A fannish thank you
Jan. 1st, 2026 10:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
annavereI didn't do a year retrospective, because the year was from hell, but I would like to make a statement on this first day of the new year. Because, if you reading this don't know, you are amazing. Everyone who commented on any of my posts or fics, who hit the kudos button or who just lurked and enjoyed reading. Everyone I talked with on Discord, IM or Google docs. Everyone who posted on my reading list. You gave me support and distraction. You kept me writing when the real world threatened to make all my efforts on DW and AO3 feel completely meaningless. You are truly the best.
So some resolutions.
1. To read more fic. I already instigated the policy that when I liked a fic, I should always comment, but this resulted in me sticking most things on my Marked for Later and reading very infrequently, because I had limited mental energy. However, it's something I really have learned to enjoy doing (compared to my early AO3 life, where I wrote timidly, with the subtext of "hope you don't think I'm weird for saying this, or for reading more than one of your fics" - yeah, introvert learning the internet over here), and I resolve to do better.
2. To interact more on DW and Discord. Make more posts of my own, and comment whenever I can. To be here.
3. To increase my media consumption. Watch more shows (and write about them). Try to aim for at least an occasional fandom heavy-hitter, not just the willfully obscure cancelled television I fancy. :)
4. To write more fic. Again, I have to thank the people who have read my stuff, who commented, kudoed, subscribed or just lurked and drove up the hit counter. Because I nearly stopped. Because writing brought me no joy. Finishing and posting did nothing for me during the vast majority of this year, and I was going through the motions. But I kept going because I was obligated by my works in progress, and then I saw that this thing I could do, which no longer mattered to me, still mattered to others. And that got me through the worst of it, to where I could feel a bit of my own energy coming back.
I am truly thankful for this place and the people in it. ♥
So some resolutions.
1. To read more fic. I already instigated the policy that when I liked a fic, I should always comment, but this resulted in me sticking most things on my Marked for Later and reading very infrequently, because I had limited mental energy. However, it's something I really have learned to enjoy doing (compared to my early AO3 life, where I wrote timidly, with the subtext of "hope you don't think I'm weird for saying this, or for reading more than one of your fics" - yeah, introvert learning the internet over here), and I resolve to do better.
2. To interact more on DW and Discord. Make more posts of my own, and comment whenever I can. To be here.
3. To increase my media consumption. Watch more shows (and write about them). Try to aim for at least an occasional fandom heavy-hitter, not just the willfully obscure cancelled television I fancy. :)
4. To write more fic. Again, I have to thank the people who have read my stuff, who commented, kudoed, subscribed or just lurked and drove up the hit counter. Because I nearly stopped. Because writing brought me no joy. Finishing and posting did nothing for me during the vast majority of this year, and I was going through the motions. But I kept going because I was obligated by my works in progress, and then I saw that this thing I could do, which no longer mattered to me, still mattered to others. And that got me through the worst of it, to where I could feel a bit of my own energy coming back.
I am truly thankful for this place and the people in it. ♥
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Date: 2026-01-01 03:32 pm (UTC)For the record, I have several repeat but shy readers who leave me a <3 or some emoji as a comment, and it actually makes me glad to see them, because then I know they're still alive and out there and I sometimes have a story they liked.
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Date: 2026-01-02 12:05 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2026-01-02 12:24 pm (UTC)I am wondering (as I do sometimes) if I should try the Snowflake Challenge. I always get cold feet (it leading with "tell us about yourself!" is probably the reason), but I will at least read your answers with interest!
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Date: 2026-01-02 04:09 pm (UTC)Check Snowflake out and see if any of the challenges speak to you. It's really low-pressure and you can jump in with anything, any time!
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Date: 2026-01-01 05:14 pm (UTC)Always excited to see posts from you, they're always so interesting. May your resolutions go well, and prove to be fun and enjoyable for you!
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Date: 2026-01-02 12:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2026-01-02 12:24 am (UTC)From a distance, but with me in spirit, you get it.
I am so glad you are my friend and not just someone I'm in fandom with.
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Date: 2026-01-02 12:45 pm (UTC)To friendship!
And to making it through the awful, insurmountable year. Both of us. 💙