Art by Glockgal 'n' other TWH stuff
Oct. 13th, 2005 10:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
geovikiMy definitive TWH post? This ain't it. I'm still scrambling to get back into gear. But I'm teasing you with my nametag, which has a sparkly picture of Draco on it by ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
glockgal, drawn just for me! (The faint bird-like thing is the Ravenclaw symbol of the house I was sorted into. At least pretend to be slightly surprised by that, won't you?)
ellid pointed out this article on the slash at TWH. Pretty decent, although it leaves you with the impression that Henry Jenkins was speaking on slash in fandom, and he really wasn't. I'm glad I popped for that special luncheon, though, because he gave an excellent talk about HP fandom and the cultural wars.
This is such a great example of how cool the people I met really are: there was a minor kerfuffle arising from a comment at![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
pornish_pixies (and it's all gone now so you'll have to take my word for it). On the first evening of TWH, there was a PP meet-up at the Salem Beer Works, and snapetoy posted a partial group photo (hey, there were more of us off to the side). That prompted a comment by someone who self-identified herself as 17 (bad move in any case), who "didn't want to sound rude but we were all so old". On her own journal, she augmented that with "old and fat and gross and ewww". Which then became a running joke for those of us who were, in fact, old and perhaps not as svelte as we once were.
Which leads to this brilliant new community devised bybethbethbeth: porkish_pixies!
You know, this is a great spot to mention how utterly amazed, blown away, thrilled, and humbled I was at meeting so many intelligent, witty, fun-loving women of a certain age who adopted me (bless their Snape-loving hearts). Well, they were still younger than I am, but they are mighty close. I can't even list them all without fear of forgetting someone. And yes, we all wore our "Yes, I'm here for the slash" buttons (thanks,amanuensis1). (Oh, I overheard this quiet aside - 'you know you're an HP slasher when you can type amanuensis without looking').
In a nutshell: I felt validated in my crazy hobby for the first time ever. That's a heady feeling. I couldn't help thinking of those of you who went to Accio not too long ago and had quite a different experience. There was never a moment when I felt as though slash wasn't welcomed as a subject for intelligent discussion. I'm so glad I went, and I plan to be at Lumos in July 2006. See you there?
While I was away,nopejr wrote me a drabble and it's wonderful - Go read!
glockgal, drawn just for me! (The faint bird-like thing is the Ravenclaw symbol of the house I was sorted into. At least pretend to be slightly surprised by that, won't you?)ellid pointed out this article on the slash at TWH. Pretty decent, although it leaves you with the impression that Henry Jenkins was speaking on slash in fandom, and he really wasn't. I'm glad I popped for that special luncheon, though, because he gave an excellent talk about HP fandom and the cultural wars.This is such a great example of how cool the people I met really are: there was a minor kerfuffle arising from a comment at
pornish_pixies (and it's all gone now so you'll have to take my word for it). On the first evening of TWH, there was a PP meet-up at the Salem Beer Works, and snapetoy posted a partial group photo (hey, there were more of us off to the side). That prompted a comment by someone who self-identified herself as 17 (bad move in any case), who "didn't want to sound rude but we were all so old". On her own journal, she augmented that with "old and fat and gross and ewww". Which then became a running joke for those of us who were, in fact, old and perhaps not as svelte as we once were.Which leads to this brilliant new community devised by
bethbethbeth: porkish_pixies!You know, this is a great spot to mention how utterly amazed, blown away, thrilled, and humbled I was at meeting so many intelligent, witty, fun-loving women of a certain age who adopted me (bless their Snape-loving hearts). Well, they were still younger than I am, but they are mighty close. I can't even list them all without fear of forgetting someone. And yes, we all wore our "Yes, I'm here for the slash" buttons (thanks,
amanuensis1). (Oh, I overheard this quiet aside - 'you know you're an HP slasher when you can type amanuensis without looking').In a nutshell: I felt validated in my crazy hobby for the first time ever. That's a heady feeling. I couldn't help thinking of those of you who went to Accio not too long ago and had quite a different experience. There was never a moment when I felt as though slash wasn't welcomed as a subject for intelligent discussion. I'm so glad I went, and I plan to be at Lumos in July 2006. See you there?
While I was away,
nopejr wrote me a drabble and it's wonderful - Go read!
