welcome to my fandom page

I guess this will be a page with information on fandom and media, as well as "mini-shrines" and lists about my own fandoms.

Fandom has been one of my passions since 2004, when I first made an account on a fansite. And I've been stuck here ever since lol. I don't have much to show for it though. I've written fanfiction and drawn fanart, but not much of it has made it to the internet or stayed there. I've also deleted most of my accounts and things and changed my name several times from the old days. The most of what can be found of me are random shitposts and liveblogging on social media. But I was here, and it mattered.

My interests tend to lean toward animation, there's a lot more freedom and creativity, and live action doesn't pay attention to the aesthetics as much. If live action were more creative I'd be more into it, but right now most of it is bland as hell. I'm so glad that in the past decade or so, more people are starting to realize that animation is a medium, not a children's sub-genre, but there's still way too many people out there who still think that. I used to think their way of thinking was detrimental to animation, because the expectations that animation had to be a certain way would put a limitation on what was made, but now I think they're just limiting themselves because they are missing out on some of the best story telling and art this world has to offer.

what is fandom?

A fandom is a collection of fans of a particular thing, usually a piece of media. Passionate fans will create all sorts of fanworks in honor of their obsessions, including but not limited to fanfiction, fanart, amvs, e-shrines, cosplay, ect.

what is shipping?

Shipping is the appreciation or fascination for the potential stories between two or more characters, often of a romantic or sexual nature, but not always. A ship doesn't need to be canon or potentially canon to be interesting to someone. A ship also doesn't need to conform to a characters canon (or percieved canon) sexualities/orientations. It's all about exploring potential stories. It's definitely not about picking a team and fighting over who's ship is better to the point of endangering real people's lives.

what is canon?

When something is canon, that means it is undeniably true within the text. Fanon is when the majority of a fandom believes something is or should be canon, which may or may not align with canon itself. Headcanon is when a fan believes something that is based on canon but isn't canon at the time.

one piece

  • type: anime
  • started: around Sept-Oct 2023
  • interest: active
I hate that it took me so long to get into this series. It's incredible, everyone who talks it up is right to do so. It's nothing like what I thought it was. As of writing it's been a little over a year since I started it and I'm still floored by the worldbuilding, storytelling, and characters.

Non-spoiler summary: 20-something years ago, Gold Roger, the King of the Pirates, announced upon his execution that his treasure was still out there waiting to be found. Many took to the seas in an attempt to find the One Piece, the pirate kings lost treasure. Roger died with a smile on his face knowing he just caused maximum chaos. Two decades later, Monkey D. Luffy sets off to find the One Piece himself.

my one piece tag on tumblr

drawfee

  • type: youtube nonfiction show
  • started: mid 2019
  • interest: active
"Where we take your dumb ideas and make even dumber drawings!" Drawfee is a youtube show where four artists have a laugh making silly art and cracking jokes about it. They're an independent and employee owned business formerly owned by College Humor. They have a sense of humor that appeals to me completely, it's kind of incredible. If you can jam with Drawfee, I could probably jam with you.

here's a starter pack of videos

There are a lot of reasons why I love them, but among them are that they encourage their audience to vote in every election and be politically responsible, they're queer friendly and the last two years have done charity streams for pride month, they support Palestine, and are just all around good people.

watch drawfee on youtube
my drawfee tag on tumblr

the legend of zelda

  • first game: some dabbling before, but got hooked in 2011-2012 with TP and SS
  • interest: in and out
test test test

games played

  • The Legend of Zelda (1986)
  • Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (1987)
  • A Link to the Past (1991)
  • Ocarina of Time (1998)
  • Majora's Mask (2000)
  • The Wind Waker (2003)
  • Twilight Princess (2006)
  • Skyward Sword (2011)
  • A Link Between Worlds (2013)
  • Hyrule Warriors
  • Breath of the Wild (2017)

games watched (can no longer afford bideo gam ;_;)(also the video game industry sucks)

  • Link's Awakening (1993)
  • Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (2020)
  • Tears of the Kingdom (2023)
  • (will soon watch Echoes of Wisdom (2024)
my LOZ tag on tumblr
my twilight princess tag on tumblr

sailor moon

  • first seen: R movie in 1998, finally watched the full jpn version around 2009
  • interest: currently inactive
rented the R movie on vhs when I was probably too young to watch it lol. made me want to draw a lot as a kid.

youtube

  • drawfee
  • overly sarcastic productions
  • miniminuteman
  • joe scott
  • the drawk show
  • rattus rattus
  • andrewism
  • blackbeancms
  • not just bikes
  • game grumps
  • quinbobin
  • kaz rowe
  • curious archive

music

  • my chemical romance (danger days)
  • michael guy bowman
  • jariah
  • florence + the machine
  • marina and the diamonds

my fandom history

wherein I try to remember with as much accuracy as possible what media has stuck with me all these years and when I found them.
  • 1992 - speed racer (birth of cartoon network)
  • ???? pirates of dark water, freakazoid
  • 1998 - pokemon, sailor moon
  • ???? - cardcaptor sakura, kiki's delivery service (first ghibli)
  • 2003 - degrassi: the next generation, radio free roscoe
  • 2004 - joined online fandom for the first time
  • 2005 - fullmetal alchemist/funimation voice actors (oof)(birth of youtube)
  • ???? - eureka seven
  • 2007 - nana, death note
  • 2008 - ouran
  • 2009 - his and her circumstances (sup liam o'brian, you been here this whole time?)
  • 2010 - adventure time
  • 2011 - the legend of zelda, no. 6, tiger & bunny
  • nov 2011 - homestuck
  • 2012 - k project, roosterteeth/achievement hunter, game grumps
  • 2013 - rwby, free! iwatobi swim club
  • 2014 - steven universe
  • 2016 - yuri!!! on ice
  • 2017 - voltron: legendary defender
  • 2018 - critical role
  • 2019 - drawfee
  • 2020 - caught up to critical role on c2e97
  • 2023 - one piece live action, started one piece anime a month later
  • 2024 - finished one piece four months after starting

studio ghibli movies

strike through is what I've seen, bold is dvds I own
  • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind" (1984)
  • Castle in the Sky (1986)
  • Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
  • My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
  • Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
  • Only Yesterday (1991)
  • Porco Rosso (1992)
  • Ocean Waves (1993)
  • Pom Poko (1994)
  • Whisper of the Heart (1995)
  • Princess Mononoke (1997)
  • My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999)
  • Spirited Away (2001)
  • The Cat Returns (2002)
  • Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
  • Tales from Earthsea (2006)
  • Ponyo (2008)
  • The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)
  • From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)
  • The Wind Rises (2013)
  • The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013)
  • When Marnie Was There (2014)
  • Earwig and the Witch (2020)
  • The Boy and the Heron (2023)

leftovers from my old list (figure it out later)

  • frankenstein
  • critical role (campaign 2)
  • homestuck
  • steven universe
  • sailor moon
  • pokemon
  • voltron: legendary defender
  • starkid
  • cardcaptor sakura
  • no.6 by atsuko asano
  • death note
  • bee and puppycat
  • over the garden wall
  • the dragon prince
  • the raven cycle
  • ouran high school host club
  • his and her circumstances
  • the last unicorn
  • romeo + juliet
  • promare
  • studio ghibli

bloop

  • list?????