15 January 2015 @ 08:16 am
Snowflake Challenge 2015: Day 15  
Day 15: In your own space, create your own challenge. What’s something you want to see more people doing in fandom? Is there something fun you’ve tried that you think other people would enjoy if they gave it a go? Dare your friends to try it out, and have fun with it.

Okay, this is actually perfect! Because I thought of something a few days ago that I want more people to do, and now I have an excuse to ask ya'll to do it!

I'd love more people to make a fanfic likes/dislikes/preferences post. It's super helpful if anybody ever wanted to make you a secret amazing gift, but mostly I am just very nosy, and I find it so interesting seeing the likes we have in common and the ones that we don't!

If you are unsure of what I'm talking about, or are looking for some examples, [livejournal.com profile] birdsofshore has a lovely post here, or you can check out [livejournal.com profile] firethesound's post here.

I've been working on my own and it's been a lot of fun thinking about all the things I enjoy reading. So if you've been wanting to make one, but have been putting it off for some reason, now's your chance! Blame it on me! :D
 
 
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Tris Lawrence[personal profile] tryslora on January 15th, 2015 06:47 pm (UTC)
I have been trying to work on my own but have been failing miserably because I don't even know where to being. It's so overwhelming, and I honestly love so many things, but something that's "yes yes" for TW might be "eh" for HP, so I have to do everything multiple times. And that's not even looking at the fringe fandoms, or the fusions, or or or... gah. I really need to do it, it's just more than my brain is capable of looking at. I'm better with answering questions. *sighs*
gracerene[personal profile] gracerene on January 15th, 2015 07:03 pm (UTC)
It's definitely harder when you're in multiple fandoms! The one I've been working on is mostly HP specific, but a lot of my likes are pretty universal. It might be easier to do one that is general (like, for example, I'm a big fan of forced proximity trope across fandoms and pairings) and then sections that are fandom/pairing specific (like, I tend to enjoy MPREG in Sterek fics, but I usually don't love in HP).
Tris Lawrence[personal profile] tryslora on January 15th, 2015 07:34 pm (UTC)
Yeah, I've just been trying to figure out how to approach it, and I will forget a million things because I just don't think of tropes? It's like... I need a checklist? Also, there are pairings. And I'm sooo multi-pairing but I do have favorites and I have things that are nopes and some of my notps are really HARD notps but I will occasionally find something random that really works. So it gets confusing, I guess. It's just daunting, I guess, and I need to figure out a way to approach it so I can get it done and make it readable for other humans.
gracerene[personal profile] gracerene on January 15th, 2015 09:10 pm (UTC)
LOL, yeah, the organization is the toughest bit, especially for multi-fandom, multi-pairing shippers! But I believe in you! :D