lore: (Lupin/Snape - Damn Fan Ficcers)
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I had the SO* open up a blog for me because I felt weighted down by the history of All Things Journal, but this is still my preferred platform for writing my thoughts, sporadic as they may come.

I had a lovely note from the person running a Snupin Discord community. A post will probably appear on [community profile] lupin_snape sometime soon, but if you can't wait, visit https://discord.gg/npBpN2mXhC. I'm already lurking there because no matter how bad JKR makes me feel about her work, the people who love my ship are some of the best still hanging in fandom (and yes, I know there are others great Fandomers out there. All Fandoms rule, no matter how weirdly I feel about being fannish these days).

I *still* haven't been able to bring myself to post that fic I discussed previously to AO3. I really ought to just pull the trigger and take my lumps.

I have slowly, at a glacial pace, been talking to AO3 about moving a couple of the major Snape/Lupin archives I inherited or created to AO3. It's a complicated process, but these two sites keep going down and the platforms are beyond ancient. I'm worried they will go down and I won't be able to get them up again, even with the help of the SO.

Think I'll stop here for now. Still struggling to be fannish in this world of properties going on too long, creators revealing what asshats they are, and other properties being cut off at the knees before they really get started. It's hard to get excited about anything these days. I miss the Fandom part of fandom.

love, lore



*SO = Significant Other for those new to my language quirks.

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Date: 2025-05-06 11:49 pm (UTC)
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*waves*
*virtual hugs*

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Date: 2025-05-08 01:40 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] pauraque
I'm sorry you're having conflicted feelings about fannishness. I'm not sure I understand what you mean by fandom and Fandom, though?

I had to go back and check what fic you were unsure about reposting, though I do remember the post now. If you're still stressing about it three years later, maybe that's a sign to give yourself permission to let it go and just not post it. A significant part of you must feel like it's best left in the past, otherwise you would have posted it already, surely? Perhaps you should listen to that part of yourself. (I say this as someone who often has a very hard time accepting that I'm never going to do something I once thought I would do "eventually", so I know crossing a thing off the mental list can be easier said than done.)