Long time, no see

[moku_youbi]

Thanks to Hannibal fandom, I've finally given in to the horrifying new world that is tumblr. I resisted for so long, but if I want to be involved, I know I have little choice. I've written a few things for that fandom--a couple short fics, and one long fic that's nearly finished (and OMG, IDEK what to do with myself, it's sort of incredibly popular

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[barmy_bunk]

Good to see you're alive! ♥

Tumblr is fantastic for certain aspects of fandom. I'm not a Hannibal fan so I'll pass for now, but I think you'll really enjoy it!

[moku_youbi]

Hi

[barmy_bunk]

oh, man, that sounds like the best fandom to be a part of, seriously. *nods*

tumblr is awesome for sharing things you like with each other, but when it comes to actually communicating and connecting with people, it really, REALLY sucks.

actually, the other day i was searching the tags for something, and i stumbled upon an adorable campaign (by people clearly new to fandom) to get people to switch from tumblr to livejournal, because lj was better for interaction and fic. there were even instructions.

recently, though, a bunch of my online friends and i have been lamenting the lack of lj in our lives, so perhaps there's going to be a shift back in this direction?

[moku_youbi]

On the one hand, it is an amazing fandom and everyone's so nice, but on the other hand, the exchanges with them just aren't very meaningful, and it's hard to keep motivated and continue communicating when it's such a pain in the ass (and I still haven't figured out the "rules" about when to reblog and when to privately answer, and when to comment and shit, so I always worry that I'm doing it wrong

[barmy_bunk]

i've had to restart this comment twice because the cat stepped all over the laptop and navigated away from this page.

ANYWAY, tumblr is super awesome for signal boosting things and keeping abreast of current events and sharing fan art and pretty things, but sucks super hard when it comes to fic and meaningful conversation/relationships. for me, ao3 definitely wins for fic, but there's nothing better than lj for building friendships.

in my circle of friends, i think, it's accepted that when it comes to tumblr, who we follow there has more to do with what we want to see than who we're friends with elsewhere. we can talk to our friends on twitter or fb or whatever, but tumblr, for us, is mostly for pretties.

still planning on the lgbtq youth thing! just inundated with post-move things, so it's on the back burner for now. =/

[moku_youbi]

that makes sense. I feel bad about not following some people, but they just spam my dashboard with shit I don't want to see. But luckily fannibals are so nice, so I'm slowly building friendships there. But in general, it seems like fandom has changed. It's so much harder to make true friendships. I mean, there are bandom peeps who've been to my home on multiple occasions, and who I've visited, people who, to this day, are part of my life, and I just don't see that happening here, which is a bummer.

Moving sounds tough. We've contemplated it a few times because of shitty neighbours who like to play their music loud, but it just seems impossible to try to get our shit together enough to sell this place, even with just one kid. IDK how you can do it with two!

I look forward to seeing more about the lgbtq thing again someday. Muse and I have officially given up on having our #2 after 2.5 years and miscarriages, and lots of money. We have lots of room in our house, and it would be nice to do something with it, and the love we have to

[barmy_bunk]

that would be so great. one of the biggest roadblocks, i think, is going to be finding people i know are trustworthy to take these kids in, you know? like, it's all well and good to have pages and pages of volunteers, but how do i know they're not a bunch of pedophiles? even if they have clean criminal records, it doesn't mean they're not predators. it's tricky.

i'm so sorry about your inability to conceive another child. =(

[moku_youbi]

Understandable. I've considered trying to offer just to someone around here, but it's like you say. You can never know who to trust, and I imagine it's even more difficult for someone in their situation. But I see a lot of posts about these at risk kids on tumblr and my heart breaks for them.

[moku_youbi]

Yeah, I started at FF.net many, many years ago, but I much prefer ao3