So, somebody said this:
When there’s a popular group of people in a fandom and you want to say hi and make friends with them but they’re all so chummy with each other that you just end up feeling like a homeless kid that’s watching a family have a nice…
I am a massive introvert, so the whole interacting thing is hard for me. Also because I’m in the UK, I feel more like a homeless kid who wakes up in the morning and gets to watch a video of a family all having a big meal together. (Which is unfixable, obviously!)
Hi there! Well, you’re not the only person around here I know from the UK. ^_^ There’s PennyPaperBrain, Provocatrixxx, Mystradedoodles, and Nichellen just off the top of my head. I know that I know more people from over there, but now I can’t remember just who they are.
I also know that interrosands is French, Katzensprotte is German, and Archiaart is in New Zealand (now there’s a wacky time zone!). And one of the ladies of 22DrunkB is in…Egypt, I think? But anyway, if you snag some more people for your dash who’re closer to your time zone and active the same time you are, it can help that feeling of being out of the loop. 🙂
So, I just noodled around your blog a bit and 1: holy crap that thing about Stephen Thompson is amazeballs and 2: DAMN but that is some fine hot J/S/L fic you’ve got going there. In fact your name is ringing a bell for me, now I think of it…
Ahhhhhhhhhh, yes, the Art of Escapology! Lovely little fic. ^_^
Incidentally, you might be amused to know that (I am guessing by your username) we are close to the same age! I love that we get to associate with people of all ages in fandom, but there’s something kind of specially nice about knowing people close to your own age, isn’t there? Shared experiences, I guess (oh, X-Files, how I miss you).
Ooops, I realised the UK thing sounded whiny as soon as I posted it. I do follow some UK people, and now I have some new names to try!
Thank you for the lovely comments on my fics – I thought you were going to say my name was familiar because I’ve commented on and kudos-ed lots of yours! (It might actually have been Shame is Overrated that first put the idea of John/Greg in my head, so my J/S/L fic is all your fault!)
Yep, does sound like we’re about the same age then – oooh, David Duchovny. Yum. (Talking of shared experiences – last year my Halloween pumpkin was the Death Star, and there were real grown-up people at the party who were too young to have seen Star Wars. Very disturbing!)
Too young to- *clutches heart* THEY GOT TO SEE YOUR DEATH STAR PUMPKIN AND I MISSED IT AND THEY DIDN’T EVEN APPRECIATE IT? There is no justice!
Well, I might also remember your name from comments then! ^_^ That is a responsibility I am entirely willing to shoulder. Oh, if my great crime upon the world is inspiring flotillas of John/Greg fics, I can die fulfilled.
Hahaha, David Duchovny, yes! And back in the early days of the internet, Gillian Anderson reigned as its half-dressed empress. I always loved that she was a bit crazy in real life.
Pfff, I didn’t think it sounded whiny. I just thought it sounded a little lonely. I like being able to help out with relatively small problems like that. The big problems are so hard to fix, but life’s a lot easier if we can at least team up and tackle the small ones!
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