Snowflake Challenge #6

[kate]

Fans (and human beings in general!) accumulate stuff that reflects our interests. A scavenger hunt is a chance to share some of the things you enjoy with others and let them get to know you better.

When you find an item on the list, post a picture or a description of it or both.


1. A favorite character

I cannot choose between Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji so I simply shan't. Grey bunny = Wei Wuxian, White bunny = Lan Wangji.

2. Something that makes you laugh

Little girl (Ripley) has made this pillow fortress for herself and spends her days here while I work at the desk across the way.

3. A bookshelf

We threw our books onto our bookshelves when we moved and haven't organized them. This does contain a zillion new and old fandoms for me and my wife though - BPAL, Good Omens, Supernatural, Star Trek, Dragon Age, Mass Effect, and the teddy bear is my wife's when she was small.

4. A game or hobby you enjoy

The only non-fannish hobby I have is music, but I love it a lot and enjoy playing my clarinet.

5. Something you find comforting

Blankets are my favorite. We have at least two per chair, plus others scattered around the house. This one is my favorite, it's huge and soft and I can wrap myself up in it completely.

6. A TV show or movie you hope more people will watch

It's an investment but it's so worth it. The Untamed has so much good stuff.

7. A piece of clothing you love

Socks!!! I couldn't pick a single piece of clothing, so I went for my addiction - socks! I love them. I collect them. I like fuzzy ones for comfort and short ones for going out and about and I have compression socks for traveling and dress socks for work and ... the pink ones on top are bunnies.

8. A thing from an old fandom

Supernatural was something else. My favorite things from it, though, were fandom-based, not canon-based. Gish was amazing and I miss the hell out of it.

9. A thing from a new fandom


My newest fandom (just slightly newer than MDZS) is BJYX, or RPF for The Untamed actors. I've written about it before so I won't go too into it, but. I love these guys so much.

Comments

[turps]

All of your photos are delightful!

Ripley is adorable and your blanket looks so soft and cosy.

I also enjoy seeing fannish bookcases as so often they contain Funko Pops.

[kate]

Thank you so much! It's true - almost all the bookcases I saw had funko pops on them too, haha!

[misbegotten]

Tell me more about Gish? I somehow missed that.

[kate]

Gishwhes = Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the World Has Ever Seen. Misha Collins ran it, and it was full of weirdness, kindness, and crazy fun. Honestly I can't remember most of the stuff we did, but they were absolutely bonkers. Ah - there's one. We literally went couch surfing. We got a blow-up couch, and had a nephew surf on it in Lake Michigan. There were things with donkeys, and CPR and crossdressing and just. It was an absolutely crazy week every August, and I was super sad when my work got too busy to be able to do it, and now it's over. If you google it, I bet you get some really weirdass images.

[starandrea]

I enjoyed everything about this! ♥ Thank you for sharing!

[kate]

Thank you for looking! <3

[stardust_rifle]

Your Wangxian bunnies are so cute!

[kate]

I love them so much! :D

[pronker]

Socks' bins are the perfect thing for this challenge - multi-colored, each a little different, enormously comforting, like fandom. :)

[kate]

Yes, it is the truth! I probably have more socks than I need but I love all of them anyway. :D

[sunshine304]

Haha, I think all we fans have those cute little bunnies! ♥ Mine are sitting on one of the DVD shelves. XD

Kitty! ♥

Even though you say your bookshelf isn't organised, it looks far neater than the monstrosities I've got here. XD I have not enough shelves for too many books, so it looks pretty crammed, especially the one I deem the "English books shelf" - that's a row in front of another row. XD It's awful! But I also don't have anymore space to put up shelves...

I so wish my RL friends would get into CQL, or at least, you know, one that lives close by. XD I do have a friend that I got to know through the internet and that I've met in RL but she lives too far away for regular meet ups. T_T And though I've got two friends who are suuuper into movies and tv shows and books, they have no interest in CQL. My best friend has at least tried, but she doesn't have the patience for the style and all the subtitle reading. She needs shows that she doesn't have to stare at the whole time lest she miss something. And the other friend just isn't interested in Asian movies in general, witha few prestigious exceptions. Very Western centric, he is. *sigh*

The GISHWHES things! What are those - DVDs? Or another kind of collectible? I never was in SPN fandom but I've heard of it (and read a Sherlock fic that used GISHWHES as something for Sherlock to do because he was so bored XD).

[kate]

Ah, my wife likes to have her stuff super organized, it's actually her favorite thing to do, organize the bookshelves. So these just aren't organized in any method, really, which is not her fave.

Yeah, I have had zero luck getting anyone into CQL either. I have a friend trying to book because she couldn't get into the show, but honestly I don't hold out hope.

The Gish things are like... yearbooks? The best stuff from they year goes into the books. The year we did it super-seriously, we got two things in the book, I think - including a photo of my mom! :D :D :D I can totally see it being a thing Sherlock would do.

[sunshine304]

The book might be something my best friend could try, she reads a lot and isn’t all that picky. But IDK if that could convert her. XD

Oh that’s cool with the yearbooks, like, they’re official books from the organisers? What a great idea! :D

Found the Sherlock fic; I remember re-reading it a few times because it was actually really entertaining!

[kate]

Yeah most of the charm of CQL is in the actors, I think, though the story is pretty great. It's tough to move from books to TV I find, so I don't have much hope for my friend either.

Gish is. Tough to describe. They're a lot more than yearbooks, and it's considered a huge honor to be included and it's voted on by the community... it's a whole thing.

I've written it into SPN and I've seen it other place too - a lot of items in the Gish scavenger hunt are fannish. William Shatner played several years, and other celebs too.

[vegetablearian]

Ripley is so cute!! How steep is the slope of the cushion she's on? She looks very casual and relaxed with it!

[kate]

It looks steeper than it is. Basically, it's a soft pillow, so it's indented where she's sitting.

[vegetablearian]

That makes sense! So, not totally mountain goat style hehe :)

[svgurl]

Aww, Ripley is adorable! Also, I'm with you on the blankets and the fuzzy socks. They're both great. :D

[kate]

Thank you! She's a great cat. Blankets and fuzzy socks are the epitome of comfort :D

Socks!

[jesse_the_k]

Turns out being a sock lover makes it v easy for people to get one gifts. I've got 40-year-old pairs which bring back fond memories of the giver.

Re: Socks!

[kate]

Ah, that's awesome! I too have asked for socks and gotten many awesome pairs!

[kingstoken]

Those bunnies are so cute!

[kate]

I love them a lot!

[bethctg]

Fuzzy socks *are* really the best. <3

[kate]

AMEN!

[tsuki_no_bara]

spn really was something else. (but what else, is the question.... :D )

i see david eddings on your bookshelf and i'm having nostalgia flashbacks. i gave away a ton of books when my parents moved - they had SO MANY BOXES OF MY STUFF in their basement and i just didn't have room to take everything - and every so often i think of books that i gave away and go "why didn't i keep that??" and now i'm kind of wishing i'd kept all the eddings.

[kate]

You are not kidding!

Ah, that's my wife's books. I think I might have read (or listened to, maybe?) one series? But she really likes his stuff.

[peaked]

I can see why Ripley hangs out in her very cool fortress all day!

[kate]

Right?! She really loves it there, and it stays nice and cozy warm.

[clavally]

Love all the Star Trek books on the bookshelves. Your wife has great taste :p

I am still reading the novel! What's weird is I think I made it up to this point in the actual show because I think I remember a lot of the scenes. The names are still killing me, but I trudge on! <3333

Blankets and socks are the best!

[kate]

She does have great taste. :D

Yeah, the names get easier with time, but there's no way out but through. It's a really fantastic story, if you can just get to the part where it starts rolling along. The opening is a bit... dense... for a lot of people.

Blankets and socks are definitely the best. :D

[mekare]

Thank you for sharing! I‘ve been enjoying the responses to this challenge a lot! It‘s too much effort for me this week, but I especially love seeing people‘s bookshelves.

[kate]

I'm glad you enjoyed it! Well, one of the best parts of snowflake is that there are no deadlines, so you could do it sometime when you have some time or energy! I love looking at other people's stuff too, especially bookshelves!