My Fandom Flavor Profile
Fannish History
I've been participating in fannish behaviors for, quite literally, as long as I can remember, before I even knew there was a word for what I was doing. I suspect that this is largely thanks to my autism spectrum disorder, which has always had a tendency to fixate on fiction. The first fandom I was particularly avid in my fannish behaviors for was Pokemon, which is now my current OTF (one true fandom). When I began to use the internet at a young age, it was mostly to watch Pokemon fanvids. I first wrote fanfiction for Pokemon, as well, but I became a reader of it too with my entrance into the Legend of Zelda fandom.
Back then, I was disallowed from actually having any accounts online. So the first fandom I was able to actively participate in was Steven Universe around 2013 – a show which I still hold very close to my heart, even if I am not as active in the fandom anymore. I initially joined Tumblr in order to take part in fannish discussion as it aired, primarily due to Peridot's currently-ongoing character arc. (This Tumblr account was deleted by my mother years ago.)
As-of today, generally speaking, I have a tendency to mostly gravitate towards video game fandoms. I primarily focus on M/M and gen relationships (though I do have a hefty handful of F/F and nonbinary ships too), and my fanworks are prone to themes of queerness, disability and mental health. I mostly engage with fandom via fanart and fanfiction, but I do other things, as well, such as:
- Contributing to fanzines
- Joining exchanges
- Organizing both of the above
- Beta-reading fics
- Building digital shrines on my site
- Collating screenshots
- Creating animatics
- Curating fic recs
- Curating playlists
- Donating buttons to fanlistings
- Editing images (icons, headers, moodboards, gifsets and other graphics)
- Editing videos (fanvids / AMVs)
- Editing wikis
- Making fandom-inspired kandi bracelets
- Making PowerPoints to indoctrinate my friends
- Writing meta
Flavor Profile
Stories:
I am a shameless wearer of favorite-character-goggles. While I do have favorite types of stories (character-driven), and stories that I try to avoid (ones originating from gacha games), I will ultimately get into just about any genre, setting or format if a character catches my fancy strong enough. I still find myself being drawn to video games, as well as other forms of interactive storytelling, the most, though.
Characters:
- Aggression to hide a soft and/or damaged heart
- Antiheroes terrified of being alone/abandoned
- Disabled characters
- GNC characters
- Nonhumans
- Queer characters with internalized homophobia
- Religious motifs
- Repressed characters
- Shapeshifters
Dynamics:
- Cannibalism as a metaphor for desire
- Child abused by their previous parent and their new caretaker/family
- Doomed love
- Friends to enemies to lovers
- M/F platonic soulmates
- Out trans man x MTNB egg about to have the realization of a lifetime
- Romantic obsession
- Savior x condemned
Individuals
Current Brainrot:
Sora/Riku (Kingdom Hearts)
Active Fandoms:
- Cookie Run
- Delicious in Dungeon
- Great God Grove
- In Stars and Time
- Kingdom Hearts
- MILGRAM
- Pokémon
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Splatoon
- Undertale / Deltarune
- Vocaloid
Fave Ships:
- Bede/Hop (Pokémon)
- Ivan/Till (Alien Stage)
- Isabeau/Siffrin (In Stars and Time)
- Pearl/Marina (Splatoon)
- Rody/Vincent (Dead Plate)
- Sal/Travis (Sally Face)
- Shadow Milk Cookie/Pure Vanilla Cookie (Cookie Run)
- Sun Wukong/Macaque (LEGO Monkie Kid)
Fave Platonic Ships:
- Amane & Fuuta (MILGRAM)
- Callie & Marie (Splatoon)
- Chara & Asriel (Undertale)
- Hershel & Luke (Professor Layton)
- Mei & MK (LEGO Monkie Kid)
- Opal & Bede (Pokémon)
Fave Characters Not Otherwise Mentioned:
- Haruka (MILGRAM)
- Muu (MILGRAM)
- Shadow (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Teto (UTAU)
Fan Activity
Chef's Specialties:
- Character studies
- Fanart
- Fanfic
- Gen
- M/M (often headcanoned as M/NB)
- Meta (especially about a character's mental health)
- Themes of queerness, mental health and disability
Fave Fandom Tropes:
- Found families
- Hanahaki disease
- Hurt/comfort
- Mutual pining
- Unconventional formats
LandminesLandmine is a term used by Japanese fans to describe squicks or NOTPs. These can include sensitive topics that are covered by trigger warnings in English-speaking fandom ... Users may list their landmines in their bio or a Carrd-like site such as twpf, and if they have especially strong preferences, they may block other users to avoid discomfort. Fanlore:
- Acting like which character tops and bottoms effects the whole relationship or is determined by personality – similarly, pretending that switches don't exist
- Fujoshi culture
- Genderbend
- Incestuous and pedophilic ships
