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[rusty_halo]

Everyone's doing this meme. I don't usually post these, because I think "everyone's going to think I'm selfish and hate me for posting this," even though I never think that about anyone else who posts these.

But anyway, I really enjoyed reading the responses in other people's journals. It's neat and interesting how people in fandom are so interconnected. So, I'll post this anyway:

1. How did you first hear of/meet me?

2. Where and when did you first hear my name/see my work/meet me?

3. With what people/series/groups etc. do you associate me and/or my writing?

NOTE: This is not a praise or feedback meme, this is just to track the path of my online presence and to see the connections involved, to find out how people link together.

(Just ignore the whole "writing" part, since I don't write.)

Also, I just looked at my entry from last night, and man, I really shouldn't be allowed to post after 3am.

Comments

[zyrya]

1. I first heard of you because of All About Spike. I was totally hooked on BtVS/AtS, and searched online for novelisations and other sources to feed the addiction ... and ran across fanfic. I'd always scorned fanfic, and the BtVS fic I found did little to disabuse me of this opinion ... until I found AAS. I realised that not only was fanfic a fascinating and complex writing genre, but that Spike was the focus of my Buffy addiction, and that fanfic was the solution to the problems I was having with canon Spike.

2. I first heard your name/started thinking of you as a person and not a website because of your Con reports, and then because of your LJ.

3. I don't associate you with people/series/groups, other than as webmistress/archivist at AAS. I associate you with standards of writing. Whenever I'm working on a fic I always have, in the middle of my mind, the concern that I will or won't be worthy of archiving at AAS. Not that AAS approval is the only criterion of fic quality, but it's certainly a useful standard to strive for.

You were the starting point for my BtVS/AtS online fandom experience. I lucked out by finding AAS almost immediately, and through AAS and your LJ I've found other writers and points of contact.

Re:

[rusty_halo.livejournal.com]

Wow. That's awesome--I'm so glad my site was able to help draw you into fandom.

That's ... really scary, actually, that you consider AAS approval to be a standard. Don't! I'm arbitrary and weird and often clueless. I can't take the kind of responsibility!

Er, sorry. I mean, uh... thanks?

I realised that not only was fanfic a fascinating and complex writing genre, but that Spike was the focus of my Buffy addiction

Awesome. I'm so glad that I helped you realize how great fic (and Spike) can be. :)