josilverdragon | Entries tagged with fandom

Here I go again, making multiple posts in a day. To be honest, I don't care LMAO I'm just remembering my earlier years on LJ and making posts, even those with just memes (memes, quiz results, etc.) and no other purpose.

Current reason for this post is remembering the absolute ridiculousness in the VLD Sheith (Voltron: Legendary Defender) fandom when I first joined. A Bottom!Shiro week occurred and then someone tried to do a Bottom!Keith week and suddenly people had such an issue with it, either because 'that character is already feminized so much' or 'that's already the standard' and so on.

As I remember things, I'll share them here for posterity, but my god. The drama never ended while I was in that fandom. So much drama and fandom wank. Both for my OTP, Shiro/Keith, but also among other ships and between ships. A lot of it originating with the KL (Keith/Lance) group of fans.

I made some outstanding friends while in that fandom and I cannot regret that at all. And I can't regret Sheith at all either.

Crossposts: https://josilverdragon.insanejournal.com/245625.html

It's been a while. Just the way it is.

I am writing this blog post with no preparation and no real topics, just that long form blogging is difficult for me for some reason. Which is completely hilarious to me because I used to write so many diary/journal entries and still have those physical journals as well as wrote so much on Livejournal when it was my main fandom hub. And maybe therein is my topic.

I remember, vaguely, the slow process of going from LJ to tumblr back in 2011 or 2012. Subsequently the year I also created an account on Archive of our Own, which is a website that I spend so much time on now lol. I also had tried Twitter but I was so much more verbose back then and I wasn't a fan of the character limit. Once I got involved in the Voltron fandom, Twitter was absolutely where I hung out as most of the fandom had migrated there when tumblr chose to block/ban/delete NSFW accounts. The early progression of the internet's monetization and movement to make it clean for everyone. (Self-responsibility to use the internet has gone by way of 'WHAT ABOUT THE KIDS' in yet another step towards allowing parents to not have to actually teach their kids right vs wrong and to not bully people online - oooh, I can tell I am bitter lol)

Then Twitter was sold to you know who and became terrible, or more terrible. Eventually the fandom I was in started to scatter and move apart and alas, I now have so many sites to deal with. I keep going back on forth on what to use and what not to use and then even Google is becoming problematic with storage under certain circumstances. (I am also trying to download my years worth of files from gdrive to back up and it's such a pain T_T)

As of today, I am thinking I'll try to use tumblr more and only post on Twitter with more private comments or updates. But that may change. As changeable as the weather and temperature differentials occurring this month and last month. We shall see.

Crossposts: https://josilverdragon.insanejournal.com/122888.html

Since today is Sunday, my usual order of business is to go pick up the groceries for the week. Mom and I order them separately and I pick them up for both of us and that's that. Today I was waiting for the order and I remembered that it was 7 weeks ago that I listened to "Take Me Back To Eden" for the first time. 18 days later, I saw them live. And here I am today.

While on the drive home today, I was thinking about what was it about the band and the sound that made me fall in love with them. A lot of my past historical music enjoyment has been epic sounds, or cinematic soundtracks, etc. My music interests are very wide and varied. But I am not a much of a metal fan. I liked Linkin Park a lot, but it was the rare song that I appreciated that was of the metal genre other than that. So ultimately, I think what drew me in was just how genre bending it is. I've heard some people say that Sleep Token's sound is music for musicians. I love the epicness of the sound, the variations in a single album, etc. And Vessel's absolutely gloriousness of a voice.

In essence, Sleep Token for me is cinematic metal. Melodic metal. Ambient metal. And frankly, just damn good music. I can't believe its only been 7 weeks since I started listening. I feel like I was waiting for him. Him and his music. And the absolute pure poetry of his lyrics, my god. I look forward to many more years enjoying Vessel's talents, no matter the form they take. Whether under his real name in the future, or under the continued anonymous façade and band.

Crossposts: https://josilverdragon.insanejournal.com/119906.html

The first two things I needed to do in order to orchestrate my exit from the group I am apart of have been accomplished. Now it's a waiting game until the official announcement.

If I could leave earlier, I would. But I will be there through our final performances this year. I can give them that much.

Crossposts: https://josilverdragon.insanejournal.com/119798.html

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you take the dark and carve me out a home

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