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

[deerna]

I loved Twelve! But my doctors will always be Nine and Ten — that's where I started after all. I did enjoy Thirteen and the way she reminds me of different doctors, almost like she's morphing from one to the other ;W; <3

Oh, I'm familiar with CR! I don't quite have the attention span for it but I loved Mercer as McCree in Overwatch haha. But yeah, it's becoming harder to find good dubbing now even if there's older stuff that is astonishingly good -- we have a very good italian localization of "The Nanny" for example, which was popular in the Nineties.

I reccommend catching up with the interviews, if you're into that kind of thing, because it's quite cute to watch Henry fangirl about it haha. He apparently stole every prop that wasn't nailed to the floor and spent an embarrassingly long time watching himself in the mirror going like "hehe I'm Geralt of Rivia" while in full costume. (So Relatable)

Honestly the best part about the games are the side quests, the story itself isn't anything to write home about - at least for tw3, I haven't played the others. Definitely familiar sights then! :D there's an expansion that is set in a country that is basically a mixture of Spain/France/Italy and it definitely felt like home. They did the homework!

I wouldn't want to build up expectations -- the books definitely show their age and their author, but there's some shockingly good stuff about them so I can't help but gush haha.

That's what they said! Although it might be a low-key reference to the polish tv show where Jaskier is half-elf, thus he ages more slowly? Who knows. I just know the fandom definitely ran with it -- "immortal jaskier" is a very popular tag. I haven't read that fic yet, bookmarking it for later! Thank you! :D

[sevilemar]

Aww, I almost get nostalgic about Nine and Ten these days. And I just realised, it has been 15 years since Nine. How did that happen? I am getting old^^

Oh, I loved "The Nanny"! They did a re-readthrough of the first episode recently, it was fun (Pandemic Table Read). Fran Drescher's voice was very distinct back then^^

I found some interviews with Henry Cavill on YouTube, and you are right, he is adorable. Such a fanboy! And I love how he breaks apart the fight scene in Blaviken. I was very impressed when I first saw the scene, because it was all one shot, there was no wasted move, and you instantly knew the story they were telling just through their movements. Great storytelling! And then there is also Henry Cavill, being adorable with Simon Pegg

Gush away, I have no problem with books of a certain age. I loved Jack London and Karl May when I grew up, so no worries^^ Mind you, I wouldn't recommend them today, but sometimes you can't help what you get exposed to, especially as a child. I am glad they did their homework for the games, because getting the details right adds so much to any show, and also a game, I'd imagine.