fandom snowflake challenge #01

[deerna]

challenge #1: in your own space, introduce yourself!

hi i’m deerna, a twenty-something queer gremlin who writes for a living and also for fun. i’ve tried to do the snowflake thing on pillowfort last year because i thought i was going to be more active on that platform, but then i started posting a little more often on dreamwidth so i thought of doing the challenge on here instead.

for challenge #01 i updated my intro/sticky post. i joined the witcher fandom a year ago and it doesn’t look like i’m going anywhere, so i added a paragraph about it. if you're wondering about it, the #a just death thing (like my main icon) is about dirk strider (homestuck epilogues).

if you want to know more about me you can also read my fandom recap and my writing recap from 2020, that i just posted. most of my personal posts are locked but i’m not fussy about adding people; just say hi under the sticky post so i know who you are.

Comments

[tjs_whatnot]

Hi! Hello!

Like your intro/sticky post. Very concise but inclusive. I came a little late to the learning of new languages game, but the last year, I've been plugging away at my Italian on Duolingo, and think I got a handle on it...until I listen to someone speak/read someone's written Italian and then I am barely getting by. :((( But, I do enjoy what I've learned so far. Hopefully by the time we're allowed to travel again, and I get to Italy in person, I'll have SOME idea what people are telling me. ♥ ♥

[deerna]

Hello there!

Oh wow you're super brave to learn Italian, I always say that if it weren't my first language I wouldn't, not in a million years. It's not any harder than say, French or Spanish, but we have a lot of peculiarities re: pronunciation and dialects and slangs that change a lot according to the different geographical area the speaker is from, and ARGH.

Anyway. Duolingo is very nice to get a handle of the basics though! I'm using it to keep my Russian vocab fresh and to start figuring out Polish (help!!) but if you're feeling adventurous I suggest looking up people on youtube (for example I stumbled on Lucrezia's channel while I was looking for a completely different thing and it seems nice? She speaks slowly and she sometimes gives useful tips for being a tourist in the wild lol).

I really hope you get to come here! Italy is beautiful, and I don't say that just because I'm high key biased hehe. Thanks for saying hello <3