29 September 2023 @ 03:29 pm
Friending Meme  
Hi All, since we haven’t done one of these in a long while and we’ve had some new faces join us this year (HELLO!) welcome to a good old-fashioned friending meme.

If you haven’t seen one of these before, they’re a chance for everyone in the community to get to know each other; to say hi if you’re new, if you’ve not been around for a while, if you’ve been lurking, and if you just fancy a chat. This is an open to all, friendly (pun intended) event. If you make new friends here feel free to join the community and/or friend each other on various platforms, or not - there’s no pressure, we’re just here to have fun. You can find examples of previous friending memes here.

An introduction to our community, the community rules, and some useful links are available here. This includes a link to the handy Username Database - we’d recommend taking a minute to add your usernames / online handles here since we’re spread across different platforms. Those being dreamwidth, discord (instructions on how to join the discord here), and tumblr. Big events, like the yearly promptathon and secret santa fic exchange, are advertised across all three platforms. Most chatting happens on discord. Feel free to spend time with us on as many or as few platforms you like.

Your mods are [personal profile] inkvoices, cloud-atlas (on discord and tumblr) / [personal profile] franztastisch (on dreamwidth), and [personal profile] gsparkle / quidnunc-life (on tumblr). Feel free to reach out to us on any platform you see us, but you’re most likely to find us on discord or in a ‘questions/general comments’ thread at the top of event posts on dreamwidth.

And on to the main event…

How to play:

1) Copy and paste the below questions and formatting from the box below into a new comment, as the start of a new comment thread.

2) Answer as many / as few of the questions as you like / feel comfortable with and hit post! All questions are optional.

3) Chat with the people who reply to your comment.

4) Reply to other people’s comments to have a chat with them. You might want to comment on one of their answers where you think you have a mutual interest, or you found something interesting, or you just want to say ‘hi’. It’s all good!



A note on ‘OPTIONAL extra info’: while ALL of the questions are optional, as someone from the school of ‘don’t share personal identifying information on the internet’ I want to emphasise that this freestyle space is especially optional. If you like, this is where you can share anything extra that you would like people to know about you, that you think it would be useful to know, or that you would just like to share. This could be, for example, your preferred pronouns, a general location/timezone, how frequently you’re online, what people might expect to find on your blog… a cute picture of a pet, a favourite gif… you name it. Or not, as the case can very much be. Stay safe <3

The usual community rules apply. As always, the first comment thread is for any questions or general comments and chatter. Have fun!
 
 
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alphaflyer[personal profile] alphaflyer on September 29th, 2023 03:59 pm (UTC)
Where can people find you and what are your usernames / online handles: Hi all! I'm AlphaFlyer pretty much everywhere, sometimes with a space between the Alpha and the Flyer and sometimes with a lower case "f". And in case you wonder where that comes from, I entered fandom via Star Trek Voyager, where the ship is stranded in the Delta Quadrant, and my fave character built a shuttle called the "Delta Flyer", but I live in the Alpha Quadrant, so.

What’s your brand of Marvel? (MCU, comics, cartoons etc. or all the things?) MCU and some comics, largely the Fraction/Aja series of Hawkete and the Phil Noto Black Widow.

What’s your brand of Clint and Natasha? a
(Are you hanging out in Avengers Tower in 2012, camping out at the farm, sailing down a river in Egypt, in an alternative universe, following canon all the way off a cliff, all of the above, or somewhere else entirely?) All of the above, as my muse and I see fit - sometimes in a total mash-up with a dash of the multiverse. I particularly like filling in the little gaps, cracks and plot holes between and within movies, or creating "before" and "new origin" stories.

List some of your favourite Marvel characters/pairings other than Clint and Natasha: I do like Pepper/Tony and enjoy the occasional Steve/Bucky, especially in non-super-powered AUs. I also like Kate and (not slashed) with Clint, Natasha and/or Yelena, althought I did write a "Hawkeyes Squared" once. I'm not big on OT3s.

Are there any other fandoms you're currently into? Not really? I like certain series (The Expanse, Ted Lasso, Good Omens) but I don't read fic in it. Basically I don't have the time... :P

How do you / would you like to participate in fandoms? (Are you a writer, artist, reader, cheerleader, beta reader, podfic maker, vid maker, appreciative lurker…?) I mostly write, occasionally meta, and like cheerleading/beta reading.

What're some of your favourite things you love to see in fic/creative works?

Rec us something/s (fic, vid, art, graphics, meta, anything): Ohhh... where do I start? Have a look at my bookmarks on AO3! And the amazing graphics that Inkvoices did for my four Marvel Bangs and our much-loved late Crazy4Orcas for several of my stories. These guys are amazing! (I'd link but we're currently driving through rural Canada and the tether to my iPhone is very crumbly).

Self rec something that you've written/created: I think some of my better work is the MarvelBang trilogy of Second Mouse, Locust Wind and Seventh Crow (MCU/007 crossover) - see also Inkvoices graphics and video mentioned above.

Give us 3 sentences or a teaser of something creative, fic or otherwise, that you’re working on:

What’s the last book you read/film you watched/song you listened to (OR the last ones that stuck in your mind or that you’d like to share): This is the opening para of the MarvelBang I'm working on now, a WW2 AU called "Bomber's Moon":
It is common knowledge in the greater Los Angeles area that Anthony E. Stark’s parties are not to be missed, at least not by the living. If you’re not seen at Stark’s mansion when the champagne flows you are, by definition, a nobody. A nameless husk of a human without career, connections, economic prospects, and sex drive.


What Marvel merchandise do you wish existed, or what's your favourite fan thing that you own? Oh, oh - I have a dozen bobble heads (including a complete Clint-Kate-Yelena set from the TV series)! But my favourite fandom thing is the bat'leth my husband made me, and which hangs over our TV in the family room. That's where my nerd shelves are; we also have a life-size Firebolt broom hanging there, which he made for our daughter when she was younger, and the One Ring.

If someone were to win the lottery and we had a community convention (in Budapest, of course), suggest a panel, activity, event etc. you would like us to have: Well, CloudAtlas, Ink and I went to Budapest a few years ago so we've already done the "hang out in the thermal baths and look for goons" thing. Next best would be a private tour of the metro system, to see where Clint and Nat spent three days playing tic-tac-toe, hangman, and doing Whatever Else They Were Up To While Bored.

OPTIONAL extra info: I'm a hobby photographer, an ex-fencer (ex because shitty joints), and am an international relations/peace and security nerd.



Edited 2023-09-29 04:04 pm (UTC)
poppypickle[personal profile] poppypickle on September 29th, 2023 04:26 pm (UTC)
Wait wait wait, did ya'll go to Budapest together?! I love that!

Also love the snippet of the new fic!
alphaflyer[personal profile] alphaflyer on September 30th, 2023 12:39 am (UTC)
We did! And we had a blast. Although it was f-f-freezing c-c-cold!
poppypickle[personal profile] poppypickle on September 30th, 2023 01:27 am (UTC)
That’s so amazing!
inkvoices[personal profile] inkvoices on October 1st, 2023 06:34 pm (UTC)
Yikes, that was many moons ago now O.o The only time we were all free in the end was January so we got snow lol, but beautiful city, would recommend! (And if I did win the lottery would love to do a meet up there, heh.)
inkvoices[personal profile] inkvoices on September 29th, 2023 05:18 pm (UTC)
💜💜💜
alphaflyer[personal profile] alphaflyer on September 30th, 2023 12:43 am (UTC)
You are both my anchor and my wings in this fandom!
inkvoices: avengers:woman I love you[personal profile] inkvoices on September 30th, 2023 02:43 pm (UTC)
Aww, you 💜💜💜💜💜💜
caitis_musings[personal profile] caitis_musings on September 30th, 2023 01:20 am (UTC)
I love the idea of nerd shelves. Mine are all on the walls - LotR at home, and then MCU & Alice in Wonderland at work. Plus all the funko pops.