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Snowflake Challenge Friending Meme
Feb. 2nd, 2021 10:57 pmSo now I find out there was a friending meme at the end of the Snowflake Challenge. I don't know if anyone will show up, but I will go have a look at the other people who left their info there to see who catches my eye. Meanwhile, here's mine.
Names I go by: I have a wallet name. You won't find it here. Right now, I'm trying on "out" names to see how they sit with me, and how they work.
Other Places I Can Be Found:
Livejournal: the dregs of my previous account are there as ng_moonmoth. I'm not logging on, even to delete what's left, or posting.
LGBT Slack: ngmoonmoth
Discord: #filkhaven, Nonbinary-support, Inclusive Yarn Community. All as ngmoonmoth
The fannish platform(s) I am most active on is/are: DW, Discord.
My main contribution(s) to fandom is/are: My main creative outlet is filk -- words mostly, but also music. I perform my own stuff, and some other people's things, too. I have been known to write things. Not much of that is fic; it's much more likely to be demifiction or meta or background material. Other things that I do because I think they are important to fandom are reading/listening, hosting filk circles at conventions, commenting. Also sponsoring: when I throw money at something, it's only somewhat in recognition of my own reaction. Mainly, I want other people to enjoy it, enough to spend money on doing so. I also view joining a convention as a form of sponsorship. Fans may be the engine of a successful convention, but money is the fuel -- and without fuel, the engine can't run.
Link(s) to my Masterlist(s): Don't have one. But if you want to know more about me, I have an "About Me" post pinned to my journal.
Fandom(s) I enjoy: Beyond what I categorize as comprehensive fandoms -- speculative fiction and filk -- I'm not really into specific things. There are works I enjoy, but my enjoyment does not translate into even being a part of, much less heavily involved with, the fandoms around that work. That's just who I am. And, if one were to get right down to it, apparently always have been. I knew of the fannish activities surrounding my comprehensive fandoms, but didn't care to engage until spouse encouraged me into it as something we could share. And still do.
Favorite people/characters in this/these fandom(s) are: From my dinner party post:
The type(s) of fanwork(s) I consume the most is/are: Words and music. Fic, demifiction, meta, background story, lyrics all count as words to me. They can all be interesting enough to get me engaged with them, and their creators.
Fanwork tropes/clichés I enjoy are: Not sure I have any. If a story gets into a pattern I've seen before, I probably won't enjoy it as much unless it has something new to say about it.
Non-fandom things I enjoy: I read a lot of stuff. Not all of it generates fandoms. I am a techincally capable and enthusiastic cook who will attempt foods from a wide range of cuisines and have a lot of fun. I knit. Especially in those last two categories, I enjoy hacking (in the original sense: taking the instructions as a starting point, and adapting them to suit the constraints of the intended application). I enjoy getting out on my bicycle and riding. I find games with a strategic component that is not readily exhausted always intriguing, and enjoy challenging myself against tough competition there.
I post/want to post mostly about: Occasional observations. Sometimes items that have sprouted from comment threads on other posts. Various one-shot memes. I'm starting to do other memes that might be more personally revealing than I care to leave lying around, or are at odds with the intent of this blog, under an opt-in filter.
One thing I am good at: Working my way out to the big picture. I want to know where I'm aiming to go before setting out, and have some idea of the challenges I might face on my way there, and how I might work out how to cope with the ones that arise.
Other things I want to share about myself: Spaces with "ngmoonmoth" or "ng_moonmoth" as my handle are where I get to work on my nonbinary identity. I am doing what I can to not let gender-marked things into those spaces, by way of strengthening my own identity and trying to explore how people will react to me with few or no cues from which they might presume my gender.
Names I go by: I have a wallet name. You won't find it here. Right now, I'm trying on "out" names to see how they sit with me, and how they work.
Other Places I Can Be Found:
Livejournal: the dregs of my previous account are there as ng_moonmoth. I'm not logging on, even to delete what's left, or posting.
LGBT Slack: ngmoonmoth
Discord: #filkhaven, Nonbinary-support, Inclusive Yarn Community. All as ngmoonmoth
The fannish platform(s) I am most active on is/are: DW, Discord.
My main contribution(s) to fandom is/are: My main creative outlet is filk -- words mostly, but also music. I perform my own stuff, and some other people's things, too. I have been known to write things. Not much of that is fic; it's much more likely to be demifiction or meta or background material. Other things that I do because I think they are important to fandom are reading/listening, hosting filk circles at conventions, commenting. Also sponsoring: when I throw money at something, it's only somewhat in recognition of my own reaction. Mainly, I want other people to enjoy it, enough to spend money on doing so. I also view joining a convention as a form of sponsorship. Fans may be the engine of a successful convention, but money is the fuel -- and without fuel, the engine can't run.
Link(s) to my Masterlist(s): Don't have one. But if you want to know more about me, I have an "About Me" post pinned to my journal.
Fandom(s) I enjoy: Beyond what I categorize as comprehensive fandoms -- speculative fiction and filk -- I'm not really into specific things. There are works I enjoy, but my enjoyment does not translate into even being a part of, much less heavily involved with, the fandoms around that work. That's just who I am. And, if one were to get right down to it, apparently always have been. I knew of the fannish activities surrounding my comprehensive fandoms, but didn't care to engage until spouse encouraged me into it as something we could share. And still do.
Favorite people/characters in this/these fandom(s) are: From my dinner party post:
- Charlie Stross and his Laundry Files creations Bob, Mo, Pinky, Brain, and Persephone.
- ysabetwordsmith and their creations from a number of storylines:
- Astin, Palmer, V, Spalling, and Backup (character descriptions here) from their Army of One storyline;
- Kenzie, Blair, Bobtail, Smoking Breath, and Blazing Grass from their Polychrome Heroics Iron Horses storyline;
- Captain Left and Captain Right from their Polychrome Heroics Kraken storyline;
- Salvo from their Polychrome Heroics Cuoio and Chiara storyline.
- CJ Cherryh and her creations Tully from the Chanur storyline, and Tabini-aiji and extended family plus Bren Cameron to translate, from the Foreigner storyline.
The type(s) of fanwork(s) I consume the most is/are: Words and music. Fic, demifiction, meta, background story, lyrics all count as words to me. They can all be interesting enough to get me engaged with them, and their creators.
Fanwork tropes/clichés I enjoy are: Not sure I have any. If a story gets into a pattern I've seen before, I probably won't enjoy it as much unless it has something new to say about it.
Non-fandom things I enjoy: I read a lot of stuff. Not all of it generates fandoms. I am a techincally capable and enthusiastic cook who will attempt foods from a wide range of cuisines and have a lot of fun. I knit. Especially in those last two categories, I enjoy hacking (in the original sense: taking the instructions as a starting point, and adapting them to suit the constraints of the intended application). I enjoy getting out on my bicycle and riding. I find games with a strategic component that is not readily exhausted always intriguing, and enjoy challenging myself against tough competition there.
I post/want to post mostly about: Occasional observations. Sometimes items that have sprouted from comment threads on other posts. Various one-shot memes. I'm starting to do other memes that might be more personally revealing than I care to leave lying around, or are at odds with the intent of this blog, under an opt-in filter.
One thing I am good at: Working my way out to the big picture. I want to know where I'm aiming to go before setting out, and have some idea of the challenges I might face on my way there, and how I might work out how to cope with the ones that arise.
Other things I want to share about myself: Spaces with "ngmoonmoth" or "ng_moonmoth" as my handle are where I get to work on my nonbinary identity. I am doing what I can to not let gender-marked things into those spaces, by way of strengthening my own identity and trying to explore how people will react to me with few or no cues from which they might presume my gender.
