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[reflectedeve]

Aw, look at all the people posting. Hello again! No idea if I’ll actually start posting here again more than once or twice a year, but it’d be nice if fandom exodus’d back this way.

(Egad, I never even posted links to my Yuletide fic or gift last year. I’ve been even scarcer than I thought.)

But oh, for the ease of image hosting at tumblr. :( I don’t suppose that’s ever really coming to the AO3, huh.

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[pegasuswrites]

Dreamwidth's one major shortcoming really is the image hosting thing, isn't it?

Which is a shame, because the fandom atmosphere over here is actually kind of nice/friendly.

[reflectedeve]

I mean, I actually haven’t tried out the (limited) image hosting they do apparently have now ... I’ve barely been using the place for years, so clearly I missed some upgrades. It might be enough for fannish purposes, or mine, anyway!

Won’t due for ~professional cartoonist purposes period, though, I think. I love this format for comfy, community-focused everything; livejournal/dreamwidth style blogging always felt like a refuge,a home, for me. But easy shareability has become totally indispensable for creative business stuff.

I was so happy back when this was my norm, though. It would be lovely if it took off again. And it’s neat having you here!

[pegasuswrites]

I think things have gotten better! I've tried to make an icon post since posting my last comment and Dreamwidth's image hosting situation isn't actually as bad as I'd remembered - I've already got a google account that I use for fannish stuff so it's just a case of putting anything I want to post into a shareable folder, and voila!

(That being said, I can't imagine trying to run a business through LJ/Dreamwidth - that would be nightmarish...)

It's neat having you here, too! I much prefer this style of blogging, if I'm totally honest. Even when I was having a relatively good time on Tumblr I missed the friend-lock option...

[reflectedeve]

Oh cool! Well, I'm looking forward to trying that out, when I have occasion to.

Did you have a livejournal fandom phase? I don't really know much about your fannish history before we met!

[pegasuswrites]

I kind of did? I mostly lurked - I didn't become actively involved in fandom until like ... 2013? ish? ... when I started making Dragon Age fanart. I had a personal journal that I kept between about 2008 and 2012. My main engagement on Livejournal was with the Harry Potter fandom (and, to my discredit, Inglourious Basterds...)

We should IM about this at some point - I actually don't know a whole lot about your fannish history, either!

[reflectedeve]

Mostly lurking counts; you still get that sort of ~cultural context. ;) And huh, so you got your journal after the original Strikethrough mess!

(I've never actually watched Inglourious Basterds, and if the fandom had any particular tenor or reputation, I'm unfamiliar. Why discredit? Also I spent several years doing a whoooole lot of band RPF stuff, as you will see in my sticky post, so I am not about the judging.)

Oh lord, it's a long and probably not really all that interesting tale. But having said that, I love hearing about other peoples' experiences in great detail, so. Yes, we totally should!

[pegasuswrites]

That's totally fair. :') Basterds fandom was a mess of snobbery, uncomfortable fetishes and cultural insensitivity. (It was a Tarantino fandom, so like......) It's one of those few special interests that I'm actively embarrassed by in retrospect (I was only ever really in it for this one actress and the badfic, but still.)

Yeah, no, I had no idea what Strikethrough was until I googled it. That sounds like an all-to-familiar nightmare...

[lb_lee]

Agreed on the image hosting; I'm looking at Toyhou.se since I'm using DeviantArt and that's kinda embarrassing. <_< NOT THAT I WOULD BE SAD IF YOU WERE ACTIVE HERE!

[reflectedeve]

Eh, I mean, honestly ... I never left deviantart. I still find a lot of really gorgeous work there that I enjoy browsing for inspiration, and I figure I might as well stick some of my own stuff up while I’m at it. Nothing to be embarrassed about. Not sure Toyhouse would be my scene, but report back if you get into it?

[lb_lee]

I know, right? People give DeviantArt a bad rap, and it's definitely not as active as it once was... but I had a lot of really good times there. The UI just got... more and more byzantine as the years passed.

But I still have a lot of fondness for it.