Week in Review | December Week 1

[g_uava]

 Days Written: 5/7 

In the past week, I've fallen into interests that are far from current - 1) Timeranger (aired in 2000), 2) DreamWidth and 3) writing pages of entries in my paper journals. Appreciating and engaging what I like without the need to keep up with what's current and what other fans are doing has been helpful for maintaining my inner peace. I think I'll keep up this slower way of having fun and enjoying my life. 

 

The struggle to represent what's in my mind on paper to write my latest fic has been as real as ever. Like last year, I'm working on an exchange treat for 2018 Tokusatsu holidays. I participated in 2016 and commented on a few assignments back in 2014 when the former LJ-only event was first rebooted for the Tumblr/AO3 era of fans. 

 

I've had more fun treating since it gives me the freedom to only participate only if someone requests any of my rare ships from old/obscure Toku shows. There's still the stress of wondering if the recipient will like what I've written. In the case of writing rare ships for old/obscure shows, this stress is tbh more like a luxury since for once I can be sure that I'd have one member of the audience out there. Any other day of the year, all I can hope for is for someone interested to stumble over my fic.