idleleaves | Snowflake Challenge, Days 1 and 2

Smashing the first two days of the Snowflake Challenge into one entry because I'm late getting started.

Challenge #1: In your own space, introduce yourself!
Challenge #2: In your own space, talk about your fannish history.

So - I'm Anna. I've been around fandom for about 2.5 decades and I don't intend to go anywhere anytime soon. No matter where you look for me - here on DW, on Tumblr, on Twitter, on Discord, on AO3, on the SWG - I'm always IdleLeaves. Hooray, consistency! Or maybe I'm just really terrible at coming up with usernames.

I started out in fandom lurking on alt.startrek.creative in the 90s; in the late 90s I got sucked into X-Files fandom and spent a truly astounding amount of hours reading at the Gossamer Archive. My first foray into fannish writing was terrible Final Fantasy VIII fic that I fortunately never posted. After that, I fell into a fandom I'd rather not mention anymore, and started actually posting fic to a mailing list in 2001. I don't necessarily write consistently - I'll go months without producing anything then write 10 ficlets in a month - but I'm always fannish, and always ready for the next idea.

My primary fandoms at the moment are Stand Still Stay Silent, Good Omens, and Tolkien. They're all long-term loves of mine and are unlikely to ever disappear from my radar entirely. I also dabble in the MCU, all flavours of Star Trek, Yuri!!! On Ice, and others, too, depending on whims.

I am absolutely someone who prefers to pay attention to what she likes and ignore the things she doesn't. I believe in don't-like-don't-read, kinktomato, and curating your own online fannish experience.

Offline, I'm a Canadian sewist, dancer, and photographer with a small herd o' cats. The cats have their own Instagram. I live alone with said cats, some plants, and far too much fabric and yarn. I post headless photos of the things I sew because I can't quite get around the aversion to having my face in a fandom space.