What I Wish I Had the Talent to Do (Fandom Snowflake Challenge)

Jan. 15th, 2022 02:49 pm
ebaths: shen qingqiu coughing lightly (ahem)

In your own space, talk about an idea you wish you had the time / talent / energy to do. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

I thought this was a really interesting prompt. I took it only from a "talent" perspective in my response (only listed things that I don't feel I can pull off right now). I feel like this is something that we all think about but don't necessarily talk about (at least in a serious way). Taking this from a fanworks perspective only...

I have an idea for a Beatrice+Battler Umineko: When They Cry vid and a Shinada from Yakuza vid that probably have to be lyric videos with drawings (not enough or no video to edit a vid from), but I really don't feel like I have the skill or patience to make them. I wish I was a better draftsperson. I say this instead of "artist" because I can actually make "art" that I like or enjoy looking at (not that I'm really good or anything). But when I think about making fanworks that I'll want to share, like comics or lyric videos, it's hard for me to imagine being able to draw those in a way that's satisfying to me. So it's more about my ability to draw movement and characters in a way that makes me not cringe...I think I was a more skillful draftsperson in high school when I was like actively practicing all the time (in other words, drawing pictures of Karkat during Calculus class).

This is only partially related to fan stuff but I wish that I was able to learn music by ear/transcribe music. Specifically, one of my greatest life wishes is to transcribe and perform "Tetsuo's Theme" by the Geinoh Yamashirogumi from the Akira movie on handbells. (I am actually kind of trying to get better at this though...my current project is to transcribe the sad music from Spongebob LOL.)

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Fandom Wishlist (Fandom Snowflake Challenge)

Jan. 8th, 2022 11:54 am
ebaths: columbo with his hands out about to explain something (listen to this)
In your own space, make a list of things that you wish existed in fandom or elsewhere, and/or that you'd like someone to create or do for you.

As I mentioned in my last post on this challenge, I'm not really in fandom right now--though not for any particular reason. I think the main reasons are 1. focusing on life stuff and 2. not getting pulled in by any particular thing. I tend to be kind of behind the curve when it comes to media (I'm just now playing Bloodborne, for instance) which is not conducive to being fandom active.

[personal profile] blueshiftofdeath introduced me to vidding, which has been very attractive to me as a type of fanwork I can see myself keeping up with. I feel like it's less frustrating than writing or drawing, but gives me a similar excitement and satisfaction when I get my final product. It's much more limited than writing or drawing of course (especially with things like shipping, unless the ship has a lot of canon moments) and of course it's limited to movies and TV, but I feel like that's still a really significant chunk of stuff I'm likely to make "fannish" stuff for anyway.

Anyway this all has nothing to do with the challenge, so all that being said, here are a few things I'd like to see in fandom/other spaces:

  • More Columbo content! Actually, for some reason, Columbo was super popular (at least on my Twitter feed?) for a couple months in 2021. I don't know exactly why this is, since it didn't move to a new streaming platform or anything that would suddenly make a bunch of people start watching it. So now that I'm thinking about it, I've actually seen more Columbo fanart than I ever have before. I highly recommend anyone to watch this show...you can hardly go wrong, but start with A Friend in Deed, or ask me for a rec!
  • Hmm...I'd love to be a part of a book-fandom group on DW. (This kind of group may exist already). I'm a lurker on booklr, bookstagram, booktube...but none of these communities really make me want to be a part of them. I think there's a lack of depth (maybe in particular for Tumblr and Instagram, because images get more engagement) so book reviews will be super short, or not invite discussion. There's also a lot of the same books being talked about, which is fine and is bound to happen, but does make content a little repetitive, since again, not much is being said (how many times can I hear about how A Little Life will make me cry!!). Youtube is a bit better for content but I'm not going to make Youtube videos, and there's very little opportunity for community or discussion on Youtube outside of videos. This also calls back to my issue of being "behind the curve", as I rarely read books that have been released in the last one or two years (not for any particular reason, but that's just how my schedule ends up). A lot of book discussion logically centers on newer releases, since they're exciting and have a bigger audience.

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