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Fandom Snowflake Challenge #15

Introduction Post* Meet the Mods Post * Challenge #1 * Challenge #2 * Challenge #3 * Challenge #4 * Challenge #5 * Challenge #6 * Challenge #7 * Challenge #8 * Challenge #9 * Challenge #10 * Challenge #11 * Challenge #12 * Challenge #13 * Challenge #14 * Challenge #15

Remember that there is no official deadline, so feel free to join in at any time, or go back and do challenges you've missed.

It can be fun (or at least informative) to look back on the past year, and see how it fits together (or doesn't). In that spirit, we at Snowflake challenge are joining the rest of the Internet by once again borrowing the Spotify Wrapped! meme.

Challenge #15 Fandom Snowflake Challenge's 2023 Fandom Wrapped!    Your top 5 fandoms for 2023 were:    Your top 5 fandom spaces (Discord, Twitter, etc.) in 2023 were:    The top 5 things you did to contribute to fandom in 2023 were:    Your top 5 most appreciated fandom contributions were: Bonus questions:    Your fandom personality in 2023 was: (i.e. Fandom Eeyore, Twitter Refugee, Discord Party Animal, etc.)    In 2023, you discovered: (that you adore hockey RPF, but you hate the Liberty Mutual emu, etc.)    Your fandom home in 2023 was: (Bluesky, Mastodon, Middle Earth, lying in my bed, with a good book, etc.) Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

What qualifies something for a top five slot, you might be wondering? That's up to you.

Fandom contributions may include (but are not limited to) beta-reading, commenting, crafting, creating vids--watching vids--reccing vids, going to cons, organizing those cons, making icons, making bigger icons, playing games, creating games, recording podfic, listening to podfic, writing reviews, writing fic, etc., etc., etc.

You can explain your answers or post them without comment/context. As with the actual Spotify Wrapped!, the meaning of some of the questions is open to interpretation. Be creative. Be silly. Have fun with this.

(FYI. Did you know that people who aren't satisfied by their Spotify Wrapped! can make a fake version and post it instead? I didn't. Does that mean that Snowflake participants could post a fake Fandom Wrapped!, instead of just skipping this challenge? Or, maybe you could have your favorite characters write their own versions? Would that count for challenge #11, too? Maybe it would...)

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: On January 31st, we will post the First Annual Fandom Snowflake Wrap-Up Poll, where you will get the opportunity to give feedback on this year's challenges.

Check out the comments for all the awesome participants of the challenge and visit their journals/challenge responses to comment on their posts and cheer them on. (And because we were gifted with paid time for the month of January, you can search comments! So don’t forget to list the fandom(s) in your comment so people can search for it.)

And just as a reminder: this is a low pressure, fun challenge. If you aren't comfortable doing a particular challenge, then don't. We aren't keeping track of who does what.

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Awesome wishes!

@snowflakechallenge 3:

Create a wish list of fandom things (podfic, graphics, playlists, canon recs translations, research help, vids, sky's the limit!) that you'd like to receive. Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this Snowflake Challenge Dreamwidth post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

I'm mostly blanking on things I want that aren't on my fandomtrees wishlist (which has Emelan, Encanto, Miraculous Ladybug, and Yuri on Ice prompts) or holiday_wishes wishlist (though the only fannish bits there that aren't on the fandomtrees list are in the spending-money section).

But! The first chapter of starting right now I'll be strong and all chapters of Jeu des princesses avec les pommes d'or de la discorde, inscribed 'to the fairest', both canon-divergent Yuri on Ice fics, are told entirely through stuff the characters said on the internet. Notably on Instagram. Thing is I do not have either the art skills or the art commission money to illustrate most of those Instagram posts. So if I can't glue the Insta post together using canon screenshots, Wikimedia Commons, and Unsplash, then the Insta post has to stay text-only. (You can see in the second chapter of Jeu des princesses how well that's going. I do have two and a half of the images for the first chapter of starting right now—the first one, the Minami one, and the top half of the one where the bottom half is Yuuri stole Phichit's Pikachu hat—but comparing those two chapters may illustrate why I haven't added those images yet.)

So in addition to what's listed on fandomtrees—and I'm joining the chorus of Snowflake participants who want people to look over all those wishlists, or at least the ones with fewer than two gifts, and fill what you can—I am asking for fanart that's the image part of one or another of the Insta posts in one of those two fics.

And! fandomtrees doesn't do Creator's Choice of Fandom, which is valid, but does mean I had to leave this prompt off that list:

* exploration via historical documents, primary and secondary sources, etc., of canon characters/events and their effects on the local, regional, and global courses of history. this could be set a couple hundred years after canon and thus explore canon from a historian's perspective (social media posts could be both primary and secondary sources here, depending), or it could be set around, during, or before canon and explore characters who have been name-checked at most.

Also, the how to use CSS to make iOS messages look realistic guide by CodenameCarrot and La_Temperanza makes it seem like there should be a way to use background-image in the CSS from the how to use CSS to make vintage-2016 Instagram posts look realistic guide by gadaursan (with instIcon1 instIcon2 instIcon3 instead of instIcon, as well as instIconRight instHeart) so that those five little icons don't display when creator style is off. But so far all I seem to be achieving is making them not display when creator style is on, either. Send help?

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Fandom Snowflake Challenge #14

Introduction Post* Meet the Mods Post * Challenge #1 * Challenge #2 * Challenge #3 * Challenge #4 * Challenge #5 *Challenge #6 * Challenge #7 * Challenge #8 * Challenge #9 * Challenge 10 * Challenge 11 * Challenge 12 * Challenge 13*

Remember that there is no official deadline, so feel free to join in at any time, or go back and do challenges you've missed.

I love how Snowflake inspires fans to leave their comfort zones and fly away from the mother ship. Fic readers discover writing talents, soon to be followed by illustrating fics, even sketching doodles from their own stories to show all the in-between steps of Loki shapeshifting into a mare. (It's canon!) So today is the day to spread your wings.

Challenge #14 Try something new. Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

Do you read fic? Then how about writing a little 'missing moment' scene, such as the day after Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn describes his ever-eager Padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi as merely competent in Phantom Menace? Dip a toe into a community related to your interest to share insights, write a ship/fandom/character manifesto or just plain gab. If you listen to podcasts, explore one in a new fandom.

How about making icons or vids? Feeling fannish broadens horizons, so remix your own fic, bake that Death Star cake, crochet an awesome Kermit The Frog cap or write an unpopular character. You'll get creative juices flowing in cosplaying or planking to the tune of I'm Just Ken.

Extra added attraction: anything you do may be used for Challenge #11, Create A Fanwork!

As for me, I am a mod for the first time ever on the internet. *insert echo effect*

Check out the comments for all the awesome participants of the challenge and visit their journals/challenge responses to comment on their posts and cheer them on. (And because we were gifted with paid time for the month of January, you can search comments! So don’t forget to list the fandom(s) in your comment so people can search for it.)

And just as a reminder: this is a low pressure, fun challenge. If you aren't comfortable doing a particular challenge, then don't. We aren't keeping track of who does what.

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Pinned Post - About, Fandoms/Ships, Links, and Art Request Rules.

(for challenge #1 of the snowflake challenge!)

About & Links

Hello everyone! I'm a 25 year old queer individual (she/her) whose anime experience peaked in 2010s and as a result, I have yet to escape from a fandom called Katekyou Hitman Reborn. I am actually a moderator for and regular participant in the KHR Rare Pair Week, even!

In '20-'23 I got rather unhealthily obsessed with art, and I am currently recovering from the grind. This year I'll be participating in a challenge called "Get Your Words Out", where I decided to try and write 150k words this year!

You can find me at the following locations:

@vnkyoko - the occasional liveblog of visual novels when I remember I have this

@writer-haru - my writing resources / commentary blog. (feel free to send messages to this one, it's its own main blog!)

@artisticwitchery - harry potter sideblog.

and "kyokosasagawa" @ dreamwidth.

Fandoms & Ships

Katekyou Hitman Reborn - Major multishipper and open to many ships. My favorite characters are Fran, Mammon, Levi-a-than and Chrome.

Harry Potter - Multishipper. Primarily a fan of Pansy Parkinson.

Gatchaman Crowds - Hajime/Katze.

Houseki no Kuni - Welegato/Aechmea.

Genshin Impact - SIgnora/Lumine, Focalors/Neuvillete. Lumine multishipper.

Art Request Rules.

Because I do take these, sometimes.

I do not take art requests for fandoms other than those listed above.

I only draw OCs for friends.

Art requests are open unless otherwise stated, but I may or may not get to it depending on spoon/energy level.

I do not draw hateful imagery.

Let us get along well!

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Fandom Snowflake Challenge #13

Introduction Post* Meet the Mods Post * Challenge #1 * Challenge #2 * Challenge #3 * Challenge #4 * Challenge #5 *Challenge #6 * Challenge #7 * Challenge #8 * Challenge #9 * Challenge 10 * Challenge 11 * Challenge 12 *

Remember that there is no official deadline, so feel free to join in at any time, or go back and do challenges you've missed.

One of my favourite things about fandom is screaming, "Did you see that amazing thing?" to someone, and having them scream back at you (hopefully positively) that they have now! Sometimes, it's about the canon itself, but a lot of the time it's about fanworks our community has made. In that spirit, today is the day to sing the praises of our fellow fans' hard work and creativity (or shitposting instead of sleeping, one of those).

Challenge #13 Make a rec list! Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

You can include three or three hundred links to any kind of fanwork that strikes your fancy: art, crafts, fic, filk, gifsets, icons, layouts, manifestos, meta, multimedia mixes, picspams, playlists, podfic, vids & whatever else strikes you as having been pretty darn cool. Make the list themed if you like, or the last three things you made heart eyes over. Include fandoms big or small or only you and that one other person.

I totally encourage people to include a note of why they liked the thing, but linking to them with accompanying emoji and exclamation marks also works. (But please double check that if you're linking to LJ or DW, it's not to a locked post.)

Tip: When you post your link here, it helps to indicate what fandoms you're including in your list, so that other folk can find your recs more easily.

Check out the comments for all the awesome participants of the challenge and visit their journals/challenge responses to comment on their posts and cheer them on. (And because we were gifted with paid time for the month of January, you can search comments! So don’t forget to list the fandom(s) in your comment so people can search for it.)

And just as a reminder: this is a low pressure, fun challenge. If you aren't comfortable doing a particular challenge, then don't. We aren't keeping track of who does what.

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2024 Snowflake Challenge #3: Wishlist

Honestly, I feel embarrassed asking for things, but I'd really love just more fic for my current fave rare pairs:

1. Jade/Deuce and Floyd/Deuce in particular. I've written so much for both of them, but I'd love to see more works from other people.

2. Any other pairings featuring Deuce, even more classic ones like Adeuce (especially bottom Deuce, okay?)

Also on a non-fic side:

1. fanart is always appreciated

2. Icons for my rp journals? Some of them I'm satisfied with, but I'm also not very confident in my skills.

3. Make a playlist for any of my rare pairs or fics maybe? on a self-indulgent level? Which is fic-related, but I feel like I don't actually have a wide range of music I listen to, so I like getting to listen to new things.

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you know how last week @snowflakechallenge had us make a list of fandom stuff we'd like to see happen? well yesterday it was "create a fanwork" and

here's my take on "Machine Herald deals with Naph coming down with a cough", untitled little genfic that'll probably need editing later (aslo if someone else still wants to spin their own take on that prompre please please please please do so?)

Naph interrupts his work to cough into his sleeve. Again.

Everyone down there coughs now and then; it's a fact of life in Zaun. Everyone, even the chembarons who use breathing masks like the pilties they've all but became. The only exception is those who have entirely replaced their respiratory system as a last resort--being the only one to offer such services, the Machine Herald is well-aware of the fact, and there are not many of them. The air is cleaner now than it's been up to a decade ago, thanks to filters more performants, more numerous, better maintained. At least, the air less aggressive than it was, but it's still a far shout from clean. Infections are still common even if thankfully outright Sump Rot and Lung Blight are on the decrease.

Still. With Naph today it's happened already too much in too little time. More than the boy usually does. A persistent cough, coupled with glassy eyes and a slight slowness in his work... Viktor fires up a thermal sensor and checks: and there's a moderate fever. A minor infection then; no need to fret.

As he's suppressed his fear response he does not worry anyway, whatever the situation, only takes in facts and acts on them. But even if he still could worry there would be no cause here and now.

Naph tries to hide the affliction, of course. That's children of Zaun for you. They learn very young, way too young, to hide weakness. When asking for help goes unanswered, you rely on ourself only. Naph is no different. Viktor himself, so long ago, wasn't either. It doesn't mean that they should keep on that way.

Why does Viktor care about this one more than others? He cares about the nebulous concept of "the children of Zaun should live in better conditions". What makes this one different is that he's not afraid of him. Well... back when they first met he was afraid of The Machine Herald but willing to see for himself the rumors' basis and to learn more. And also, to get rid of his fear when it impeded him. Clever boy. That was a good start. Naph came back time and again. He does want to learn. And so... Viktor admits that he got used to his presence. Having no emotions he can't say that he enjoys sharing knowledge and encouraging learning. But it's logical to want to form apt minds to do the good work.

Also, he's built a sense of familiarity out of Naph. Even though he's only one out of many street urchins. Having no emotions, again, he's not afraid he'll die, he would not be upset should he die. Not more upset than at any other failure--every and any preventable death is a failure. So why would this one be worse? ...maybe because of the personal investment he's been making in his education, should it go to waste.

Still. This cough. It's not nothing but it's not dire. And it still needs adressing.

When Naph coughs again, Viktor puts a stop on whatever he was doing. "That's it. No workshop for you today." "What! But..." "I won't have you coughing all over this prototype, spray particules on delicate circuitry and mess up soldering whenever a fit interrupts you."

One could hold up a finger from any hand to emphasize a point and of course The Machine Herald does so with his freakng Hexclaw from extra emphasis. That's final.

Naph does not want to be sent home, that's obvious. Viktor never asked what home was for the boy, if home existed at all, if anyone will take care of him there. Naph is also afraid of being confined to bed, deemed uselss. Neither will happen. Viktor put a stop on the working and even the learning but prefers to keep him close as long as needed.

The bits he was tinkering with are swept away and replaced byt a hot drink--not sweetmilk this time but some nasty tea, heaped with honey that doesn't entirely mask its bitterness. A cold compress os offered--fever is the body's natural response against illness--Viktor is no medical doctor but opines it's better to let it run its course and to suppress it only if too high or gets too uncomfortable. There is no use in feeling crappy if one can help it after all, there's no glory in suffering--after all he offers time and again to anyone wulling to evolve past the possibilities of suffering!

So Naph has to rest even if he doesn't take well the idea of staying idle under his mentor's watchful eye. On different circumstances he would gladly take the oportunity to slack off... if there were no immediate consequences at least. But letting down The Machine Herald by not being up to... whatever expectations he had? There is no expectation on you, at least not today, except for you to get better. And that's out of your hands anyway. Defeated, Naph agrees he won't be able to do anything too hard. Light reading it is then, something that even looks merely recreational--yet Viktor assures him that no no there are history and life lessons in it and swears it is educational. That it's not slacking off.

Naph won't even ask how comes The Machine Herald ever got less-educational reading materials in the first place. After making faces at his tea however he finds the never to ask, "And so, you won't give a copper head for that?" "I won't." He will not give him even wire mesh lungs. At least not yet. Hopefully never. As he did on himself to replace his own failing lungs back in the days. Luckily Naph shouldn't need that. This is only a cold. And sure chest colds can get nasty, but it's not chem lung. (Not yet.) And even if, caught early there are ways to slow the progress down, and when it's progressed too far, to graft replacements. But with more luck, by the time Naph grows up chem lung won't even happen anymore?

"Now, we've had this conversation already and we can have it again when you're better ('cause he will get better--the odds are all in his favour) if you want me to give you copper-plated cranial augments..." Naph snorts, laughs, coughs again and laughs some more and manages to cut Viktor's speech short.

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Fandom Snowflake Challenge #5

Search in your current space, whether brick-and-mortar or digital. Post a picture (a link to a picture will be fine!) or description of something that is or represents:

1. Something your favorite character would like

(My favourite character is Jim Kirk, in case you couldn't guess.)

2. Something that makes you laugh

3. A fandom place you would like to visit

4. A fandom creator (pro or not) you'd like to meet

idk ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

5. Something you find comforting

Not to sound dramatic, I've only known this show for half a year but it already gives me a level of comfort only Kommissar Rex used to give me (see below).

6. Something from a favorite TV series or movie from your childhood

7. A piece of clothing you love

I got this Starfleet beanie for my birthday a while ago and I'm wearing it every time I leave the house, I love it so much.

8. A book or song with a color in the title

Ao no Sumika (Where our Blue is) by Tatsuya Kitani

9. Something only someone in your fandom would understand

Is it a JoJo reference? Yes. Yes, it usually is.

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LOVE! <3

you know how last week @snowflakechallenge had us make a list of fandom stuff we'd like to see happen? well yesterday it was "create a fanwork" and

here's my take on "Machine Herald deals with Naph coming down with a cough", untitled little genfic that'll probably need editing later (aslo if someone else still wants to spin their own take on that prompre please please please please do so?)

Naph interrupts his work to cough into his sleeve. Again.

Everyone down there coughs now and then; it's a fact of life in Zaun. Everyone, even the chembarons who use breathing masks like the pilties they've all but became. The only exception is those who have entirely replaced their respiratory system as a last resort--being the only one to offer such services, the Machine Herald is well-aware of the fact, and there are not many of them. The air is cleaner now than it's been up to a decade ago, thanks to filters more performants, more numerous, better maintained. At least, the air less aggressive than it was, but it's still a far shout from clean. Infections are still common even if thankfully outright Sump Rot and Lung Blight are on the decrease.

Still. With Naph today it's happened already too much in too little time. More than the boy usually does. A persistent cough, coupled with glassy eyes and a slight slowness in his work... Viktor fires up a thermal sensor and checks: and there's a moderate fever. A minor infection then; no need to fret.

As he's suppressed his fear response he does not worry anyway, whatever the situation, only takes in facts and acts on them. But even if he still could worry there would be no cause here and now.

Naph tries to hide the affliction, of course. That's children of Zaun for you. They learn very young, way too young, to hide weakness. When asking for help goes unanswered, you rely on ourself only. Naph is no different. Viktor himself, so long ago, wasn't either. It doesn't mean that they should keep on that way.

Why does Viktor care about this one more than others? He cares about the nebulous concept of "the children of Zaun should live in better conditions". What makes this one different is that he's not afraid of him. Well... back when they first met he was afraid of The Machine Herald but willing to see for himself the rumors' basis and to learn more. And also, to get rid of his fear when it impeded him. Clever boy. That was a good start. Naph came back time and again. He does want to learn. And so... Viktor admits that he got used to his presence. Having no emotions he can't say that he enjoys sharing knowledge and encouraging learning. But it's logical to want to form apt minds to do the good work.

Also, he's built a sense of familiarity out of Naph. Even though he's only one out of many street urchins. Having no emotions, again, he's not afraid he'll die, he would not be upset should he die. Not more upset than at any other failure--every and any preventable death is a failure. So why would this one be worse? ...maybe because of the personal investment he's been making in his education, should it go to waste.

Still. This cough. It's not nothing but it's not dire. And it still needs adressing.

When Naph coughs again, Viktor puts a stop on whatever he was doing. "That's it. No workshop for you today." "What! But..." "I won't have you coughing all over this prototype, spray particules on delicate circuitry and mess up soldering whenever a fit interrupts you."

One could hold up a finger from any hand to emphasize a point and of course The Machine Herald does so with his freakng Hexclaw from extra emphasis. That's final.

Naph does not want to be sent home, that's obvious. Viktor never asked what home was for the boy, if home existed at all, if anyone will take care of him there. Naph is also afraid of being confined to bed, deemed uselss. Neither will happen. Viktor put a stop on the working and even the learning but prefers to keep him close as long as needed.

The bits he was tinkering with are swept away and replaced byt a hot drink--not sweetmilk this time but some nasty tea, heaped with honey that doesn't entirely mask its bitterness. A cold compress os offered--fever is the body's natural response against illness--Viktor is no medical doctor but opines it's better to let it run its course and to suppress it only if too high or gets too uncomfortable. There is no use in feeling crappy if one can help it after all, there's no glory in suffering--after all he offers time and again to anyone wulling to evolve past the possibilities of suffering!

So Naph has to rest even if he doesn't take well the idea of staying idle under his mentor's watchful eye. On different circumstances he would gladly take the oportunity to slack off... if there were no immediate consequences at least. But letting down The Machine Herald by not being up to... whatever expectations he had? There is no expectation on you, at least not today, except for you to get better. And that's out of your hands anyway. Defeated, Naph agrees he won't be able to do anything too hard. Light reading it is then, something that even looks merely recreational--yet Viktor assures him that no no there are history and life lessons in it and swears it is educational. That it's not slacking off.

Naph won't even ask how comes The Machine Herald ever got less-educational reading materials in the first place. After making faces at his tea however he finds the never to ask, "And so, you won't give a copper head for that?" "I won't." He will not give him even wire mesh lungs. At least not yet. Hopefully never. As he did on himself to replace his own failing lungs back in the days. Luckily Naph shouldn't need that. This is only a cold. And sure chest colds can get nasty, but it's not chem lung. (Not yet.) And even if, caught early there are ways to slow the progress down, and when it's progressed too far, to graft replacements. But with more luck, by the time Naph grows up chem lung won't even happen anymore?

"Now, we've had this conversation already and we can have it again when you're better ('cause he will get better--the odds are all in his favour) if you want me to give you copper-plated cranial augments..." Naph snorts, laughs, coughs again and laughs some more and manages to cut Viktor's speech short.

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Fandom Snowflake Challenge #12

Introduction Post* Meet the Mods Post * Challenge #1 * Challenge #2 * Challenge #3 * Challenge #4 * Challenge #5 *Challenge #6 * Challenge #7 * Challenge #8 * Challenge #9 * Challenge 10 * Challenge 11 *

Remember that there is no official deadline, so feel free to join in at any time, or go back and do challenges you've missed.

Challenge #12 Tell Us about a Personal Win.

Share whatever wins you’re comfortable with telling us all about. Found a new fandom that makes you light up? One of your creations has earned more kudos than you dreamed of? Wins from life, new job, new school, new adventure? You have a couple of wins you want to celebrate, we want to hear about them. Share a win or two so we can cheer for you.

Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

Check out the comments for all the awesome participants of the challenge and visit their journals/challenge responses to comment on their posts and cheer them on. (And because we were gifted with paid time for the month of January, you can search comments! So don’t forget to list the fandom(s) in your comment so people can search for it.)

And just as a reminder: this is a low pressure, fun challenge. If you aren't comfortable doing a particular challenge, then don't. We aren't keeping track of who does what.

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Excellent!

2024 Snowflake Challenge #2 Goals

Some fannish goals for 2024 that I have:

1. Continue working on writing 200 words minimum a day. If I miss a day, it's easy enough to make up and more often than not I'll go a little over it. I've been using the word tracker from here

2. Actually post some fanfics again! I still love Twisted Wonderland a lot and want to keep writing even though I mostly write rare pairings. But I hope that people will still enjoy what I put out.

3. Complete my reading challenge on good reads! I fell a little short last year but I want to be consistent. I'm reading about fifteen minutes before bed, which helps a lot. I'm starting this year with The Lies of Locke Lamora, which is intimidating, but I'm almost at the 75% mark, so I feel like my consistency is rewarding me.

4. Tying in with that, I also want to read through part one of Trash of the Count's Family. Which… might take a while and I'm not including it in my bedtime reading routine because hooboy. But I'm excited.

5. I want to try to post at least once a week or more on here and Tumblr. I'm active on plurk, twitter, and bluesky, but miss regular blogging. Maybe I'll even interact with people one day!

6. Last of all, just being a bit more consistent when it comes to rp. I'm still wavering on whether or not I should app into a game, but I do like the short little threads I have right now.

On the real life end:

1. Keep up with working out! I've been doing it for about… five months straight. I'm doing lighter workouts this month since my back hates me but I've been really consistent and I love it.

2. Slow steps on healthy eating. Reasonable portion control for now and once I get that locked down, I'll decide on what to add in next.

3. Some budgeting. I've been trying out a low key version of the kakeibo method. I've realized I need to be a little more responsible. Especially when it comes to eating out/buying convenience store food. Which should help with my other goals.

4. Also I'm making a few little household/life organizing efforts like trying to be more prompt with emptying the dishwasher and folding my laundry. The latter will be hard though.

5. And maybe depending on what happens with my work situation in the next few days look for a new job (cries internally).

But that's all for now!

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Fandom Snowflake Challenge #11

Introduction Post* Meet the Mods Post * Challenge #1 * Challenge #2 * Challenge #3 * Challenge #4 * Challenge #5 *Challenge #6 * Challenge #7 * Challenge #8 * Challenge #9 * Challenge 10 *

Remember that there is no official deadline, so feel free to join in at any time, or go back and do challenges you've missed.

Creativity is good for body and soul. And fandom knows how to distill excitement, love and sheer joy through the creative process. We’ve seen this already in the passion projects and WiPs you shared in Challenge #8. There’s something magnificent – and frankly awe-inspiring – in how dedicated you can be to seeing your fannish visions to their completion.

I'd like to invite you to play. To stretch towards the unexpected or silly, perhaps. But to definitely celebrate the start of a year by making a shiny new Thing.

Challenge #11 In your own space, create a fanwork. Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

Now, a fanwork is anything that you, a fan, creates. Fic, icons, and filling sparkly requests from your fellow snowflakes’ wishlists absolutely fit the bill. But really, your creation can be anything! Draw something, paint something, compose an ode to your current favorite movie. Whittle something to represent your fandom from a bit of driftwood or model it in clay and matchsticks or legos! Whip up a song about your favorite trope or concoct an interpretive dance number for your OTP. Bake some cupcakes and decorate them in homage to your favorite TV show or author. The possibilities are endless. Whatever means of self-expression tickles your fancy right now, embrace it! But most of all - have fun!

Check out the comments for all the awesome participants of the challenge and visit their journals/challenge responses to comment on their posts and cheer them on. (And because we were gifted with paid time for the month of January, you can search comments! So don’t forget to list the fandom(s) in your comment so people can search for it.)

And just as a reminder: this is a low pressure, fun challenge. If you aren't comfortable doing a particular challenge, then don't. We aren't keeping track of who does what.

[snowflakechallenge]

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Pinned Post - About, Fandoms/Ships, Links, and Art Request Rules.

(for challenge #1 of the snowflake challenge!)

About & Links

Hello everyone! I'm a 25 year old queer individual (she/her) whose anime experience peaked in 2010s and as a result, I have yet to escape from a fandom called Katekyou Hitman Reborn. I am actually a moderator for and regular participant in the KHR Rare Pair Week, even!

In '20-'23 I got rather unhealthily obsessed with art, and I am currently recovering from the grind. This year I'll be participating in a challenge called "Get Your Words Out", where I decided to try and write 150k words this year!

You can find me at the following locations:

@vnkyoko - the occasional liveblog of visual novels when I remember I have this

@writer-haru - my writing resources / commentary blog. (feel free to send messages to this one, it's its own main blog!)

@artisticwitchery - harry potter sideblog.

and "kyokosasagawa" @ dreamwidth.

Fandoms & Ships

Katekyou Hitman Reborn - Major multishipper and open to many ships. My favorite characters are Fran, Mammon, Levi-a-than and Chrome.

Harry Potter - Multishipper. Primarily a fan of Pansy Parkinson.

Gatchaman Crowds - Hajime/Katze.

Houseki no Kuni - Welegato/Aechmea.

Genshin Impact - SIgnora/Lumine, Focalors/Neuvillete. Lumine multishipper.

Art Request Rules.

Because I do take these, sometimes.

I do not take art requests for fandoms other than those listed above.

I only draw OCs for friends.

Art requests are open unless otherwise stated, but I may or may not get to it depending on spoon/energy level.

I do not draw hateful imagery.

Let us get along well!

[snowflakechallenge]

Fandom Snowflake Challenge #10

Introduction Post* Meet the Mods Post * Challenge #1 * Challenge #2 * Challenge #3 * Challenge #4 * Challenge #5 *Challenge #6 * Challenge #7 * Challenge #8 * Challenge #9 *

Remember that there is no official deadline, so feel free to join in at any time, or go back and do challenges you've missed.

So according to the Choose Your Challenge poll, the Winner is…

Challenge #10 Five Things! The five things are totally up to you. Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

With the description of the challenge being: ”Choose Your Challenge: we will give you the challenge of making a list (who doesn't love lists?!?) and then you get to choose what list to make” this was the challenge that almost half of you voted for. Fine. Whatever. Do what you want. Kidding, kidding. I am not even slightly bitter that my fave got crushed.

But seriously, maybe you want to list your favorite 5 Friends episodes, or your Top 5 fandom friends, maybe you want to list all the Broadway shows you've seen or the 5 Times K-Pop fought global hunger. Go for it. This challenge is the epitome of You Do You (in 5-ish easy steps).

Check out the comments for all the awesome participants of the challenge and visit their journals/challenge responses to comment on their posts and cheer them on. (And because we were gifted with paid time for the month of January, you can search comments! So don’t forget to list the fandom(s) in your comment so people can search for it.)

And just as a reminder: this is a low pressure, fun challenge. If you aren't comfortable doing a particular challenge, then don't. We aren't keeping track of who does what.

[snowflakechallenge]

Pinned Post - About, Fandoms/Ships, Links, and Art Request Rules.

(for challenge #1 of the snowflake challenge!)

About & Links

Hello everyone! I'm a 25 year old queer individual (she/her) whose anime experience peaked in 2010s and as a result, I have yet to escape from a fandom called Katekyou Hitman Reborn. I am actually a moderator for and regular participant in the KHR Rare Pair Week, even!

In '20-'23 I got rather unhealthily obsessed with art, and I am currently recovering from the grind. This year I'll be participating in a challenge called "Get Your Words Out", where I decided to try and write 150k words this year!

You can find me at the following locations:

@vnkyoko - the occasional liveblog of visual novels when I remember I have this

@writer-haru - my writing resources / commentary blog. (feel free to send messages to this one, it's its own main blog!)

@artisticwitchery - harry potter sideblog.

and "kyokosasagawa" @ dreamwidth.

Fandoms & Ships

Katekyou Hitman Reborn - Major multishipper and open to many ships. My favorite characters are Fran, Mammon, Levi-a-than and Chrome.

Harry Potter - Multishipper. Primarily a fan of Pansy Parkinson.

Gatchaman Crowds - Hajime/Katze.

Houseki no Kuni - Welegato/Aechmea.

Genshin Impact - SIgnora/Lumine, Focalors/Neuvillete. Lumine multishipper.

Art Request Rules.

Because I do take these, sometimes.

I do not take art requests for fandoms other than those listed above.

I only draw OCs for friends.

Art requests are open unless otherwise stated, but I may or may not get to it depending on spoon/energy level.

I do not draw hateful imagery.

Let us get along well!

[snowflakechallenge]

Fandom Snowflake Challenge #9

Introduction Post* Meet the Mods Post * Challenge #1 * Challenge #2 * Challenge #3 * Challenge #4 * Challenge #5 *Challenge #6 * Challenge #7 * Challenge #8 *

Remember that there is no official deadline, so feel free to join in at any time, or go back and do challenges you've missed.

Ahhh, the first of our Rec posts! How I’ve missed you. This is such a great challenge because I love seeing what people are loving on, what song that they can’t stop singing, what movie that they want to talk about but their family is tired of hearing about it, what video game they found that fills them with the sense of wonder and accomplishment that only other gamers can truly appreciate. Let us be those people for you!

Challenge #9 Rec Us Your Newest Thing. Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so. Obsessions come in a lot of shapes and sizes, some of them come and go and some linger. You can absolutely use this space for that manifesto or fandom promo that you’ve always wanted to pen. You can also use it to share an earworm that you can’t get out of your head and think the best way to do it is to share it with the world. Or something in between.

Check out the comments for all the awesome participants of the challenge and visit their journals/challenge responses to comment on their posts and cheer them on. (And because we were gifted with paid time for the month of January, you can search comments! So don’t forget to list the fandom(s) in your comment so people can search for it.)

And just as a reminder: this is a low pressure, fun challenge. If you aren't comfortable doing a particular challenge, then don't. We aren't keeping track of who does what.

[snowflakechallenge]

@snowflakechallenge 3:

Create a wish list of fandom things (podfic, graphics, playlists, canon recs translations, research help, vids, sky's the limit!) that you'd like to receive. Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this Snowflake Challenge Dreamwidth post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

I'm mostly blanking on things I want that aren't on my fandomtrees wishlist (which has Emelan, Encanto, Miraculous Ladybug, and Yuri on Ice prompts) or holiday_wishes wishlist (though the only fannish bits there that aren't on the fandomtrees list are in the spending-money section).

But! The first chapter of starting right now I'll be strong and all chapters of Jeu des princesses avec les pommes d'or de la discorde, inscribed 'to the fairest', both canon-divergent Yuri on Ice fics, are told entirely through stuff the characters said on the internet. Notably on Instagram. Thing is I do not have either the art skills or the art commission money to illustrate most of those Instagram posts. So if I can't glue the Insta post together using canon screenshots, Wikimedia Commons, and Unsplash, then the Insta post has to stay text-only. (You can see in the second chapter of Jeu des princesses how well that's going. I do have two and a half of the images for the first chapter of starting right now—the first one, the Minami one, and the top half of the one where the bottom half is Yuuri stole Phichit's Pikachu hat—but comparing those two chapters may illustrate why I haven't added those images yet.)

So in addition to what's listed on fandomtrees—and I'm joining the chorus of Snowflake participants who want people to look over all those wishlists, or at least the ones with fewer than two gifts, and fill what you can—I am asking for fanart that's the image part of one or another of the Insta posts in one of those two fics.

And! fandomtrees doesn't do Creator's Choice of Fandom, which is valid, but does mean I had to leave this prompt off that list:

* exploration via historical documents, primary and secondary sources, etc., of canon characters/events and their effects on the local, regional, and global courses of history. this could be set a couple hundred years after canon and thus explore canon from a historian's perspective (social media posts could be both primary and secondary sources here, depending), or it could be set around, during, or before canon and explore characters who have been name-checked at most.

Also, the how to use CSS to make iOS messages look realistic guide by CodenameCarrot and La_Temperanza makes it seem like there should be a way to use background-image in the CSS from the how to use CSS to make vintage-2016 Instagram posts look realistic guide by gadaursan (with instIcon1 instIcon2 instIcon3 instead of instIcon, as well as instIconRight instHeart) so that those five little icons don't display when creator style is off. But so far all I seem to be achieving is making them not display when creator style is on, either. Send help?