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Snowflake Challenge #11
Jan. 22nd, 2026 10:53 amChallenge #11
In your own space, grant someone's wish from Challenge #5. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it and include a link to your own post with the wishes you granted if you feel comfortable doing so.
Well, this one worried me. I didn't feel comfortable linking my own wishlist to strangers, so nobody is gonna be able to use my post to help them complete the challenge (I didn't know it would have been helpful, my bad).
And lots of people, uncomfortable asking for things, only asked for rhetorical things nobody could give them. I think the challenge should have been titled "Fannish wishlist" if the point was to increase creative engagement in fandom.
The bigger problem for me is a total lack of shared fandoms with most people. I clicked on link after link, heart sinking further every time, because there's just no overlap. I really make a poor showing as a fan of anything, and when people do want recs in a shared fandom, my taste is too niche to satisfy the requests.
And I get the sad impression the Buffyverse is gradually losing its hold over people, because there was an amazing lack of the one big fandom I was sure I could find a request to fill. But at long last I did find a person who was writing in that fandom as recently as 2024, and who requested feedback, so I am now embarked on reading and commenting through their AO3 works, as applicable, fulfilling the challenge to my limited capacity.
Snowflake is good for getting me to post more. And I'm gonna try to carry that forward. But I guess it's in the name. We're all unique. And (probably just owing to my mood) that makes me feel insular and out of step.
---- ETA: Except where it comes to my little DW circle! I was referring to when I step into the wider arena that Snowflake represents! I have had wonderful conversations on all manner of different niche topics here, and know how lucky I am to have found this place and the people who make up my Reading List! Highlander, Jeremiah, Buffyverse meta, obscure music, obscure shows, awesome female characters and writing support have all made for wonderful conversations here, and I always appreciate them. ♥
This is why I usually spend so long in draft mode, to try and clarify before I faceplant. But part of this challenge is quick posting time, hence edits. :) ----- End of Edit
But I guess there's no helping it, and I will just have to be more effusive about what I do love.
In your own space, grant someone's wish from Challenge #5. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it and include a link to your own post with the wishes you granted if you feel comfortable doing so.
Well, this one worried me. I didn't feel comfortable linking my own wishlist to strangers, so nobody is gonna be able to use my post to help them complete the challenge (I didn't know it would have been helpful, my bad).
And lots of people, uncomfortable asking for things, only asked for rhetorical things nobody could give them. I think the challenge should have been titled "Fannish wishlist" if the point was to increase creative engagement in fandom.
The bigger problem for me is a total lack of shared fandoms with most people. I clicked on link after link, heart sinking further every time, because there's just no overlap. I really make a poor showing as a fan of anything, and when people do want recs in a shared fandom, my taste is too niche to satisfy the requests.
And I get the sad impression the Buffyverse is gradually losing its hold over people, because there was an amazing lack of the one big fandom I was sure I could find a request to fill. But at long last I did find a person who was writing in that fandom as recently as 2024, and who requested feedback, so I am now embarked on reading and commenting through their AO3 works, as applicable, fulfilling the challenge to my limited capacity.
Snowflake is good for getting me to post more. And I'm gonna try to carry that forward. But I guess it's in the name. We're all unique. And (probably just owing to my mood) that makes me feel insular and out of step.
---- ETA: Except where it comes to my little DW circle! I was referring to when I step into the wider arena that Snowflake represents! I have had wonderful conversations on all manner of different niche topics here, and know how lucky I am to have found this place and the people who make up my Reading List! Highlander, Jeremiah, Buffyverse meta, obscure music, obscure shows, awesome female characters and writing support have all made for wonderful conversations here, and I always appreciate them. ♥
This is why I usually spend so long in draft mode, to try and clarify before I faceplant. But part of this challenge is quick posting time, hence edits. :) ----- End of Edit
But I guess there's no helping it, and I will just have to be more effusive about what I do love.
