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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wolfarick[personal profile] wolfarick on October 2nd, 2023 01:34 am (UTC)
Where can people find you and what are your usernames / online handles: I'm Wolfarick on most things, but Kaigonious on AO3.

What’s your brand of Marvel? MCU, and I have read some comics as MCU got me into it, but MCU is still probably the main.

What’s your brand of Clint and Natasha? Canon adjacent Clintasha. So canon divergence AU, and what ifs/what could have been. Clintasha angst too, so stuff like married Clint but has feelings. Idk maybe I'm an enjoyer of messy LMAO. Nothing outwardly malicious obviously, but I feel like it sort of mirrors life in the way that stuff isn't always perfect, and things can get messy. But I just love it when they just have this fundamentally understanding of each other, that after years of being partners, they just know each other so deeply.

List some of your favourite Marvel characters/pairings other than Clint and Natasha: I love Starmora, easily second favorite MCU ship. Another is Pepperony. I think they're really fun and cute, but never been super invested fandom wise.

Are there any other fandoms you're currently into? Super into Critical Role (C1 mostly - Perc'ahlia). I read ATLA fics, but not super into the fandom. Spy x Family too.

How do you / would you like to participate in fandoms? Maybe a writer, just takes a lot out of me. I want to write someday hopefully. Mostly a reader though.

What're some of your favourite things you love to see in fic/creative works? ANGST. I am an angst gremlin. I also love soft and subtle intimacy?

I love canon divergence stuff too. Exploring what ifs are fun, and also just fix-it fics are nice.

Rec us something/s (fic, vid, art, graphics, meta, anything): This AU gifset: https://www.tumblr.com/hermiola/142759568859/clintasha-week-day-3-generate-mini?source=share

I'm not normally one for AUs, but there's something about this that I absolutely love.

Self rec something that you've written/created: Uh, I've got only one thing written that's out there, and it's Zutara. It's on my AO3 if anyone wants to read it, but don't really feel I should link it since it's not Marvel related.

Give us 3 sentences or a teaser of something creative, fic or otherwise, that you’re working on: I don't know if will ever see the light of day, but I have something.

"You could have picked anyone. Why me?" she says, frowning.

He blinks at her. For someone so expressive in the little time she's known him, she's never seen his face so blank.

"Because you're the only partner I would want," he replies simply. He raises a brow. "Is that really so hard to believe?"


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): Guardians of Galaxy Vol. 3?

What Marvel merchandise do you wish existed, or what's your favourite fan thing that you own? Not big on Marvel merch oddly enough.

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: Fun little play with the actors for fics, and maybe eventually get fic to screen.

OPTIONAL extra info:

cassie[personal profile] kiss_me_cassie on October 2nd, 2023 02:02 pm (UTC)
I am an angst gremlin. I also love soft and subtle intimacy?

So I'm guessing you've read quietlyimplode? ;D
(Honestly, they are so good at the mix of those two!)
wolfarick[personal profile] wolfarick on October 2nd, 2023 04:33 pm (UTC)
Ah, I actually haven’t, but I decided to check them out since you mentioned them! I usually read fics not logged in, and their fics are locked, so I never got to them.
cassie[personal profile] kiss_me_cassie on October 2nd, 2023 04:47 pm (UTC)
A bunch are on the tumblr - https://www.tumblr.com/quietlyimplode
wolfarick[personal profile] wolfarick on October 4th, 2023 01:37 am (UTC)
Thanks, will check them out!
archers_and_spies[personal profile] archers_and_spies on October 3rd, 2023 04:57 am (UTC)
i've always said that starmora is basically space clintasha!!! traumatised redhead assassin x traumatised blond himbo like they're the same ship in different fonts i love them so much
(Anonymous) on October 4th, 2023 01:35 am (UTC)
Haha, yes, I agree! I love Starmora a lot actually, and particularly Gamora! I think Peter is good for her, and their dynamic in general was just very sweet? Guardians of the Galaxy is my favorite Marvel movie actually.

I just happen to love both of our of master assassins the most lmao
wolfarick[personal profile] wolfarick on October 4th, 2023 01:37 am (UTC)
Forgot to log in, whoops
archers_and_spies[personal profile] archers_and_spies on October 4th, 2023 11:55 am (UTC)
sameee i'm a sucker for a good ship with an angst ending but i have to say the fact that clint & natasha have over a decade of history between them is just so appealing to me personally. however starmora did briefly drag me into an all-consuming 3 week long spiral after gotg3!!!
inkvoices[personal profile] inkvoices on October 3rd, 2023 10:45 pm (UTC)
I'm liking life being messy and soft subtle intimacy *happy sigh*.

That gift set is fantastic and made me chuckle, thank you! Instantly added a reblog to the comm tumblr queue :D

Also liking your fic teaser there. Appreciate writing takes spoons (even the short fics), but if encouragement helps I would absolutely read wherever you're going with this idea <3

Guardians 3 is the last Marvel film I watched. And also the first one I've watched at the cinema for a while, with my sister. What did you think?
wolfarick[personal profile] wolfarick on October 4th, 2023 02:02 am (UTC)
Haha, I’m glad you liked the gif set! Like I said, I’m not really big on AUs, but that one just really tickled my fancy. Something about the idea seems very endearing to me, not to mention a lot of fun, that I always wanted to see a fic about it!

Thank you! It’s really just one scene, so I don’t know how to blow it up to something bigger which is my issue. I personally don’t like writing short/small stuff, so I’m not sure if I would ever post is unless I got something more going for it or if I could incorporate into something else.

I actually did end up getting inspired after I posted this though, so I have a fic idea lined up, and I’m actually very excited for it! I just hope I can end up finishing it. I have almost 2k words written, and now I’m thinking it might hit 4k or 5k.

Yeah, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 was also probably my first movie in a movie theater for a while, and I’m not a super big movie goer either. I liked it a lot though, and I thought it was really good? Third movie in a trilogy, so I wasn’t too sure on how’d it be, but I thought it was really well done. I also might be biased because GotG is my favorite Marvel movie in general, but I also think that makes me a bit more critical since I love it, haha

Edited 2023-10-04 02:06 am (UTC)
poppypickle[personal profile] poppypickle on October 3rd, 2023 10:53 pm (UTC)
Canon adjacent Clintasha. So canon divergence AU, and what ifs/what could have been. Clintasha angst too, so stuff like married Clint but has feelings. Idk maybe I'm an enjoyer of messy LMAO.

I couldn't have described my own preferences better myself. EXACTLY THIS!
wolfarick[personal profile] wolfarick on October 4th, 2023 02:04 am (UTC)
LMAO if that’s the case, you might really enjoy the fic I’m currently working on!
poppypickle[personal profile] poppypickle on October 4th, 2023 02:27 am (UTC)
I can’t wait! I’m also attempting to work on a “married Clint has feelings” fic. The more the merrier, we need it!