Fandom snowflake challenge #1

[eve11]

thisbluespirit pointed out this comm (snowflake_challenge) and I'm going to see if it gets me feeling more fannish. The first challenge is to introduce yourself in your own space. Almost all of my space is filtered so most peopel reading this know me already, but I'll make this one public :)

I am eve11, and yes that's a reference to the X-files. Star Trek TNG was probably my first fandom, and X-files was my second. I got into fic writing in college and probably did way worse on my math II GRE than I should have because I spent 3 weeks writing a Mystery Science Theater 3000 take on the X-files series 6 finale "Biogenesis" (complete with self-inserts of all of my message board friends in the bumpers) instead of studying. I took way longer to finish my PhD than I should have, partly because Farscape got cancelled in the middle of grad schooling and I kiiind of went off the deep end for trying to get it back on the air. I spent a few summers building elaborate costumes for DragonCon instead of working on my dissertation.

In the intervening years I've been a serial fandom monogamist: Farscape, X-men, Stargate, Buffy, Angel, and now for a long time, Doctor Who. There are others I'm missing, I'm sure. Eleven is my favorite New Who doctor, and I have a soft spot in my heart for audio Six as well. I have been writing fanfiction (generally veeery slowly) since about 1997.

In real life I am a statistician/data scientist, a math nerd, and I enjoy cooking, sewing sci-fi costumes, and playing ice hockey. I crib from my day job a lot in stories. They say to write what you know. Somehow, despite coming rather late to Ao3, I managed to get eve11 there before anyone else wanted it. Whew.

(I should also add that the bulk of my journal is friendslocked, including a mix of fannish and these days mostly RL posts, but my fic and recipes are all public. I will try to do better unlocking fannish posts but if you want to talk you can add me and I will add you back. RL stuff I talk about includes cats, job stress, house remodeling, fertility woes, etc.)

Comments

[spikedluv]

It's probably wrong of me, but I love your paragraph on how fandom kept interfering with your education, lol!

Ahh, Farscape! Thinking about that show always makes me smile.

I was a math major in H.S. and college, but that was a loooong time ago. *g*

[eve11]

A long time ago for me now too! But I do use statistics in my day-to-day anyhow :)

Math didn't become fun for me until calculus (and coincidentally when I finally had female math teachers).

Lol, it's funny because I finally got through it! Thanks for saying hi.

All those small fandoms on your profile, wow! I hope you have fun with Yuletide as it comes around :)

[spikedluv]

Hi! I have never participated in Yuletide, though more than once I've considered it. I do run a couple of small fandom challenge comms (a fest and a big bang; also a flashfic comm that I've let go o_O) because I do really love so many small fandoms. *g*

[sjh2009]

Oh I loved Farscape, although I never got into the fandom side, Stargate, however was a big favourite, I even went to several Stargate conventions, including the first one in the UK which was a very small con but gave those of us there a fantastic interaction with the guests.

I hope you enjoy Snowflake, it really is a wonderful community, and such fun 🙂

[eve11]

I fell hard for Farscape fandom, for sure. I had written X-files stories before then, but the Leviathan mailing lists and archives, and the authors I met there, really helped me learn to be a better writer. I never went to a Stargate con, but I went to a few Farscape conventions and they were loads of fun. Aside from that time I spilled coffee all over a hugely pregnant Claudia Black... oops.

I am trying to get a little bit back into fannish-ness these days, to be a bit more connected and help out the muse. I'm sure I'll poke around the comm in the coming month!

[sjh2009]

Do continue to poke, I'm sure you'll find some inspiration during the challenge, I know I always do 🙂

[thisbluespirit]

*waves* Hello again!

I expect I did know at least some of that, but a lot of it was new/I had forgotten, and I don't think I knew that fandom had been at war with your eductaion quite so often!

[eve11]

haha, well there weren't 4 psychiatrists involved, but there was definitely 12 years! And that was just grad school... :D

[prettyarbitrary]

Oh I love Farscape. And Doctor Who. Lifetime fandom that one!

[eve11]

Farscape was brilliant. Even when it failed, it failed spectacularly. Never boring, that one :D

I only got into DW in 2005 but I've been catching up on the 42 years of it I missed, lol.

[prettyarbitrary]

The best thing about Doctor Who is that getting into it can keep you occupied for YEARS. Especially once you start hitting the Big Finish audio stuff!

[eller]

Eh, YAY math nerdery! XD Also, sewing sci-fi costumes sounds really cool!
(Here via Snowflake Challenge.)

[eve11]

Hi! Thanks for dropping by :)

Doctor Who is a great fandom for math nerds, I must say. Both straight math and math as metaphor. I have done a lot with it over the years :)

I don't sew/craft nearly as much as I used to (RL stuff got in the way), but it's always nice to be able to build something tangible. My day job is all code and analyses and reports.

[eller]

Heh, I'm not so much active in math-y fandoms... Because I also get more than enough math and code in my real life. :D To my great shame, I've never watched Doctor Who, although the premise sounds fascinating. I just never got around to it. XD