eve11 | Fandom snowflake challenge #1

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.)