snowflake challenge #5

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Challenge #5:
Talk about what has improved in your life thanks to fandom.

Where to even begin? I don't know if I can say in so many words exactly what fandom has improved in my life, but it definitely has. It's exposed me to so much more than I would've ever seen or experienced, having grown up a little sheltered. It allowed me to connect with all types of people that I may have gotten a chance to interact with otherwise and those interactions, big and small, brightened my life.

I also learned skills I wouldn't have thought to. Being in fandom and writing fanfic made me a better writer, thanks to practice, and I got to learn more graphic skills, which has made things more fun. It's also given me a sense of comfort, knowing that even if I can't always give it my all or have to back off for a while, it will still be there, even if it may look a little different than when I left it.

These are the kind of questions that always leave me blanking out so I will leave it short and simple by saying that I don't know exactly how it has improved my life. It just has. I'm grateful to still be around and have a chance to be apart of it.

Comments

[ragnarok_08]

I'm so glad fandom has improved a lot in your life :)

[barbaratp]

Às vezes a gente só não consegue visualizar como seria a nossa vida sem essa parte do fandom, pois é tão intrínseco do nosso ser que sem ele seríamos outro alguém. Eu amo como todos sempre falam como a escrita melhorou e se ampliou.

[kitarella_imagines]

Writing a lot definitely improves our style doesn't it. I look back at some old fics of mine and think, OMG what was I thinking? What did I mean by that? What terrible dialogue. etc. 😅

[tjs_whatnot]

I'm finding I'm also having a hard time articulating it, but I have enjoyed reading other people's attempts. ❤️❤️

[vendettadays]

This was a lovely answer to this challenge - I feel the same way with fandom <3

[bradygirl_12]

Fandom can mean so many things to so many people. Definitely improves writing! ☺️

Creativity makes you happy. 😍

[tellshannon815]

Honestly it has me blanking a bit right now, so I'm distracting myself with the 3 sentence ficathon, but determined to get to it.

[royalblue31]

It's exposed me to so much more than I would've ever seen or experienced, having grown up a little sheltered

Ooof, you got me straight in the heart with this one! Hard agree!

[used_songs]

I also learned skills I wouldn't have thought to.

That's really true. I have had to figure out how to do different things in order to get the written or visual effects that I wanted and I could do that for work or whatever, but it's much more fun and rewarding to do it for something in fandom space.

[silveradept]

People and practice at skills have been pretty common answers among the people I've seen so far, which is lovely, because it means so many people have had such a good time and finding other friends and neat things to explore.

[ultra_fic]

I think your answer to this could've been my answer, if someone gave me the same question! Fandom is so wonderful for opening us up to people and things that we just wouldn't otherwise have known, isn't it? I love it, and I know that fanfiction has helped me improve my writing ten-fold at least. Glad you've found so many positives in it, as I have :)

[musyc]

It's also given me a sense of comfort, knowing that even if I can't always give it my all or have to back off for a while, it will still be there, even if it may look a little different than when I left it.

Yessssssssssssssssssss! Very much so!

[ngtskynebula]

Oh, I can see where you're coming from; it got me reflecting a lot, too, and since participating in the fansphere can be very diverse, it's hard to properly express oneself in regards to its relevance... food for thought. No problem in not being able to communicate your feels, though, you can just feel it and leave it at that. What's important is to take the time to think it over, from time to time!

I've also learned many things thanks to fandom. It's an incredible space for creative people.