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ratbonesThis place was looking pretty empty, so: intro post?
Hi! I'm ratbones. My friends call me Ratty. Well, one person calls me Ratty. I half-jokingly nicknamed myself Ratty and now my only friend calls me that. Okay. We're being honest here. I'm here primarily to participate in the Guardian fandom. I'm also![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p2.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
ratbones on AO3, where you can find my fics. Anyone is free to add me to their circle/friend me/however we talk about these things on here. I don't intend to do much or any personal posting here, so everything will probably stay public. Actually, I don't intend to do much posting here period, but we'll see how that turns out.
I've been through multiple and various fandoms for the past decade, but very very quietly. Guardian is the first thing to drag me out of my shell since I was 14 and posting terrible anime fic on FFN. As far as I'm concerned, Guardian is some kind of black magic that has cured my shyness, caused me to write feverishly, and gathered the best damn fandom I have ever come across.
My fannish interests mostly revolve around fantasy and sci-fi, and exclusively around slash and femslash OTPs of the badass/badass variety. Some past fandoms to which I have not-contributed include Star Trek AOS, The 100, and BBC Sherlock, the last of which I've been trying in vain to block from my memory.
I am not Chinese, I do not know the Chinese language at all, and I haven't watched much in the way of cdramas. In the summer of 2018 I was bingeing through various BL dramas for mindless entertainment. I ran across Guardian in that context, and almost didn't watch it when I found out it wasn't technically BL due to censorship. I'm very pleased with myself for deciding to try it out anyway. I was hooked during the first episode, despite the questionable special effects and the rough subtitles. This show just ticks all my boxes, including ones I didn't know I had. Empathetic listening is sexy now!
My writing background is as desolate as my fandom background, to be honest. I've always had the inkling that I would like to write, and I have a bunch of messy WIPs, mostly original fiction, that will languish forever and were never intended for publishing anyway. The rate of my aimless attempts started to increase after I graduated college a couple years ago, so the timing was right for me to write fic for Guardian, once I got over the nerves. My first Guardian fic is really the first piece of fiction of any significant length, let alone plot, that I've finished. Now I've got the taste for it, so I might be around for a while.
Briefly, about me: I'm from PA, USA, and have a degree in astrophysics that is totally unrelated to my current job. I live in a really old house in the middle of nowhere with my cat, and my hobbies include being bad at video games and staring at clouds.
One last thing! Since I'm new here, please correct me if I do something wrong or super-awkward. I don't want to be annoying or anything, so you'll be helping me by telling me to cut it out.
Yes good okay thanks for reading, let's be friends :D
Edit: So far, I haven't granted anyone access because I'm posting everything publicly. Also, if you'd like a visual, there are pictures of me and my cat here.
Hi! I'm ratbones. My friends call me Ratty. Well, one person calls me Ratty. I half-jokingly nicknamed myself Ratty and now my only friend calls me that. Okay. We're being honest here. I'm here primarily to participate in the Guardian fandom. I'm also
I've been through multiple and various fandoms for the past decade, but very very quietly. Guardian is the first thing to drag me out of my shell since I was 14 and posting terrible anime fic on FFN. As far as I'm concerned, Guardian is some kind of black magic that has cured my shyness, caused me to write feverishly, and gathered the best damn fandom I have ever come across.
My fannish interests mostly revolve around fantasy and sci-fi, and exclusively around slash and femslash OTPs of the badass/badass variety. Some past fandoms to which I have not-contributed include Star Trek AOS, The 100, and BBC Sherlock, the last of which I've been trying in vain to block from my memory.
I am not Chinese, I do not know the Chinese language at all, and I haven't watched much in the way of cdramas. In the summer of 2018 I was bingeing through various BL dramas for mindless entertainment. I ran across Guardian in that context, and almost didn't watch it when I found out it wasn't technically BL due to censorship. I'm very pleased with myself for deciding to try it out anyway. I was hooked during the first episode, despite the questionable special effects and the rough subtitles. This show just ticks all my boxes, including ones I didn't know I had. Empathetic listening is sexy now!
My writing background is as desolate as my fandom background, to be honest. I've always had the inkling that I would like to write, and I have a bunch of messy WIPs, mostly original fiction, that will languish forever and were never intended for publishing anyway. The rate of my aimless attempts started to increase after I graduated college a couple years ago, so the timing was right for me to write fic for Guardian, once I got over the nerves. My first Guardian fic is really the first piece of fiction of any significant length, let alone plot, that I've finished. Now I've got the taste for it, so I might be around for a while.
Briefly, about me: I'm from PA, USA, and have a degree in astrophysics that is totally unrelated to my current job. I live in a really old house in the middle of nowhere with my cat, and my hobbies include being bad at video games and staring at clouds.
One last thing! Since I'm new here, please correct me if I do something wrong or super-awkward. I don't want to be annoying or anything, so you'll be helping me by telling me to cut it out.
Yes good okay thanks for reading, let's be friends :D
Edit: So far, I haven't granted anyone access because I'm posting everything publicly. Also, if you'd like a visual, there are pictures of me and my cat here.
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Date: 2019-08-08 07:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-08-08 07:52 pm (UTC)And if you're going to join the brush and lantern, it'd be fun to see you contributing to the monthly themes - there's no word limit or time limit, so. (Is unsubtly trying to push you into writing more fic, for very civic-minded purposes, of course)
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Date: 2019-08-08 10:34 pm (UTC)I will try my best to jump into discussions, at least the ones that I'm able to find. Like my post says, I've gone very rapidly from cave-dwelling hermit to gritting my teeth and making myself interact, and so far it's been 100% entirely a positive decision, so. More of that! Yes!
I just joined brush_and_lantern as well. No promisessss as so far the insomnia fairy who grants me stories hasn't really jumped in on prompts, but since it's so laid-back over there, it might work? I'll give it a shot!
(Is unsubtly trying to push you into writing more fic, for very civic-minded purposes, of course)
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