Snowflake Challenge: Day 2
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chibifukurouChallenge #2
In your own space, talk about your fannish origin story.
So I've always been a sci-fi and animation nut. Got to see a few episode of Outlaw Star as bitty, but mostly snuck up early to watch episodes of Beyblade (my favorite) and other parts of the 4kids era.
I mostly ended up with live action shows like SG1, Xena, and Charmed on reruns after that until I fell headfirst into the Toonami afternoon slot. And G Gundam obsession. I also watched some of the bigger stuff luke Dragon Ball and Naruto but they didn't scratch the same itch.
Then I got hurt and started having cripling migraines that messed with my sleep schedule and found the late night anime hours. And notably Trigun. But sadly never got to see the ending. Trying to find series recaps in the early 00s wasn't really a thing. But my attempts lead me to a long Trigun Season 2 fanfic. And as a bookish kid who had newly moved to an area with a barely functional library, I fell quickly to the siren song of so much free reading material.
I've dabbled in various parts of fandom since then, from fanscans, to Deviant art fanart making, to helping run rec communities, to various periods of writing fanfic. Mostly small fandoms and some years where I don't write for anything but Yuletide.
But have kept reading or listening to fanfics thoroughout.
In your own space, talk about your fannish origin story.
So I've always been a sci-fi and animation nut. Got to see a few episode of Outlaw Star as bitty, but mostly snuck up early to watch episodes of Beyblade (my favorite) and other parts of the 4kids era.
I mostly ended up with live action shows like SG1, Xena, and Charmed on reruns after that until I fell headfirst into the Toonami afternoon slot. And G Gundam obsession. I also watched some of the bigger stuff luke Dragon Ball and Naruto but they didn't scratch the same itch.
Then I got hurt and started having cripling migraines that messed with my sleep schedule and found the late night anime hours. And notably Trigun. But sadly never got to see the ending. Trying to find series recaps in the early 00s wasn't really a thing. But my attempts lead me to a long Trigun Season 2 fanfic. And as a bookish kid who had newly moved to an area with a barely functional library, I fell quickly to the siren song of so much free reading material.
I've dabbled in various parts of fandom since then, from fanscans, to Deviant art fanart making, to helping run rec communities, to various periods of writing fanfic. Mostly small fandoms and some years where I don't write for anything but Yuletide.
But have kept reading or listening to fanfics thoroughout.