nonesensed | Another Snowflake Challenge post

I'm doing challenge 4 to 7 in one post, because I've got so much fun stuff going on right now (both here on DW and elsewhere) that I'll miss out on these otherwise 😅

Challenge #4: Ice Breaker
So, what about me can I say that's not in my intro post or fandom list already? Well, here are 5 semi-random facts about me ☺️

1. Way back when I was a teenager (20-ish years ago), I was convinced I was an introvert. Why? Because I liked nerdy things and nerds were "supposed to" be introverts + my teenage years were full of other teenagers who were less than kind to the people around them. Buuuut I've come to realize that 1) the introvert vs extrovert labeling is not really how most humans work, and 2) I am Very Much Not an introvert. I'm really good at entertaining myself and I enjoy being on my own, but I LOVE hanging out with people! I will be the last person still talking at any party. I will make all the phone calls. I will miss my buss because I can't stop enjoying a conversation. Just love to chat with people, whether it's in person or via text 💖💖💖💖

2. Writing is my main hobby - which sadly is hard to match up with being social since it's tricky to do as a group activity. Not impossible, but I suck at writing-in-groups. That said, I love all aspects of writing! I love outlining, I love working on the drafts, I love line-editing 💖 I also love hearing about how other people write, discussing writing tips and hearing about other peoples writing projects! All the writing love!!!

3. I absolutely love hearing about other people's interests! Doesn't matter if it's an interest we share or not, I just adore it when people are joyfully telling me about a thing they like 💖💖💖

4. While I lack all maternal instincts (I don't hate babies or children, I just have no desire to have any of my own and I don't think they're cute), I have a sort of "reverse" one: if I see an elderly person, I INSTANTLY go into "I would die for you"-mode. Unless they say something terrible, of course, but my instinctual reaction is always Must Protect The Adorable Elderly. I have no clue why this is.

5. I've been a vegetarian since I was 12. Not for any actual moral reasons (though I do think animals needlessly suffering is terrible and that the meat industry in its current form has Many Problems). No, I just saw one of my classmates get to skip the line and get better food at lunch in school and went, "Hmmm. That seems like an advantage. School vegetarian is what I'll be!" Next thing I know, my parents are going "Oh, you want to be a vegetarian? That's super neat! We'll start making vegetarian food for you at home too" aaaand before I knew it, my taste buds had decided all meat Tastes Like Death. So yeah, accidental vegetarian for life 😅 My body simply wasn't designed to eat meat, go figure~

Challenge #5: Picture Scavenger Hunt
Linking to my Tumblr for this one since posting pictures here in DW takes a bit more work. I only skipped nr 4 because I feel awkward singling someone out like that, pro or non-pro. You can rightfully assume I want to meet all the people I've ever enjoyed the works of, pros and non-pros alike!

Challenge #6: Talk About a Canon You Love (this challenge is To Be Continued and not complete)
There are soooo many fandoms I adore, but my current obsession are the video games made by Remedy Entertainment, so that's what I pretty much have to talk about 😆 Will make a separate post for that though (hopefully tomorrow) because this entry is getting long enough as is 😅

Challenge #7: Make a List of Fannish and/or Creative Resources
Keeping to the Remedy Entertainment theme, here are two great videos for understanding its very tangled canon!

An explanation of Alan Wake's canon

An exploration of how all the Remedy Entertainment games link together

Oh, and as a bonus, and since I'm finally reading Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir, here's a super neat and spoiler free introduction to the setting of the book series and its "rules" of necromancy!