Fandom Snowflake: Challenge 1 Introduce Yourself

Challenge 1

In your own space, update your fandom information! Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.



Hi, I'm Fuzzyred and I'm going to start off by saying that this is my first time doing the Snowflake challenge and I'm inexplicably nervous, so bare with me if I start rambling or if I don't reply to comments right away.

About me... I love to read, I like baking, rollerblading, biking, swimming, horseback riding, knitting, crocheting, spending time with family, doing puzzles, learning languages, and yoga. I dabble in cooking and gardening, although those skills are still in the acquisition phase and more out of necessity than any great passion.

Fandoms I like include Harry Potter, NCIS, Sherlock, Three Musketeers, Marvelverse (mostly Avengers), and Hockey RPF, though I will read any variety of things if the content piques my interest. Occassionally this leads to confusion on my part, because I will be lacking important canon knowledge (or any cannon knowledge) but I've found some great stories and fandoms this way, so I'm going just keep jumping in and hoping for the best.

I don't create much fanwork myself, although I consume copius amounts of it. In recent months I have gotten more into writing, so there might be fanfics in the future, but so far everything has been original content, what little I have written.

I'm an introvert and kind of shy and (in my mind) very awkward around new people, so I might not always be the fastest to respond or the most outgoing, but I promise I don't bite and I do enjoy making news friends. I'm off to check that my profiles are up-to-date, both here and on AO3 (NCIS_Sherlock for anyone interested), because it's been awhile since I looked at them. Feel free to leave a comment if you want to say ho, and I'll do my best to respond in a timely manner.

Fandom Snowflake: Challenge 2 Set some Goals

Challenge #2

In your own space, set some goals for the coming year. They can be fannish or not, public or private. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.



I made a post about my goals here. A lot of these are repeats from last year, but there are some new ones too. Fannish goals... I want to create at least one fanfic this year, perhaps diversify in my choices of reading (I tend to stick to a lot of the same fansom/pairing/tags), and interact more with creators, since I have a tendency to just lurk most of the time.

Fandom Snowflake: Challenge 3 AUs and Fusions

Challenge #3

In your own space, put some favorite characters into an AU, fuse some favorite canons together, talk about your favorite AU/fusion tropes, or tell us why AU/fusions aren’t your cup of tea. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.



I don't create my own fanworks, so I don't have any AUs of my own, but I do enjoy reading them when others do it. It can be fun to see familiar characters in unfamiliar settings and see how that changes things. I've seen some really cool no powers-artist AUs with Steve and the Avengers cast. The only thing that bugs me is that sometimes the AUs aren't tagged very well, so I sometimes don't know which bits of canon have been kept; especially when some characters keep their abilities while others don't.

I'm not sure I have any favourite AUs or characters but I have probably read the most Marvelverse/Avengers AUs. I think the ones I like the best are the ones where Steve is some kind of artist as a career, or the ones where the characters are thrown into kinky things (there are a few really good BDSM AU type stories with Phil and Clint).