I decided to collect all the memorable quotes/lines/lyrics/etc. that I have floating around in my harddrive here in one easily accessible place.

If you have anything to add, feel free.

In your own space, tell us about 3 creative/fannish resources, spaces, or communities you use or enjoy.

1.) Memory Alpha Star Trek wiki (and Memory Beta for non-canon stuff)- An invaluable resource for Star Trek fans who want their fics to be as accurate as possible. Memory Alpha's saved my ass a few times already.

2.) Google (or your favorite web search engine) - No, seriously.

3.) SuperWiki - The SPN fandom wiki, the fact they archive scripts/transcripts of episodes has been a godsend.

In your own space, add something to your fandom’s canon.

Years after Castiel's stint as the new God, there is still a small but dedicated cult Church of Castiel operating in a small rural community in Colorado. Some members of the church recall having mer Castiel briefly, when he was busy looking for sinners to smite, and one of them surreptitiously cut off a piece of his bloodstained trench coat, which the community now treats as a holy relic. The devoted await Castiel's return, in the hopes that he will take the true believers with him up to heaven.

In your own space, Scream Into the Void. Get it all out.

I had an entirely different rant and then it got overlong. So I'm going to swing a stick at this hornet's nest instead:

"Queerbait" lost all meaning when people started using it interchangeably with "this non-canon gay ship I ship isn't explicitly canon," "I don't understand what a slow burn is," or, my personal favorite, "queercoding."

QUEERBAIT IS A MARKETING TOOL!!! IT'S NOT QUEERBAIT JUST BECAUSE YOUR FAVORITE NON-CANON GAY SHIP ISN'T CANON!!!

(Also, might I add: REAL PEOPLE CAN'T QUEERBAIT YOU.)

I'm not screening comments but I'm not looking for arguments or debate here.

In your own space, write a promo, manifesto or primer for your fave character, ship or fandom.

I have a few I've already posted, which are hosted in various places:

There's Definitely Passion, Or On the Good Crackship Lollipop - José Iglesias/James McCann ship manifesto/crackpost [AO3-locked]

The Great Red Wings Primer of Doom, Part 1: Jimmy Howard - Jimmy Howard (hockey player) primer

The Great Red Wings Primer of Doom, Part 2: Chris Osgood - Chris Osgood (retired hockey player) primer

I meant to do more primers for the various players on the team, but they're really time-intensive and I never got around to doing them. Also, players tend to move around a lot and most of the guys I would have done primers for either switched teams or have retired since these were posted.

I don't have primers for current obsessions/fandoms/pairings, as I'm kind of bouncing between fandoms/ships at the moment and of the ships I'm currently hyperfixating on, I wouldn't consider myself knowledgable enough to do a manifesto/primer (although maybe I might come back to this post to throw a couple screenshots and some quotes (and an explanation/justification) for being interested in Andi/Miles(/Helen) from Glass Onion 😬😬😬😬😬).

I'm going to try and finish the Fandom Snowflake meme up! (And then get back to the myriad other memes I left hanging, whoops.)


Fandom is awesome and vast - made up of so many different fandoms, traditions and practices. Today's challenge is about exploring that.

Stretch yourself a little and try something new. Go play in a new fandom or with a new pairing. Try working in a new medium. Or check out some fanworks that are new to you.

I just started watching Game of Thrones in advance of the S8 premier and started checking out different pairings. I decided to make some Arya and Jon icons for this challenge.



Based on the gifsets, clips, and meta I osmosed through tumblr, it looks like they have an unbreakable sibling(ish) bond! You can choose to view these icons, much like the canon relationship, through gen or shippy goggles.

I forgot about the Fandom Snowflake meme. Whoops!


In your own space, create a list of at least three fannish things you'd love to receive, something you've wanted but were afraid to ask for - a fannish wish-list of sorts.

1. Podfic of my fic. I think it would be cool to receive podfic for my fic! I'm kind of interested in other people's interpretations of my words, but it's always felt vaguely egotistical to ask people to do it so I never have. I've had a couple fics podficced in the past and it was really cool and fascinating to hear how the podficcer interpreted things and how they expressed it.
   
   
2. A sports swap big bang. My friend blastellanos has talked about doing a sports swap AU big bang, wherein professional athletes are written to play a different sport. Like Mike Trout being a football player or Tom Brady playing hockey or Serena Williams being a golfer. I don't know if it will happen at this point but it's something I'm still interested in!
   
   
3. A sports RPF reverse bang. I don't know if there are enough active artists in the various sports fandoms (maybe hockey??) but a pan-sports reverse bang has always interested me! I'd love to run one or participate in one, someday.

I'm skipping Day 4 because I've kind of been continuously doing that since snickfic's friending meme!


Let’s face it, the internet is awesome! It has everything. EVERYTHING! We spend a lot of time on it and have found pickets of it that gives us life, that teaches us things, lets us communicate, to offer our experiences and knowledge, and yes, to argue. We all have our “places,” the sites we visit almost daily, the blogs we read religiously and the resources we check in on regularly.

In your own space, promote three communities, challenges, blogs, pages, Twitters, Tumblrs or platforms and explain why you love them.

I decided to promote three websites, and I'm going with three baseball research/analytics websites! These websites have been invaluable to me as both a profic and fanfic writer.

Baseball Reference: Baseball Ref is a quick, handy, and great resource for baseball fans. They have reams of stats on just about every player you can think of, as well as really specific search filters to narrow down your results.

Retrosheet: Retrosheet is amazing! It has box scores for MLB games dating back to the 1800s, including postseason! If a game was played, it's in there! It's a really good research tool and pretty easy to navigate. Retrosheet has saved my life more times than I count.

Fangraphs: Fangraphs, like Baseball Ref, is an easy-to-use baseball stats site. Fangraphs goes deeper than basic stats like batting average, RBIs, and ERA, telling you more about the "how" and "why" of a player's stats line than simple counting stats do. They also have podcasts, features, and blog posts. I might be a little biased because I write for them, but I would use the website even if I didn't write for them (and I have done so in the past).

In your own space, share a favorite piece of original canon (a TV episode, a song, a favorite interview, a book, a scene from a movie, etc) and explain why you love it so much.

I don't know if this technically counts, but since baseball is my main/biggest fandom and this is the most recent and interesting video I've watched:



If you're interested in baseball, I highly recommend watching this. It's really informative, as well as fun. I'm a big baseball nerd—and just a big nerd in general—so this video was like total catnip for me. I remember watching this game, and this inning in particular, and at the time I knew I was watching something pretty cool. It's kinda cool to get "confirmation" years later of just how special this particular half-inning of baseball was.

These could be your all-time favorites, fic that fit a certain theme, or the last three fic you read and loved.

I decided to rec three current WIPs that I'm actually reading. I usually stay faaaar away from WIPs, but these three works drew me right into their worlds and wouldn't let me go.

Light a Candle, Cast a Shadow by Rocket_Sith | Runaway plot bunny from a prompt where Ahsoka keeps her promise, stays with Vader, and gets in on his plans to overthrow Palpatine...but does so at the price of turning darkish herself. Vader's been using the Force to heal his body, but he only dares do so much while Palpatine's still around. Force Voodoo works in mysterious ways. | Anakin Skywalker & Ahsoka Tano, Anakin Skywalker/Ahsoka Tano, Ahsoka Tano & Darth Vader, Obi-Wan Kenobi & Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi & Darth Vader, Obi-Wan Kenobi & Ahsoka Tano, Darth Sidious & Anakin Skywalker, Darth Sidious & Darth Vader [Star Wars: The Clone Wars/Star Wars: Rebels] | Teen and Up

Perihelion by buppypotato | “I won’t leave you.” She can hear the tinge of panic in her voice and she forces herself to steady it. “Not this time.” Not ever again. | Ahsoka Tano/Darth Vader, Anakin Skywalker & Ahsoka Tano, Ahsoka Tano & Darth Vader, Anakin Skywalker/Ahsoka Tano [Star Wars: The Clone Wars/Star Wars: Rebels] | Mature

those kind of friends by gabrieeella | A series of late-night encounters force Jughead and Veronica to explore who they really are (and could be) to each other. | Jughead Jones & Veronica Lodge, Jughead Jones/Veronica Lodge [Riverdale] | Teen and Up

In your own space, talk about your Happy Place—the things that give you joy, calms you or keeps you sane.

My Happy Place is the ballpark: Comerica Park or Fifth-Third Field. I never feel as "at home" as I do when I'm at a ballgame. There's something about the atmosphere at a baseball game—the smell of hot dogs, roasted peanuts, grass, beer, the constant hum of conversation, the sound of a ball hitting a glove or a bat, all of it—that makes me feel comfortable and satisfied. No matter what's going on in my life, no matter how happy or sad I am, there's no place I'd rather be outside of being with my family.

I can remember about nine or ten years ago, when my grandfather died. I'd made plans with friends to go to a baseball game shortly before he died; after his death, I cancelled the plans because it didn't feel right to go out, and I was obviously devastated. A day before they were coming into town, the friends contacted me and checked on me to see if I was sure about not going. I changed my mind at the last minute, mostly out of guilt at leaving my friends hanging, but I didn't expect to enjoy myself and figured I'd be terrible company.

Naturally, I ended up being happy I went. It was good to get out of the house and away from all the grief and mourning. It also felt good to be around friends. The Tigers won on a walkoff homerun and I felt like I was instantly transported from depression, grief, and loss to unencumbered joy if only for a few hours. That experience is what I think about when I think about my Happy Place.