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Via a recent post by [personal profile] trobadora . According to this particular quiz I'm:
Fic trope

So my initial reaction was: "Okay, no, what the hell? I don't even like that trope!" But then I read the description, and, well... In the rare event that I do ship, this actually describes me perfectly. I'm not a shipper in general; I usually just take the canon pairing(s) as given but don't bother to pursue them or the popular non-canon pairings, which is why I only have a handful of fandoms for which read fic or interact with the members. (Out of the maybe couple hundred series I've come to love during all my years of fiction consumption, there're only about 10-15 for which I have a ship at all XD)

But when I do ship? I'm incapable of multishipping, to the point where I can't even read, say, for-fun fic where members of my OTP(s) are paired off with other people (though exceptions can be made for canon relationships which are imperative for character development, or pre-OTP OC ships mentioned only in passing). I'm greedy as hell for all manner of AU's, provided the characters I ship end up together and their characterisations and relationship dynamics aren't altered unreasonably. Save for one or two notable exceptions, I don't ship protagonists with antagonists because I don't like it when lovers/love interests treat each other and/or their friends/family/allies/species poorly... There's more, but these are the most relevant points, I think. So, yep. Looks like Soulmate AU is actually perfect for me. Who'd have thought?

Yeah, I know, I know. It's probably a good thing I rarely ship, because it turns out I'm secretly the world's most annoying shipper 😅

Oh, and I just noticed: Oddly - considering my terrible luck with regards to pretty much everything else ^^ - I'm pretty lucky when it comes to online quizzes. The answers I get are often spot-on.

(And I gotta say it: why did they ruin the picture of that cute ginger kitty with that terrible excuse for a filter!? Ugh.)
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clevermanka recently linked to that site where you can make yourself a grid for fanfic trope preferences. Since this DW has effectively become the receptacle for all my fandom-related ramblings, I'm posting my own grid here. The tiles under each category are arranged in alphabetical order.

I felt like some fairly important/common tropes hadn't been offered, but, hey, gotta work with what you've got, right?


Tropes

winter_blossom: (Golden-haired beauty)
It feels kind of pretentious to ramble about my personal opinions when I'm not a distinguished person in fandom, because who even cares about what I like? But then again, I'd love to come back to this page 10 years into the future (or something) and see how my tastes have changed over time, if at all, so for once I'm making a post for/about myself!

And, yep, this is the Either/Or Meme that was first posted by @solo here and has been making its way around.

Long-winded rambling under the cut... )
winter_blossom: (Bishoujo 17)
First time making a non-Guardian-centric post here. This is not a trend I intend to continue, but I'm sufficiently confused that I consider it justified.

Anyway!

Today I got an email which said, "Someone has chosen to upgrade your Dreamwidth Studios account."

My first thought: It's spam mail. Went and checked my profile. It now says "Paid Account, expires on 2020-12-06."

Second thought: OMG, I accidentally bought an account while sleep-surfing the web! (Sleep-surfing is something I really do. Granted, I'm just incredibly drowsy, not actually asleep ^^) Went and checked my debit card balance: still intact. Phew! (The exchange rate is at its most brutal these days, and I can't afford to spend a single USD)

Third: Christmas promo from DW. But if that's the case, they'd have said so in the email, right? Plus, I joined only in April so they have no reason to reward me with anything.

Fourth: Someone actually... Gifted me a paid account!? Having spent 18 years on the interwebs and receiving nothing more than a handful of compliments and/or critiques on my meta/review-writing skills means I found this the hardest to believe, somehow ^_^

So! If this isn't a fluke and someone did gift me: Thank you very much! I'm honoured!

If it is a fluke: lucky me, I guess? Lol. Hope they don't/can't revoke it!

But now I have a different problem: I have no idea what to do with a paid account. Maybe I can finally post that "Guardian characters' Hogwarts houses" poll I've been dying to make... Though everyone here is probably a bit too mature for Harry Potter, so more than just my inability to create a poll has been holding me back. (I literally grew up with HP: the 7th book came out barely 5 months before my own 17th birthday, and I unironically adore everything about those novels - have no interest in seeing the movies - although there seems to be a universal agreement among fantasy fans that it isn't all that. I rarely read/watch western fantasy, so I have no idea whether they're right or not ^_^)


Oh, and! I'm not sure whether acknowledging anon gifts in public is against Dreamwidth etiquette. If it is, I hope someone will let me know so I can delete this post. ETA: I guess not? Okay, then!

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