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arias_hollow) wrote2020-01-03 08:12 pm
arias_hollow) wrote2020-01-03 08:12 pm
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Snowflake Challenge 1: Introduction
Hello everyone! The first challenge of this year's fandom snowflake challenge is to write an introduction of yourself. Since I haven't actually written a proper introduction for myself on here before, I thought I'd give it a go! I go by Autumn (though you can call me Aria too, since both on here and pillowfort I go by 'Aria's' Hollow) and am an avid fan of storytelling and writing. In particular, I've always been drawn to fantasy and science fiction stories, stories with horror and/or mystery elements, and stories that are deeply character driven. I'm not too picky about what medium the story takes, as I love playing video games, reading books and comics/manga, and watching television and films. I've done a lot more watching lately than anything else, but I'm making a point to get back into reading and gaming as well now. (For anime and manga I use myanimelist.net, and for books I use goodreads, since having lists/goals helps me stay on track. Haven't found a good site equivalent for games or films yet though...)
I also do a fair bit of writing myself. Of course, since my focus tends to jump around like some kind of hyperactive toad, I have yet to finish most of my WiPs, but nothing is ever really abandoned with me either, for fanfiction or original fiction. Similar to my consuming interests, I write a lot of character-centric fantasy and sci-fi stories, which can range from original superhero stories to dystopian fantasy to shoujo-inspired magical girl/boy series among other things. Over on pillowfort (and sometimes tumblr) I also showcase my art of all my ocs, though I may delve properly into fan art at some point as well. I've also been doing nanowrimo consistently since 2015, so hopefully that will eventually kick some of my drafts into the finished stages!
Outside of fandom geekery and writing woes, the other thing always popping up on my journal is that I am aromantic and asexual and fairly loud about it. I'm definitely on the repulsed side for both, though I'm more heavily sex-repulsed than romance-repulsed, and that has certainly informed a lot of my story preferences and fandom experiences. While there are certainly romance stories I've liked or even really liked (Cardcaptor Sakura is one of my favorite series), I generally prefer a story to have little to none of it, or at least not have it be the only kind of relationship that gets to shine. Likewise, there is little romance in my original works and my fanfiction doesn't tend to get very shippy (since... I don't tend to ship anything in the traditional way). That said I am very much a 'ship and let ship' kind of person, though since this is my own journal aroace interpretations and personal rants/opinions will be mixed in with general reviews.
I also hope to start writing more meta for the series I love! Normally I keep my thoughts swirling around in just my head, but I want to try putting more of them into words, and maybe even do some liveblogs of certain shows or video games.
My main other interests are music (I'm a big disney and musical fan, as well as a wide variety of other styles), food/cooking, languages, and clothing design (mainly for character design ideas). I generally like to ramble and talk about different ideas and interpretations and what not, so feel free to send a message or leave a comment if you want to chat about anything in specific.
I also do a fair bit of writing myself. Of course, since my focus tends to jump around like some kind of hyperactive toad, I have yet to finish most of my WiPs, but nothing is ever really abandoned with me either, for fanfiction or original fiction. Similar to my consuming interests, I write a lot of character-centric fantasy and sci-fi stories, which can range from original superhero stories to dystopian fantasy to shoujo-inspired magical girl/boy series among other things. Over on pillowfort (and sometimes tumblr) I also showcase my art of all my ocs, though I may delve properly into fan art at some point as well. I've also been doing nanowrimo consistently since 2015, so hopefully that will eventually kick some of my drafts into the finished stages!
Outside of fandom geekery and writing woes, the other thing always popping up on my journal is that I am aromantic and asexual and fairly loud about it. I'm definitely on the repulsed side for both, though I'm more heavily sex-repulsed than romance-repulsed, and that has certainly informed a lot of my story preferences and fandom experiences. While there are certainly romance stories I've liked or even really liked (Cardcaptor Sakura is one of my favorite series), I generally prefer a story to have little to none of it, or at least not have it be the only kind of relationship that gets to shine. Likewise, there is little romance in my original works and my fanfiction doesn't tend to get very shippy (since... I don't tend to ship anything in the traditional way). That said I am very much a 'ship and let ship' kind of person, though since this is my own journal aroace interpretations and personal rants/opinions will be mixed in with general reviews.
I also hope to start writing more meta for the series I love! Normally I keep my thoughts swirling around in just my head, but I want to try putting more of them into words, and maybe even do some liveblogs of certain shows or video games.
My main other interests are music (I'm a big disney and musical fan, as well as a wide variety of other styles), food/cooking, languages, and clothing design (mainly for character design ideas). I generally like to ramble and talk about different ideas and interpretations and what not, so feel free to send a message or leave a comment if you want to chat about anything in specific.