Snowflake challenge: 5, 6

[antuhsa]

Challenge 5: Interact with someone new

I've interacted with a few people in my fandom who were new to me, and joined a new Discord server. However, I feel like this challenge is a work in progress throughout the whole Snowflake challenge, so while I did the challenge, I'm not done with it yet.

Challenge 6: Make a list of things you wish existed in your fandom

It took me a while to think of something, because I'm actually quite happy with what's already there. The HP fandom is so big, and my favourite ship (Harry/Snape) is one of the most popular pairings in it, so I don't feel as if I truly miss anything. I can still think of a few things I'd like to see more of, however.

- More fannish arts and crafts, and I'd especially like to see more comics. I've only come across a few fancomics over the years, but I loved all of them, so definitely wouldn't mind seeing more!
- More rec lists! It seems as if long, detailed rec lists are a thing of the past, but I found them very helpful and used them extensively when I was new to my ship. I still use the old rec lists, but they only have older fics in them. Those older fics are still great, honestly, but I'd love to see rec lists with more recent fics too. 
- More fics that show why Snape/Harry absolutely wouldn't work, ever. It is a bit of a ridiculous ship after all, one that would never happen in canon, and I love it when writers acknowledge that. I've read a few fics in which Snape and Harry tried to make a relationship work, but had to break up because they discovered they weren't that compatible after all, or because Snape's feelings for Lilly got in the way, and I've devoured every single one of them. I can understand why it's a niche, because neither people who ship Snarry nor people who don't would be excited to write fics like that, but I still wish there were more. 

Comments

[antuhsa]

Sorry for my later response, I've been very busy recently and will be for a while :/. Either way, I'm very impressed by the amount of fics you've written! And all of them in English too! English isn't my native language either, so I know how hard it can be to write in it, which makes me extra impressed when another non-native speaker is able to use it so well.

Yay, I'm happy to hear we have a similar taste! Thanks so much for the rec. I'm looking forwards to reading your fic when I have a bit more time again! I've added it to my 'marked for later' list on AO3, so it will be right there when RL becomes a little less demanding. Take care!

[paulamcg]

Hello again! I postponed my further comment since I knew you’d continue to be busy. Meanwhile I’ve submitted my Golden Age fic and two fics for Remus Lupin Fest. And surprised myself by writing two small Snupin pieces (which you can find in my recent DW posts. But I'd love to see you on my AO3, too, someday!)

But now I’ve just thought about our conversation here, because while talking to delphi I suddenly started developing an idea of a DW community for bringing some of our fanwork and discussion on it right here to share.

(I’m linking to but also copying my suggestion.) https://paulamcg.dreamwidth.org/11230.html?thread=83678#cmt83678
I’m starting to get wild ideas. I don’t crave for a big community. Perhaps if there are ten or just five people who still write (also) HP fic and would like reciprocal reading and commenting, they could form a Minerva’s… no… All Owls’ Fic Club. A DW community where a member could post a (not too long, perhaps shorter than 6000-word, or 3000-word?) HP fic once a month, and there would be one or two fics every week for everyone to review and discuss in comments. The reviews could be copied and posted on AO3, too, if that’s where the writer preferred to collect all feedback. That would be closer to the interaction on my first fandom home, a small forum, where we read any genres and about any characters, than those LJ communities which were dedicated to particular characters or pairings. … Of course, some people could post and comment more seldom, and they could also post older work, anything that they’d still like to have feedback on, and if it’s a small, closed community, why not also snippets of longer WiPs so as to get concrit or ideas. Perhaps I’ll make a post about this soon.

Thank you for this, too: extra impressed when another non-native speaker is able to use it so well. Starting my Remus’s story in autumn 2003 made me into a fiction writer – in English, and since then I’ve actually not found it hard to use this language. I’ve felt that it’s perhaps an advantage that I’m aware of choosing my words with care and love, and of developing my individual fiction voice. And I’ve met several non-native speakers who stand out as excellent writers.