Sunshine 2019: Prompt Two

[enemytosleep]

Check out the Master List to find links to all of the 2019 challenge posts.

Prompt 2: Fannish Identity

As the sunshine_challenge continues, we invite everyone to take a deeper look at their own fandom identities. Remember that there is no official deadline, so feel free to join in at any time or go back and do any prompts you've missed!



Identity: the fact of being who or what a person is.

The internet and our online identities are a vastly interesting subject as the inherent anonymity that comes with creating a fannish identity can let us show the most intimate parts of ourselves with the relative safety and comfort of being behind a screen. Some of us have no problem connecting their fannish identity to their real life identity, while others may have more than one fandom account to keep each fandom identity separate. Now we ask everyone here to take a look at themselves and share some of what makes you … you!

Here are some questions to consider as you dive into this topic (these questions are only meant as prompt points and are not required. Please share what you are comfortable sharing): What does your username mean? How is it pronounced? What's your origin story? Is it fannish?

What is your default icon about? Does it have personal meaning? Why did you choose it? What is it from? Tell us anything else you want to share publicly that would help people know how to interact with you. Preferred pronouns? Do you have a first language other than English? What does "fannish identity" mean to you?

If you are comfortable, this could also be a good time to invite questions from your circle for you to answer on your pages.



Once you’ve finished reflecting on your space in fandom, leave a comment to this post saying you’ve done it! Include a link to your pages if you feel comfortable doing so. Let everyone know whether you are "Ready for visitors!" or "Lurking for fandom fun".

Most importantly, please check through the comments and go visit new journals, comment on their shiny posts, and maybe make a new friend or two. We encourage everyone to aim to comment on two new journals if they are able (of course, you are welcome to do more!). ♥



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Comments

[muccamukk]

Mine's here: https://muccamukk.dreamwidth.org/1235637.html

Visitors welcome, as always.

[autobotscoutriella]

That icon is so cute! Love the glitter.

Thanks for participating!

[muccamukk]

IT'S SO SPARKLY I'M GONNA DIE!

[sodium_amytal]

Thanks for participating! (That's a fascinating backstory about your username, btw)

[enemytosleep]

Thanks for sharing!