Ah... tumblr.

[eirenical]

So many mixed feelings about Tumblr, I don't even know where to begin. Lots of fun pictures. Gifsets are awesome. People say funny things. People say fannish things. People post fannish things.

Problem is... it's really hard to interact with people there. The only way to really get a conversation going is by repeatedly reblogging each other's posts... which gets obnoxious very quickly, especially for anyone unfortunate enough to be following both of you. Only... it's a bit hard to get in fannish conversations around here lately, too. Maybe it's the time of year and everyone's busy with other things. Maybe it's that I just haven't found the right comms for things I'm currently fannish about. I don't know. But I find myself wanting to be more involved in the fannishness on tumblr... and that makes me really antsy because my tumblr links to too many accounts where people I know in RL hang out. Not good. I like my anonymity, thankyouverymuch.

So, I'm creating a second tumblr for fannish things. Don't worry. That doesn't mean I'm leaving. It just means I'm opening a new avenue. Anyone here hangs out on tumblr and wants to know where to find me when I'm there, here's where I'll be hanging out: eirenical.tumblr.com. ^_^

Comments

[rivulet027.livejournal.com]

I like tumblr for the pictures and the occasional fanfic idea, but for me its mostly a way to decompress after work. I miss it with not having my own computer.

Can't say I'd be able to talk much, what only really finding time at the library and being mostly buried in my books because finals...but what fandoms?

[rchan.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's generally how I feel about tumblr, too. It's a fun distraction that doesn't require much effort and it's not very friendly to true in depth discourse (thought people find ways, as noted). And I REALLY don't like reading fic there. But what I've mostly been noticing people doing with fic is posting a snippet of fic with a link to the post on AO3 -- which I could totally see doing. Just not off my personal tumblr. O_o;;;

As for fandoms, the big one that's been tempting me is Teen Wolf. I fell hard and fast for that show, holy shit. -.-;;; I wasn't even expecting it. I mean, I knew I liked it, but I wasn't expecting it to kidnap and run off with my muse the way it did. >.<;;; And the bulk of fannishness over TW seems to (sadly) be centering on tumblr. Unless I've missed an active comm around here, that is. Which is possible. The one on DW seems pretty tame, especially compared to the community on tumblr, anyway.