Hello everyone

[makamu]

Name: Makamu or Tessy
Age: I am in my late twenties
Location: Germany
Other Accounts: I have an account on the AO3, but no recent fic on there. I also have a Tumblr account, so if you want to connect, just ask. Though I want to shift my centre of fannishness away from there again...

Describe yourself in five sentences or less :

I am a nice geek with a huge interest in history and literature, who is currently also persuing a Phd in English literature. I am a multi-fandom person now (during my first stint on LJ/DW, I was very focused on the Tolkien fandom). I like all variants of fic, though I am partial to long fics in particular. I also don't mind meta (though I see it as a debate, rather than an attempt at conversiion) and can get very involved in analysing things I like. Also, I can get very nerdy about research, and this tends to bog down my writing somewhat.

Top 5 fandoms

Okay, I tried to break it down to five, but I am in no way limited to those

- Middle Earth (I have read the Silmarillion and all of the History of Middle-Earth, love the LOTR films, but am lukewarm on the Hobbit films)

- Inglourios Basterds/ Django Unchained (I am currently hugely invested in researching a number of AUs that broaden and shift the alternative history of the films)

- Harry Potter (I love the older generation and going deeper into Wizarding history)

- English Literature (especially the Brontes and Jane Austen, A.S. Byatt and of course good ol' Will's work *g*)

- Dr Who (I have no favourite Doctor and no particular ship)

Other fandoms include: House M.D., Netflix Marvel, LOTR RPS

I mostly post about:

I plan on mostly posting fic, meta or about fiction writing. Occasionally, I may post about my research or Phd related geekery. Additional book, film, or music reviews may also crop up.

I try not to post about:

Real Life, except obliquely. If and when I post about politics, I will try to keep the discussion neutral and polite.

How often do you post? What about commenting?

I am trying to re-establish a regular commenting routine again, but I have a writing-intensive life, so it could be that I only post twice a month.

As for commenting, I am currently making a point of going over my reading list every day and commenting to establish and maintain contact.

Comments

[author_by_night]

Hi from a fellow writer! (Please disregard the wannabe-ish screenname. I was fifteen when I came up with Author by Night, and it just stuck as my online identity.) We have Harry Potter and English literature in common. (Have you read A.S. Byatt's Possession? I'm assuming you have. It's the only novel of hers that I've read, but I really liked it.) I've also been eager to connect with other writers here. So I've friended you. :)

[makamu]

*salutes with a quill, while trying to keep the ink from dripping into her eyes*. Oh, the username is all right. Besides, I am naned after an OC I created when I was *six*, so...:)

Oh yes, I have read Possession multiple times; it's my favourite Byatt novel (though I also really like The Children's Book, Babeltower and Whistling Woman

[endeni]

Oh, Tolkien was one of my first loves! Yes, I'm kind of lukewarm too about the Hobbit movies but, hey, at least we got some great fanfic out of it and a resurgence of fandom interest... ;)

Also, meta as a debate rather than an attempt at conversion: duh, that's what civil people do IMH, which excludes most of tumblr I know... *shakes head*

[makamu]

Oh, Tolkien was one of my first loves! Yes, I'm kind of lukewarm too about the Hobbit movies but, hey, at least we got some great fanfic out of it and a resurgence of fandom interest... ;)

Well, the LOTR films were what got me actively into fandom in the first place (though I had also read the books at that point), and then I started hanging out with people who were into the Silm and so I read the rest of the Legendarium and there were so many elements I really liked (and still like). Tolkien fandom is my baseline, my homespace, if you will and I could geek about it for *days*

Glad to hear I am not the only person feeling that way. I was very psyched when the first trailer came out because of the fandom revival you mention and then the films themselves felt like...such a deliberate rehash of the original trilogy, but where the earlier films largely hit the tone of the book, The Hobbit films seemed like a revival for the sake of a revival to me and not like quite the labour of love the old films were. I love most of the actors and think they all did a good or even great job (Richard Armitage and Martin Freeman), but the films as a whole just did not click for me...

Also, meta as a debate rather than an attempt at conversion: duh, that's what civil people do IMH, which excludes most of tumblr I know... *shakes head*

My current main fandoms are on tumblr mostly, and I hate the platform and its fandom culture so much! My particular corner (Tarantino films and Christoph Waltz films) is wank-free, but it's also really devoid of any discussion in public spaces. And that's just not how I fan.

Glad to have you here *hands out food*

[endeni]

Ah, the Silmarillion, I really love the beginning, with Eru/God creating the Ainur/angels (and everything else) with music, it's so poetic.

/a revival for the sake of a revival to me and not like quite the labour of love the old films were/ - Yep. Plus, it was needlessly long, they could have told just as easily the same story in two movies rather than three. Hell, even just in one.

Ah, tumblr, I could rant for days about tumblr... *sighs*