Fandom Snowflake Challenge #5

[tjs_whatnot]

Challenge 5:

Ugh. What ideas do I have that I have neither the time/energy or talent to do? Um… all of them? Seriously, I barely have time to fall in love with things anymore. And when I do. They just live in my head, having shenanigans in my imagination as I try to continue their story, or give them moments in canon, but it remains there in my head.

Every once in a while, I think maybe I need to find a different medium, that I can get my creativity kick by doing podfics, or fanmixes, and sometimes that works--fanmixes are always a good time. But, most times, it is more frustrating to try something new than it would be to just FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, WRITE SOMETHING ALREADY JFC! Like, why did I think learning how to podfic would be the answer to my creative slump? Because it didn’t require me to come up with the ideas or to write them down? Coming up with the ideas is my favorite thing, and learning how to record and edit and all the other bells and whistles of pod-ficcing is more work than actually sitting down and writing. Who knew?

So, I craft. It’s not strictly fandomy, not really. But I geek it out best I can. I started a community of geeky crafters that ran 4 years of fests that were lovely. But, we decided to give ourselves a break on fests and are looking to see how else we can charge each other up to craft more and contribute any way we can on the culture of geekiness--or whatever. I’m learning new things, falling in love with new mediums and getting to think of my fandom loves as I curse at my cricut, or twirl paper into meditative patterns.

But writing will always be there. And reading, OMG, the only thing I want to do more than start writing fic again is start reading fic again. ALL THE FIC! Stories will always be my drug of choice. Stories are why I’m here to start with after all, right?

Comments

[lilalanor]

Crafts are lovely and can definitely be fannish (ask me about my LOTR themed bullet journalling etc and also the shawl I want to knit one day that is definitely LOTR themed…)

[writedragon]

OOh. Tell us about your LOTR themed bullet journaling please. That is the coolest idea. I'm setting up a new journal for the year and the idea of giving it a fannish twist had never occurred to me and I love the notion. It might just motivate me to get it going again.

[lilalanor]

I’ve done a whole Gondolin themed monthly spread! Actually I’ve done a whole Hobbiton one as well - also Tolkien Lettering. It’s a really delightful thing to explore because you can do the whole journal or just some of it (right now I’m working on a Rivendell drawing for next years theme)

[writedragon]

I think my brain just exploded. I'm gonna fandom the !@#$% out of my next journal. Thank you for the idea!

[tjs_whatnot]

That is so cool! ♥

[tjs_whatnot]

Yes! They can, can't they. I actually really love fannish crafts because they're so ~personal~ and more meaningful. My sister made me coasters and a facemask from the BBC show Miranda that I introduced her to and she loved almost as much as me. Someone else crocheting me one of Miranda's "Veggie Pals" that is so very unique and dear to me. I used to do a geeky craft exchange and got so many great geeky things. ♥ ♥