Fandom Stocking ... Dooooo iiiit!
No, really! A bunch of folks on my f'list have already "hung up stockings" over at the
fandom_stocking community, and I'm urging more folks to do so, because I believe I'm getting the urge to do some stuffing of stockings. Ahem. The nice thing about this community is that you don't have to hang a stocking to drop goodies in others' stockings and conversely, you can hang a stocking without being pressured to stuff anyone else's. It's pure fun, she coaxed, lured, inveigled and importuned.
No matter what books, movies, television shows or what-have-you might be your cup of tea, you're guaranteed to have a good time if you get involved in this. No, really. I did this last year, and it was one of the highlights of my holiday season.
I've also hung my own stocking here, but — and this is, oddly, the truth for me this year — it's not the getting of fannish stuff, but the giving of it.
You can be as secular as Richard Dawkins, as faith-oriented as My Sainted Mother, or as cheerfully, skeptically, deeply certain there's something out there ... maybe ... as Yours Truly — it doesn't matter. This is the darkest time of the year, and something in human hearts and souls needs light and joy. I considerfandom_stocking one of the many wonderful little candles out there to light and warm the long winter night.*
* Well, if you're in the southern hemisphere, your long dark nights come in June, but the need is the same. Perhaps we should send friends on the south side some stocking stuffers then, too ... ponders ... oh, now, I've just gone and confused myself.
No, really! A bunch of folks on my f'list have already "hung up stockings" over at the
fandom_stocking community, and I'm urging more folks to do so, because I believe I'm getting the urge to do some stuffing of stockings. Ahem. The nice thing about this community is that you don't have to hang a stocking to drop goodies in others' stockings and conversely, you can hang a stocking without being pressured to stuff anyone else's. It's pure fun, she coaxed, lured, inveigled and importuned.No matter what books, movies, television shows or what-have-you might be your cup of tea, you're guaranteed to have a good time if you get involved in this. No, really. I did this last year, and it was one of the highlights of my holiday season.
I've also hung my own stocking here, but — and this is, oddly, the truth for me this year — it's not the getting of fannish stuff, but the giving of it.
You can be as secular as Richard Dawkins, as faith-oriented as My Sainted Mother, or as cheerfully, skeptically, deeply certain there's something out there ... maybe ... as Yours Truly — it doesn't matter. This is the darkest time of the year, and something in human hearts and souls needs light and joy. I consider
fandom_stocking one of the many wonderful little candles out there to light and warm the long winter night.** Well, if you're in the southern hemisphere, your long dark nights come in June, but the need is the same. Perhaps we should send friends on the south side some stocking stuffers then, too ... ponders ... oh, now, I've just gone and confused myself.
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I've made a few icons for people already.
Part of me wants to apologize for not writing fic (since it does seem to be a fic-oriented thing) but, well, I want to make icons!
And icons are always wonderful!
If you have a fannish interest - say, if you love Doctor Who - you can post to the community and say, in essence, "I'd love to someone to write me a story about ____" or "I'd love icons about my favorite characters" and so on. You let people know what characters you like/love/aren't interested in, and what kind of stories you love/definitely don't want."
That post is your "stocking" and people from all different kinds of fandoms have posted stockings.
The next phase comes when the stockings are "posted" and people get the chance to look over other folks' stockings. They can then say "Oho! I can write this person a drabble (a 100 word short-short story) with her or his favorite pairing, or story idea!" or "Aha! I can create an icon/wallpaper/creative effort and it will be just the thing for this person!"
You go and write the story, make the item, whatever: and then you go to the person's "stocking" post, and "give" your gift to them as a reply to the post. (If you've written something long for them, you can post it elsewhere and leave them a link, or post it in two replies.) That also allows you to simply post holiday wishes, or whatever.
As I say, you don't have to post your own stocking, nor are you required to stuff anyone else's, but it's fun.
It does have its roots in communities who write fanfic, but it spills over into the general fannish world quite nicely.
I'm not sure if you can still post a stocking, but you might be.
Was that too much information?
Actually, all nights all year are pretty much long and dark here. 'Winter' nights (yeah, right, as if they know what winter is here) aren't as long as the ones back home, but the summer ones are a dead disappointment - here we are within two weeks of the summer solstice and it's pitch dark by 21.30 and still dark until 05.30. I hate it, I hate it, I hate it...
Back home, summer sunsets are well after 21.30 at the peak of it, and summer twilights go on and on and on. Of course, we barely get eight hours of daylight at the bottom of winter, but those endless twilights and endless dawns in summer paid for it all!
Edited at 2011-12-07 08:38 pm (UTC)