Dreamwidth Fandom Snowflake Challenge - Day 12

[teddy_radiator]

In your own space, talk about what you bring to fandom. It can be something tangible, or not.

See, this is hard. I don't know if I really contribute anything to fandom at all beyond my massive ego.

If I could talk about what I would like to bring to fandom, well, that's a different kettle of fish entirely.

I would like to be remembered for writing well. I would like to be remembered for encouraging others and urging them to be as creative as they possibly can be. I would like to be remembered for badgering people into raising their own bar.

I would like to be remembered for supporting grangersnape100 and nagging authors to drabble because it really does work. I would like to be remembered for asking people to join fests and keep the fandom alive by participating in every way they can. I would like to be remembered for writing BDSM in a safe, sane, consensual and responsible way that brought as much depth as kink to people's ideas about the lifestyle.

I would like to be remembered as the Steampunk Librarian and Tea Dominatrix of the Ministry of Magic, even though I can't go to MISTI this year.

I would like to be remembered.

Comments

[stgulik.livejournal.com]

You will be, for all these reasons, and for the heartfelt affection we always felt underneath.

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

{{{Hugs}}}

You know I love you like mad, right?

♥

[stgulik.livejournal.com]

I love you, too! <3

[akatnamedeaster.livejournal.com]

You're unforgettable, boo, you know that. *squishes*

The only thing on that list that makes me sad is that you won't be at the con, but don't worry, we won't forget you. :)

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

{{{Hugs}}} You're pretty amazing yourself, kiddo. And it's NOT just the porn. It's the passion, the eye for detail and the love for your characters, not to mention your wicked sense of humour, for which you will be remembered.

The closer the time comes to MISTI, the sadder I get about it. But if any slim chance occurs and I could somehow go, I'd do it. It's just a money issue right now - and I screwed up and didn't get registered or booked in time.

[gelsey.livejournal.com]

You will definitely be remembered for those, I think. I wish you were going to Misti :(

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

Thank you, sweetie. I am so sad I can't go, but I really hope everyone there has a great time - right now it isn't looking good at all for me, but if some miracle occurs and I can go, I will be there if I have to sleep in my car.

[gelsey.livejournal.com]

I'd wedge you into my room if I could!

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

I'd wedge you in this {{{{{HUG}}} if I could reach through the internet to you! ♥

[mimimanderly.livejournal.com]

You will be remembered for all that and more. You help keep the fandom alive.

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

And you helped me recognise that divine spark, dear heart. I will be ever thankful for you ♥

Well...

[ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com]

>> If I could talk about what I would like to bring to fandom, well, that's a different kettle of fish entirely.<<

Why not list that too? Goals are something to bring.

[krissy-cits.livejournal.com]

I've been debating the best way to write you a love letter, of sorts, but this seems Iike an excellent opportunity to tell you what I think you've brought to the fandom.

A few years ago I stumbled into fanfiction accidentally. The Severus/Hermione category quite literally horrified me--how could anyone think that was a good idea? I steered clear, but it nagged at me. After a month or so I decided to appease my curiosity and cautiously tiptoed into Ashwinder. The very first fic I read had me intrigued, empassioned...hooked. I had to read more. Why hadn't I thought SSHG was a good idea before? They made so much sense!

I devoured the rest of that author's works. Then her favorites list. Then grangersnape100 and every single SSHG thing I could get my grubby little hands on. They became and will remain my one true pairing. I have found so many delightful, thought-provoking, wonderful stories in this fandom, and I might never have done so without that first story.

In the intervening years I have come to think of a few authors as the "greats" of SSHG fiction. I started to write my own stories--not nearly as wonderful or thought-provoking by any means, but they've filled a space in my soul that I didn't realize was missing until I started writing. I credit that to that very first author as well. Every time I write, I think of her. I aspire to write even a tenth as well as she does.

In the HP fandom, and SSHG in particular, I have found a creative outlet as well as a supportive community that never fails to lift one another up. I have desperately wanted to belong here as much as the more established writers. To be accepted as one of "you". And that has started to happen the longer I write and the more communities/fests I participate in. It's been so wonderful and so needed whenever my "real" life becomes stressful.

All of this is a long-winded way to say: that very first story was Healing Properties of Murtlap Essence, and that author was you, teddyradiator. To me, you might as well BE the fandom, you're so entwined with my fanfiction origins. So thank you. For so much more than you might ever know!

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

Krissy, I don't have the words to tell you what this means to me. I'm honestly at a loss, because I don't have the means to tell you how you have made me feel. I wish I did, because then you would feel the amazing high your words have given me.

There is no higher honour on this earth for me than to know I helped you to recognise your special talent. I was you back in 2009, wanting to belong here, and I am grateful to this day for the encouragement I received then by this amazing family of artists and writers and crafters. If I have given some of that back to you, it was my privilege to do so.

Nothing I have written so far has even come close to saying how your words have lifted me. All I can say is that I am on cloud nine right now because of what you have said, and my Muse is smiling his most beautiful smile.

If I close my eyes tonight and don't wake up tomorrow, I will return home to Dahlra knowing I did something so special everything in my life has been worth it. My life had meaning, because of what you have said to me in this message tonight. Thank you, thank you, thank you, from the bottom of my heart and soul. ♥ ♥

[krissy-cits.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I've meant to come back to this...only to say that it's true, all true. To me, there is no such thing as the SSHG fandom without Teddy Radiator! :)

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

That means more to me than you'll ever know. ♥ ♥