Get-To-Know-Me: @caught-in-the-filter
We’re excited to introduce the authors and artists who will have signed up for this event! Stay tuned in September, and make sure to give them lots of love.
Tumblr/Ao3 handle: @caught-in-the-filter/caught_in_the_filter
How long have you been involved in fandom? I’ve been on tumblr since summer 2014 but I don’t think I really got involved much until maybe 2015-2016.
What draws you to this event? To be honest? The fact that “90s grunge” was included in the promo post lol. I like that it promotes all time periods for a show that tends to lend itself most to regency-esque things with the nature of life in the EF. (Not that I don’t love those too because I do, and not that there isn’t plenty of other wonderful content because there is, we have an amazingly creative and talented fandom. I think it mostly just prompted *me* to do something decade-focused that I might not otherwise think to do which is neat, and I look forward to seeing what everyone creates.)
Do you have a favorite historical period to learn or read about? I’m not sure if a have a particular favorite. Like there are a lot of bits and pieces I like from different periods but not one specific time I’ll just sit down and research. (Partly because I just don’t focus well doing that. I was always more of a math and fiction kid than a names and dates kid; my memory is horrible.) And for the most part, my favorites that I can separate by decade is just the music. At least for the event though, I have the late 1990s/early 2000s nostalgia, and a bit of secondhand 1980s nostalgia from growing up with my mom’s music and movies, so I’m planning to do something within those. And ngl, more often than not lately, you’d see me with a tattoo choker and a side ponytail.
Why do you like historical fics? It’s like getting to time travel with my favorite characters from the comfort and safety of my home. What’s not to love?
What is the inspiration behind your story? I know I’m gonna make an aesthetic/moodboard of some sort, but I’m not totally sure what time period I’ll be working with yet, though I have some ideas. It’ll most likely be something within 1980s-early 2000s. I might use the Neon Trees song “1983” as inspiration, or Stranger Things, or things I remember from the ‘90s-‘00s, or maybe even pulling inspiration from a DCOM. Snow White’s daughter with butterfly clips! Or lil CS meeting at a Harry Potter book midnight release. Or older CS in ‘80s neon and black leather. As I’m typing this I’m thinking too, what if Regina created Storybrooke like the Footloose town so Emma couldn’t use the song in her heart? (And maybe her song is “I Need a Hero!” lol) There are so many possibilities, so a lot of it depends on what photos I find to work from for the edit.
We’re thrilled to welcome a second artist, @caught-in-the-filter! Whatever idea she settles on, she’s making sure we’ve got a full stretch of history to choose from. Fantastic!
Her piece will be dropping on Friday, September 24th.