Friday open thread: beloved fannish events
Feb. 2nd, 2024 04:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dolorosa_12I'm back for another Friday open thread, the first one this year that isn't a borrowed ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
snowflake_challenge prompt. The prompt is:
What are some of your favourite regularly occurring fannish events?
These could be things like exchanges or fests, but they also could be in-person events such as conventions, personal fannish goal-setting events (e.g. comms in which people pledge to write a certain number of words in the year, themed events in a Dreamwidth comm or on other online platforms), or anything else you wish. My only specifications for this question are that a) the event needs to recur, rather than being a one off; and b) the event needs to involve other people, rather than being a solo affair (but participating in e.g. December Talking Meme in your own blog counts as a shared event, since you're writing responses to others' prompts).
My answer to this changes all the time, but I think at the moment my favourite regular events definitely includeonce_upon_fic (a fic exchange for canons based on fairytales, mythology, folklore, urban legends and nursery rhymes — I've received some amazing gifts, the fact that all canons in the tagset need to have a version available for free online makes it really accessible, and generally the whole thing has a great atmosphere), fandomtrees (a really good-natured fest with generous participants that falls at exactly the right time of year to raise the spirits in what can otherwise be a bit of a dark and gloomy period), and Yuletide (which generally is a great creative spark for me and has helped me write things which still get a steady trickle of kudos and comments many years later, plus some really incredible pieces of writing have been given to me as gifts over the years).
However, I'm really developing a soft spot forhalfamoon, which is filling my Dreamwidth feed with so many works about women and fictional female characters. My primary fannish focus has always been female characters (whether in the original material, or m/f, f/f or female character centric gen in fic), so this fest is definitely designed to appeal to me!
I know it's not everyone's thing, but I also really appreciate the annual holiday love meme, because it always comes around at a time of year when I tend to feel exhausted and emotionally fragile, and the lovely anonymous comments I get always warm my heart and lift my spirits.
My most missed annual fannish event is definitelynightonficmountain, which was a rare fandoms exchange (with similar rules to Yuletide) that took place in the middle of the year. All my fandoms are fandoms of one, so having another annual exchange with this focus was wonderful for me, and it's a shame it doesn't run any more. (I imagine moderating it was very difficult, since it's hard enough to match people in a big rare fandoms exchange like Yuletide, and this one had a much smaller number of participants.)
What are your answers?
snowflake_challenge prompt. The prompt is: What are some of your favourite regularly occurring fannish events?
These could be things like exchanges or fests, but they also could be in-person events such as conventions, personal fannish goal-setting events (e.g. comms in which people pledge to write a certain number of words in the year, themed events in a Dreamwidth comm or on other online platforms), or anything else you wish. My only specifications for this question are that a) the event needs to recur, rather than being a one off; and b) the event needs to involve other people, rather than being a solo affair (but participating in e.g. December Talking Meme in your own blog counts as a shared event, since you're writing responses to others' prompts).
My answer to this changes all the time, but I think at the moment my favourite regular events definitely include
once_upon_fic (a fic exchange for canons based on fairytales, mythology, folklore, urban legends and nursery rhymes — I've received some amazing gifts, the fact that all canons in the tagset need to have a version available for free online makes it really accessible, and generally the whole thing has a great atmosphere), fandomtrees (a really good-natured fest with generous participants that falls at exactly the right time of year to raise the spirits in what can otherwise be a bit of a dark and gloomy period), and Yuletide (which generally is a great creative spark for me and has helped me write things which still get a steady trickle of kudos and comments many years later, plus some really incredible pieces of writing have been given to me as gifts over the years). However, I'm really developing a soft spot for
halfamoon, which is filling my Dreamwidth feed with so many works about women and fictional female characters. My primary fannish focus has always been female characters (whether in the original material, or m/f, f/f or female character centric gen in fic), so this fest is definitely designed to appeal to me!I know it's not everyone's thing, but I also really appreciate the annual holiday love meme, because it always comes around at a time of year when I tend to feel exhausted and emotionally fragile, and the lovely anonymous comments I get always warm my heart and lift my spirits.
My most missed annual fannish event is definitely
nightonficmountain, which was a rare fandoms exchange (with similar rules to Yuletide) that took place in the middle of the year. All my fandoms are fandoms of one, so having another annual exchange with this focus was wonderful for me, and it's a shame it doesn't run any more. (I imagine moderating it was very difficult, since it's hard enough to match people in a big rare fandoms exchange like Yuletide, and this one had a much smaller number of participants.)What are your answers?