Fandom things

[nrgburst]

So I spent the weekend backing up fics and reviews that are on ffnet to AO3, since signs are pointing to ffnet circling the drain. Another one bites the dust, but I'm not terribly sad about it since AO3 is superior in most ways anyway, and I've only been putting up fic on ffnet as an afterthought. Still, it made me rather nostalgic. I had completely forgotten how I'd had a phase where I wrote a new, spite driven Forwood fic after every new ep of TVD, and re-reading all those old reviews made me think of the Genesis awards forum. <3

Also I noticed the stats on one of my series while I was clicking in and out, and if one more person bookmarks it is going to be SUBLIME. :DDDD 



I really want to write a new Skittles chapter that is exactly 3030 words to make it all 3s, but I don't know if I have it in me! LOL Besides, this author has already won at AO3 word/chapter count number manipulation, LBR. I find it extra delightful that it is Lucifer fic! Link here I've only read the first chap of the first fic, but so far it's good!



Also: made a couple new TQG sets recently. This Chess Players/moving pieces set was another fun challenge. I had to learn to make pale GIFs because I wanted it to look chessboard-y, and I think the final effect is pretty nice, although Tumblr isn't playing nice with the timing and refuses to sync the GIFs which are actually all the same frame order and length! Grrrr. Anyway, it was neat to look at the different way the actors learned to move the pieces, and I love the elegant way Beth captures pieces the best, although I found capping Benny violently taking pieces the most amusing. Like he would hit the piece with his, and then use the dead piece to punch the clock after, and apparently TBS modeled it off how Bobby Fischer played.

I also tried that trendy vibrant painted background GIF effect on the first GIF of this B2 set. Will have to attempt it again in a scene with less movement, but I think it's a decent first effort!

Comments

[enemytosleep]

Man I'm scared to check back to FFN haha. I can't remember the last time I ever logged in there, but I do know that some of my earliest (and worst) fic exists there. I wonder what the numbers look like now?

[nrgburst]

Might as well check! :D I know a lot of people are basically like, "oh, good riddance!" but I have good memories of that site and checking it every day, or even several times a day. It's a little sad how it's changed so much, and now there's not even staff to take care of abuse reports etc. :/

[stolsky]

It’s sad how much the site has declined! But I think they’re focusing all their efforts on the app—at least, that’s what their updates seem to address.

So to paraphrase Monty Python, “It’s not dead yet!”

[nrgburst]

Oooh and neither are you, hiiii! How are things? ☺️

[motchi]

Great? These days I’m in and out of fandom as inspiration wills, I guess. On a mission to finally finish “First Dates” though.

And you?

[nrgburst]

Good! Almost done with the crush at work, and can't wait for the holidays coming up soon! :D First Dates still, huh? How close are you to finishing, do you think?

[motchi]

Funny you should ask…I *just* posted the last chapter late last night.

I also had an avalanche of work that wrapped up last week. Interesting how stuff like that can either sap your will to write or drive you into its arms.