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If you can't say something nice, do a meme

2020-06-30T13:59:11Z

Fanfic writer titles meme, seen all over my flist.

( Under the cut to spare the disinterested )

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Have a meme!

2020-04-15T20:00:28Z

no, not the Lockdown meme. An icon meme! Snatched from ysilme.

1. Comment to this entry saying 'Today we're cancelling the apocalypse' (or whatever you want to, really) and I will pick 3 of your icons/userpics.
2. Make an entry in your own journal (or just reply if you prefer) and talk about the icons I picked.

These are the ones ysilme chose (over on LJ, where I have a rather larger choice of icons than I do here):

This is from the movie Everything Is Iluminated, which has some amazing cinematography, including this surreal little screenshot. I didn't have a meme sheep icon at the time, so I used it as a meme goat. You could probably put a lot of interpretation into that, but the sad truth is that I just thought it looked neat.

The Matrix, but make it Elvish. That's pretty much all there is to this one. I think it was inspired by a conversation in an online RPG. I animated it myself. Make the niche jokes you want to see in the world, etc.

This is a dig at those "Jesus is my homeboy" (or w/ever) bumper stickers. Basically a take on the premise of American Gods (or the Percy Jackson series, apparently) that ancient gods are still around, just adapting to new circumstances more or less succesfully. Clearly, that would also apply to the Valar (although they're Powers, not gods - all the more reason to be still around! Vairë seemed like someone who, from weaver of historical tapestries, would easily adapt to digital weaving - in short, she'd do fine as a web admin. A bit of silliness that, due to the vast amount of icons that LJ permits me, never had to make room for more recent jokes.

And that's those explained!

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More Fanfic Questions

2019-02-03T19:22:04Z

My snow photos all turned out crappy because I forgot to adjust the camera's sensitivity to light (is that the right word? w/e). So instead of a self-indulgent picspam, have a self-indulgent Ask Meme! Stolen this from independence1776.

1. What made you start writing fanfic?
2. Which of your own fanfics have you reread the most?
3. Describe the differences between your first fanfic and your most recent fanfic.
4. Do you think your style has changed over time? How so?
5. You’ve posted a fic anonymously. How would someone be able to guess that you’d written it?
6. Name three stories you found easy to write.
7. Name three stories you found difficult to write.
8. What’s your ratio of hits to kudos?
9. What do your fic bookmarks say about you?
10. What’s a theme that keeps coming up in your writing?
11. What kind of relationships are you most interested in writing?
12. For E-rated fic, what are some things your characters keep doing?
13. Name three favorite characters to write.
14. You’re applying for the fanfic writer of the year award. What five fanfics do you put in your portfolio?
15. Question of your choice!

Ask one or several in the comments and I'll answer!

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Another lap completed

2019-01-07T20:21:08Z

I didn't manage to do the end-of-the-year meme "between years" because I was grading papers instead, and then I was on vacation, so I'm doing it a week late. The new year is so young that it's still fair game, I think. As usual, this is probably going to be full of moping and melancholy! Ye have been warned!

( Cut for length as usual. )

Well! This may actually have been the most... positive... of these memes that I've ever done! Uh-oh. Now I'm a bit worried. It won't last, will it?

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Let's have an ask meme!

2018-12-27T19:21:16Z

Stealing the idea from independence1776!

From Tumblr user Riftlotor:

Since it's December, I thought I’d make a little end of the year ask meme for fanfic writers and readers! Reblog and ask away. Feel free to specify fandoms or a fic depending on the question.

1. favorite fic you wrote this year
2. least favorite fic you wrote this year
~~3. favorite line/scene you wrote this year~~
4. total number of words you wrote this year
5. most popular fic this year
6. least popular fic this year
7. longest completed fic you wrote this year
8. shortest completed fic you wrote this year
9. longest wip of the year
10. shortest wip of the year
11. fandom you enjoyed writing for the most this year
12. favorite character to write about this year
~~13. favorite writing song/artist/album of this year~~
~~14. a fic you didn’t expect to write~~
15. something you learned this year
~~16. fic(s) you completed this year~~
~~17. fics you’ll continue next year~~
~~18. current number of wips~~
~~19. any new fics to start next year~~
20. number of comments you haven’t read
21. most memorable comment/review
22. events you participated in this year
~~23. fics you wanted to write but didn’t~~
~~24. favorite fic you read this year~~
~~25. a fic you read this year you would recommend everyone read~~
26. number of favorites/bookmarks you made this year
~~27. favorite fanfic author of the year~~
~~28. longest fic you read this year~~
29. shortest fic you read this year
30. favorite fandom to read fic from this year

Like Indy, I only got one ask on Tumblr to this one, so maybe this here is a better place for it. I'll c/p the answers I gave to the one on Tumblr into the first comment, in case anyone's interested!
Questions that are struck out have already been answered.

(I reblogged this on Tumblr a few days ago and only one person asked me anything, so I figured I'd put it here, too. I'm copy/pasting my answer to the already-asked questions in the first comment.)

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