports opinions and I wanted to cry of the perfection that is Laura. Because I’m a fucking freak, I lurked and sent her anonymous messages about sports and shit before eventually talking to her and she’s even more amazing than I ever imagined. Legit, bitch is on the shortlist of my favorite people ever alongside my fiancé, my real life best friend, Derek Jeter and Sue Bird. I don’t think you understand how monumental it is that she’s on the list but she is. Which is why I send her things like a derpy blanket of Chris Krieder’s face.
I have issues.
And she knows this.
And still talks me.
She’s perfect.
What are some pluses and minuses that you find on here?
Pluses: The people. All the people listed prior are amazing and wonderful human beings and I wouldn’t trade any of the experiences and conversations I’ve had with them. They’re positively delightful and I would have never gotten the chance to meet them without being on tumblr. My internet friends are just important to me as my friends in real life and like I said before, I would ride or die for them.
Minuses: The drama. There is so much of it and I’m not a drama person. I don’t get a kick of it. I don’t understand it. Which is why I kinda just stay in my own lane. I’m here to read Captain Swan fanfiction, write shitty alternate realities where they are happy and have an absurd amount of children that isn’t even practical, make characters that no one aside from will never care about and just chat and be merry. I don’t like in-fighting. I don’t participate in it. I just kinda glance at it and move on with my life.