Friending Meme 2017

[penguinfaery]

DREAMWIDTH FRIENDING MEME

Heyo!

So after a few plurk discussions, the want to start journaling again a la Livejounal came up a few different places, and this idea was born!

We ask if you participate, that you attempt to post 1-3 time a week, and comment as much as possible to help jump start personal journaling here on dreamwidth. And if you use your journal already (or if you start from here) we'd love a link back to this meme! The more the merrier!

You can also follow this community for both daily writing prompts and a monthly friending meme!

To participate, copy and paste this in a comment, fill it out, and go make some friends!

<u>YOU</u> <B>Name|</B> <B>Age|</B> <B>Other platforms|</B> <user name=NAMEHERE site=lplurk.com> <a href="https://www.dreamwidth.org/support/faqbrowse?faqid=87">See here for all websites you can make a tag to.</a> <B>Fandoms|</B> <B>Interest|</B> Any non-fandom subjects you are into. <B>Speed Bio|</B> Sum the whole of your life into a few sentences for us! No biggie. <U>YOUR JOURNAL</U> <B>What do you post|</B> A snap shot of what your journal is made of. <B>Posting habits|</B> Lots of long personal posts? A commentor who doesn't post a lot themselves? Also, be aware a lot of us haven't journaled in a long time and may not be sure/may have different habits than we expect. <B>Warnings|</B> Any general content warning for you/your blog. <B>Looking for|</B> What kind of friends do you want? <B>Deal breakers|</B> What kind of friends don't you want? <B>Tell us any interesting thing about you!</B> It's like the first day of class roll call! <B>Anything else?</B>

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meru

[tarantula]

YOU
Name| meru
Age| 26
Other platforms| Merururu
Fandoms| Voltron, horror games, just got into Killing Stalking, Disney, animation in general, too many podcasts, NieR, Baccano!, visual novels, Jurassic Park, IDK anymore
Interest| Norwegian, tattoos, other body mods, tiny homes, dinosaurs, I love things that can be cute and creepy at the same time, rats
Speed Bio| I've been in and out of school my whole post-high school life. I used to be a dog bather, now I'm a food line worker at a local uni I could never afford to attend. I have tons of trivia! I watch terrible movies for fun. I'm trying to get back into my fandom/RP ways. I mean I write fanfics and I'm trying to build my confidence in drawing. I drink too much tea and sometimes wine. I have pet rats.

YOUR JOURNAL
What do you post| Things on my mind. No one follows my journal so can't tell you exactly how it will change
Posting habits| I go months between posts. Back on LJ it was a few posts a week or maybe daily. Who knows?
Warnings| It looks like I've mentioned depression already.
Looking for| fandom friends, anyone interested?
Deal breakers| tumblr brand purity wank, anti-shippers, getting upset at people for liking things - I don't want that kind of negativity it's all so exhausting

Tell us any interesting thing about you! I used to believe that it was impossible for TV characters to lie.
Anything else?

[penguinfaery]

Hello! We don't have tons of fandom in common, but lots of interest! down?

[tarantula]

So down!

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[savethelilin]

I don't think we have a ton of fandom overlap, but you sound like a cool person.

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[tarantula]

Thanks. You sound pretty cool too.

[rootsofthestories]

Cute and creepy! Horror games! Tattoos! I am so here for this. *adds*

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[mutanthairything]

I love animation, and I've been thinking of getting to talk with more people about it!

Also cute and creepy things are the best.

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[tarantula]

I'm always down to talk about cartoons

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[mutanthairything]

Is there any type of animation you're been interested in recently? Short films, animation from particular eras?

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[tarantula]

At the moment? I've been looking a lot at 1980s anime. Everything just seems so huge and ambitious (although I've just been watching mecha so that's probably sample bias). Plus I love all the shaky zoom and stilted voice acting. There's something about the more realistic character designs I find super appealing too.

And there's this scene from Robotech. I could watch the full scene all day. And the part where he pulls her into the cockpit and they experience a moment of weightlessness. So good.

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[mutanthairything]

It's the mix of realism and camp that feels so genuine, and sometimes that's the kind of thing I need.

Recently I've been on a roll with Russian animation. It's also a mix of realism and over-the-top acting that I find nostalgic - maybe I should post about the next one I watch.

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[briteskies]

Not a ton of fandoms but definitely some, and quite a few interests in common too. Wanna be new friends!?

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[longmagpieroads]

Which podcasts are you into at the moment? I'm currently into a variety of them including fictional and nonfictional ones.

Re: meru

[tarantula]

A lot, too many actually. I just started listening to My Dad Wrote a Porno. It's pretty great.

Movie/Animation Podcasts:
Cartoon Lampoon
The Flop House
We Hate Movies
RebelTaxi's Pizza Party Podcast
Till Death Do Us Blart
I Was There Too
How Did This Get Made?

Crime and the Paranormal:
Bizarre States
Lore
Generation Why
Thinking Sideways
Oh No Ross and Carry

Internet Oddities:
The F+
Lou Reads the Internet for You

Other:
My Brother My Brother and Me
Sawbones
No Such Thing as a Fish

Fiction:
The Black Tapes - I was really into it through most of S1 then they lost my suspension of disbelief and I haven't started S2. I still it on my podcast app in case I want to continue but I'm not sure I will

I used to be really into Welcome to Night Vale but I guess I lost interest. I'm still very fond of those early episodes though.

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[longmagpieroads]

The Black Tapes S2 I enjoyed though I do admit to preferring their other show Tanis a lot more. I also love Ars Paradoxica and The Bright Sessions a whole lot. Kings Fall AM is also pretty fun.

I still listen to Night Vale and then there's also their other show, Alice Isn't Dead, which was pretty awesome.

I also love Saga and Myths and Legends for some of the better mythology/folklore podcasts.