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Write a love letter to fandom. It might be to fandom in general, to a particular fandom, favourite character, anything at all.

Dear Fandom,

I am so grateful for your generosity and your kindness. I think about author's notes on fanfiction.net, memes on livejournal, in-jokes on tumblr, role-playing on IRC, downloading fansubs, heartbreaking AMVs, beautiful shrines, and the list goes on. Like, we have been doing this work in a variety of different ways for so many years to connect to each other and show care for each other and we do it with no compensation and frequently minimal recognition. It's amazing.

Fandom is to thank for a great deal of my knowledge and values. I have learned a ton about literature and gender and sexuality and politics and so many other things through fandom. 

 

Thank you for being such a large and consistent part of my life. I have been participating in fandom one way or another for over twenty years and it has been a gift.

Love, 
TJWB

Challenge #2: Pets of Fandom

Loosely defined! Post about your pets, pets from your canon, anything you want!

I felt a little creatively bankrupt regarding this specific challenge, but after I read a couple of other people's responses, I was inspired. So thanks, guys! :D

The first pet that immediately came to mind was Puppycat from Bee and Puppycat, which was an animated web series (then tv series) by Natasha Allegri of Adventure Time. Puppycat has a very strong (mostly pushy/grumpy) personality and probably doesn't even consider himself to be a pet. He communicates via vocaloid beeping sounds.

The show is very irreverent and has a pastel-kawaii aesthetic that I really dig. After writing all this, I feel inspired to finish the show because I think I only watched through the first season. See my icon for an image of Puppycat.