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[queenslayerbee]

Challenge #10

In your own space, talk about one of your fandom firsts. This could be your first fandom, your first fandom friend, the first fanwork you created, the first fanwork you interacted with... The options are endless! Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

I talked a bit about some fandom firsts in a past entry (mainly pertaining to my first active fandom a few years ago, the Shadowhunters tv show), so I wanted to talk about something different.

A few years ago, for Femslash February, I decided to open my inbox to prompts and to write 28 f/f drabbles of 100 words for the month. And I did it! Given how inconsistent I can be in such extended goals, that was a first on its own LOL. It also marked the beginning of my taste for drabble-writing in general. Of 100 fics posted, close to half of them have been drabbles (sometimes double/triple/quintuple/etc.) drabbles, sometimes by entering challenges like Seasons of Drabbles, but mostly by challenging myself, like during that month or with last year's Three Sentences Ficathon.

(Today I finally got time to go over this year's posts to identify tropes that catch my eye... soon I'll be at it again. And writing more drabbles for other challenges, too).

Another fun first was in 2022, where I got two one-shots (sfw and nsfw) published in a Black Sails fanzine, which I was pretty proud of. You can find the downloable versions in the ao3 collection, if you're interested.

Anyone else got an odd fandom first they want to share?

Comments

[silveradept]

Congratulations on going all the way through and doing all of those prompts. It's not easy to do a daily habit of anything.

[queenslayerbee]

Thank you! Keeping up any kind of routine/habit is often a bit of a struggle for me, so I'm still proud of it to this day LOL.

[silveradept]

I heat you on that, and I agree with you that it should still be counted and celebrated as a win.

[svgurl]

That is a fun first! Congrats on completing it! Maintaining consistency like that is hard and it is impressive you got it done. :D

[queenslayerbee]

Thank you! It definitely felt like an accomplishment :D

[tsuki_no_bara]

a drabble a day for a whole month is impressive as hell. a good drabble is just *chef's kiss*.

[queenslayerbee]

Thank you! And yes, I'm always marvelled at how creative writers can be with such a short format.