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Day 10: Reserved for one or two questions from Day 3! (I'm definitely going to do most, if not all, of these questions! ♡ So this is just part 1. :D)

Which character either because of story/backstory or performance broke your heart and why?

Oh, this is definitely Quentin Coldwater, hands down. It's all because of the ending, so the solution is to just ignore this part of canon and pretend it didn't happen, which most of the fandom has been cheerfully doing for the last 4+ years. xD But still, it was honestly the saddest that a fictional story has ever made me feel in my entire life.

Rika Furude broke my heart too, mostly in Gou, mostly in this scene/episode, which I immediately made into an incorrect quote graphic (the quote is NYTMinusContext) in order to tame it via crack, as I do, but it didn't get much less heartbreaking tbh.


Also Jaskier is currently inexplicably breaking my heart in S3 of The Witcher, like, this is weird and doesn't have ~logical reasons~, but it doesn't change the fact that he just does, lol.
facethestrange: (higurashi: ni-paa!)


Day 8: Tell me something about the last fandom thing you wrote. Or the last thing you read. Or the last thing you recced. Or all of them.

I'm only a very occasional writer, so the last thing I wrote was in January - New, a Yellowjackets drabble. I always gravitate towards the Peggy Sue trope (a type of time travel fix-it) as a reader, and this is the first time I've written it myself. :D

On the other hand, I draw a lot more than I write. xD The last thing I drew was my [community profile] intoabar entry, Far More Interesting (Rika Furude from Higurashi meets Julia Wicker from The Magicians). It's my first Higurashi drawing, which is exciting. :D Funnily enough I had written Higurashi (well, gave it literally one line in a crackfic) before I drew anything, which has only ever happened with a tiny handful of fandoms. :)

The last (fandom) thing I read is still Unfun Detour by withthekeyisking - a Magicians fic that was the last exchange gift I got before going on vacation, and was also a highlight of my day when I got it. ♡♡♡

The last thing I recced was this piece of The Witcher fanart by craftgamerzz over at [community profile] fanart_recs - an absolutely adorable comic about Jaskier, Geralt and baby griffins. :D
facethestrange: (higurashi: gou ni-paa!)
I'll be sharing my exchange gifts a bit later because I just finished my [community profile] intoabar assignment so that's what I'm sharing now. :D

Far More Interesting by facethestrange
Fandom: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni | Higurashi When They Cry, The Magicians (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Furude Rika & Julia Wicker
Characters: Furude Rika, Julia Wicker
Additional Tags: Crossover, Fanart, Drawing, Community: intoabar
Summary: Rika, a first year horomancy student at Brakebills, goes to Encanto Oculto without really knowing what to expect. She's relieved to find someone else who also prefers the study of magic over wild beach parties.

art embedded under the cut )
facethestrange: (the last of us: ellie: gross! :D)
Snagging a meme from [personal profile] yhlee. :D You're supposed to name 10 of your favorite female and male characters from 10 different fandoms. You were also originally supposed to tag 10 people, so if would like to be tagged - consider yourself tagged and have fun! :D

This is a not-very-organized mix of current favorites and all-time favorites. :D

Female characters:
01. Rika Furude (Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni)
02. Becca Franko (The 100)
03. Martha Blackburn (The Wilds)
04. Shane McCutcheon (The L Word/TLW: Generation Q)
05. Granny Weatherwax (Discworld)
06. Ellie Williams (The Last of Us TV)
07. Kara Thrace (Battlestar Galactica)
08. Liv Malone (Skins UK)
09. Tyra Collette (Friday Night Lights)
10. Dawn Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Male characters:
01. Quentin Coldwater (The Magicians TV)
02. John Locke (Lost)
03. Lorne (Angel)
04. Abed Nadir (Community)
05. Lafayette Reynolds (True Blood)
06. Gaius Baltar (Battlestar Galactica)
07. Nathan Young (Misfits)
08. Mal Reynolds (Firefly)
09. Tim Riggins (Friday Night Lights)
10. Hob Gadling (The Sandman TV)
facethestrange: (higurashi: ni-paa!)
Bidding is now OPEN at [community profile] fandomtrumpshate, and you can bid on my offer(s) HERE! :D

Bidding closes at 8:00 PM EST on Sunday, March 5.

I'm offering 3 pieces of fanart, and the fandoms are Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni, Paper Girls (TV), The L Word: Generation Q (can definitely include the original show too), Yellowjackets, The Wilds, The Magicians, The Last of Us (TV), Skins (UK) and Derry Girls + ANY crossover between them or with any other fandom(s) you know I like. :D
facethestrange: (higurashi: gou ni-paa!)
Browsing period has started at [community profile] fandomtrumpshate, and my offer is HERE! :D

You can't actually bid until 8 AM EST on Wednesday, March 1. When bidding starts I'm obviously going to make another post, but browsing is already exciting. :D

I'm offering 3 pieces of fanart, and the fandoms are Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni, Paper Girls (TV), The L Word: Generation Q (can definitely include the original show too), Yellowjackets, The Wilds, The Magicians, The Last of Us (TV), Skins (UK) and Derry Girls. :D

ETA: AND crossovers! Between these fandoms, or any of these fandoms + any other fandoms you know I like. :D
facethestrange: (higurashi: gou ni-paa!)
➽ I literally JUST finished watching Higurashi Sotsu a few minutes ago and AHHH FEELINGS. Not even really verbalized feelings yet. xD I'm happy for Rika in the end, but also ahhh now the show is REALLY over. (I know there are other media... *EYES THEM* And my next show is Umineko, so that's nice too. :D)

Oh, OH, and my Rika cosplay wig arrived today! :D But I haven't cut the bangs yet so no pictures. xD

➽ The character meme continues, and the post is always open if you want to add some more fandoms. :D

The Sandman (asked by [personal profile] senmut)

All my answers are about the tv show only, since I'm not familiar with the comics. :)

❤️ The first character I ever fell in love with: Definitely Gregory, which is not a good idea. xD

❤️ My ultimate favorite character™: Death, with her enthusiasm for life. :D

❤️ Prettiest character: Rose, I think.

❤️ My 'you're a piece of trash, but you're still a fave' fave: I might not have one in this fandom which is interesting and unusual for me. xD Well, Lucifer is not quite a fave but definitely fun to watch!

❤️ My 'beautiful cinnamon roll who deserves better than this' fave: GREGORY. Also Jed.

❤️ The character I least understand: I don't generally understand Dream very well, lol, but I do love him. :D

❤️ The character who scares me the most: Richard Madoc. But also John Dee in his centric episode.

❤️ The character who is the most like me: HOB GADLING omg, my actual braintwin. xD
facethestrange: (higurashi: ni-paa!)
Snowflake Challenge promotional banner with image of three snowmen and two robins with snowflakes. Text: Snowflake Challenge January 1-31.

Challenge #14 - In your own space, do the Fandom Wrap Challenge.

What were your top 5 fandoms for 2022 based on the amount of time you interacted with them?
1. Yellowjackets
2. Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni
3. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
4. The Wilds
5. The Magicians or Discworld

What were your top 5 fandom spaces (Discord, Twitter, etc.) you experienced fandom in terms of time spent?
1. AO3
2. Dreamwidth
3. Reddit
4. Tumblr
5. Discord

What are the top 5 things you did to contribute to fandom in terms of time? Did you write? Comment? Send positive energy into the universe? Create art?
1. Drawing fanart
2. Participating in AO3 exchanges
3. Making lots of random graphics
4. Participating in Fandom Trumps Hate
5. Fannishly squeeing on dreamwidth

What were your top 5 most appreciated fandom contributions? (i.e. in terms of likes, kudos, reblogs, comments, etc.)
According to AO3 kudos:

1. The Endless Halloween (Death of the Endless, The Sandman)
2. Confusing New Friend (Bruno Madrigal & Camilo Madrigal, Encanto)
3. Everyone's Favorite Wedding Photo (Eda Clawthorne/Raine Whispers, Eda Clawthorne & Hooty & King & Luz Noceda & Raine Whispers, The Owl House)
4. Rooftop (Jinx/Vi, Arcane)
5. When in Doubt, Food! (Aang & Sokka, Avatar: The Last Airbender)

Have a Top 5 List you'd like to share?? By all means!
=> Top 5 TV shows that premiered in 2022:

1. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
2. Red Rose
3. Paper Girls
4. Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin
5. The Sandman
facethestrange: (stock: halloween: spooky all year round)
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Challenge #12 - In your own space, set yourself some goals for the coming year. They can be fannish or not, public or private.

No New Year’s resolutions for me, but here are some fannish things I'm going to be doing this year:

Warsaw Comic Con in June (I literally just bought tickets this morning! :D) which includes new cosplay but I don't know which character yet. I have my Nanny Ogg costume all ready and never used since before the pandemic, and it's fabulous but I sort of don't look the part anymore. xD Also maybe I'll want to represent a more-recent-for-me fandom, we'll see. :D RIKAAAAAA THOUGH, I'm gonna be Rika, I just decided 20 milliseconds ago.

➽ Watch tv shows and read books that are new to me and sound exciting; most likely fall in love in at least one or two fandoms this way. :D

➽ Re-watch and re-read anything and everything that feels right. :D

➽ Probably stay on dreamwidth, as long as it continues to feel right. :)

➽ Most likely continue to participate in AO3 exchanges and charity auctions all year long, and therefore draw a lot of new fanart (it has felt right for the last 4 years, and it doesn't feel like it's going to stop for at least another 4). :D
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Challenge #11 - In your own space, talk about your favorite trope, cliché, kink, motif, or theme.

Peggy Sue! The specific type of time travel where a character goes back to their own past and to their old body in order to re-live their life (or a part of it) and do it right this time around. It can be a time loop (Groundhog Peggy Sue) or just a one-time thing. That's it, that's my most favorite trope in the universe. ♡♡♡

I got a number of wonderful Peggy Sue fics in several of my fandoms as exchange gifts (I'm not linking them because without re-reading I might confuse some of them with a different type of time travel fix-it), and a week ago I wrote a Yellowjackets drabble about it myself (I'm mainly a fanartist, not a fanfic writer, otherwise I'd write at least one of those for each of my fandoms).

This trope is the reason I absolutely loved Being Erica despite not even vibing with the main character. It's the reason why Higurashi is my main fandom right now. It's the reason I'll watch and read things instantly without even knowing of their existence beforehand as soon as someone tells me that the trope is a big theme.

And of course I'm taking recs! For entire new-to-me fandoms where the trope is canon, and for fics in any of my fandoms (the trope is usually very character-centric, which is also what I love about it, so reading fandom-blind is not really possible). If it's a Peggy Sue story, I'm automatically 100% interested! :D
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Challenge #10 - In your own space, create a fanwork.

Two different challenges happen to be ending, so I made several fanworks today. :D

➽ 4 sig tags for [community profile] lands_of_magic Royalty challenge, which I'm going to post here instead of linking because the community post is members-only. :)

The Witcher (Princess Cirilla), The Magicians (High King Margo), Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Princess Thalia, Queen Neve)





➽ 5 Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni graphics with quotes from wolfpupy for [community profile] fan_flashworks Stick challenge, which you can see here. Content warning! Violence involving children, blood, mild gore, murder, general horror imagery.

And if you liked these, you may also like my other Higurashi incorrect quotes post from the previous challenge here. Content warning for this one: Suicidal ideation.

Both posts also include spoilers for Gou and Kai.
facethestrange: (higurashi: ni-paa!)
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Challenge #2 - In your own space, write a promo, manifesto or primer for your fave character, ship or fandom.

I find primers and manifestos overwhelming to write because I want to include everything and for my brain 'everything' often means literally everyFRAKKINGthing, so I go

and give up, lmao.

But you still get one! :D Sort of.

Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni: the checklist (and a brief explanation how the canon works) (no actual spoilers)

under the cut )
facethestrange: (higurashi: ni-paa!)
➽ This icon is what I needed, like, I made it earlier today because I needed it so much. :D

➽ Let me finish the blorbo meme that I abandoned last spring right before the end! I have exactly 2 fandoms left to do, so I'll do one today and one after the next Snowflake post, but if you want to give me more fandoms you can always do so. :D I have both more fandoms and more friends now, and my friends have more fandoms too, so there are more possibilities! ♡ (Or maybe you just missed my posts before, that's okay too. :D)

Shadowhunters (asked by [personal profile] tamsin)

I've only watched one season of Shadowhunters and it was a while ago, so my answers might be funny to read for someone who's a hardcore fan? :D Also feel free to convince me to watch more! ♡

❤️ blorbo (favorite character, character I think about the most)
I don't quite have a blorbo, but my favorite character would be either Izzy or Clary.

❤️ scrunkly (my “baby”, character that gives me cuteness aggression, character that is So Shaped)
I think there might not be anyone who fits this description in the part of the show that I watched. *looks around*

❤️ scrimblo bimblo (underrated/underappreciated fave)
I don't know who's underappreciated, but I know who's frakking awesome and didn't get enough screentime - the alternate version of Izzy from the other universe! The alternate version of everyone, tbh, like, Magnus too. But mostly Izzy. I adored her SO MUCH after the few minutes she was on screen. ♡

❤️ glup shitto (obscure fave, character that can appear in the background for 0.2 seconds and I won’t shut up about it for a week)
I mean, that could be the alternate Izzy too, but I have a better/weirder/more accurate answer here - THE SEELIE QUEEN. Who is not in season 1. So I have never actually seen her on screen. Which only makes sense when I tell you that I watched the show for Lola Flanery (Madi on The 100), and only then I found out she wasn't going to show up anytime soon. So yeah, I wouldn't shut up about it for a week if she had actually shown up, lmao. :D

❤️ poor little meow meow (“problematic”/unpopular/controversial/otherwise pathetic fave)
I feel like Magnus fits here, in the way that he can be shady af but also he's kind of Eliot Waugh.
facethestrange: (bsg: brave little toaster)
I'm preeeeetty sure I have never done [community profile] snowflake_challenge before (or it's quite possible that tried it like 10 years ago and only did one or two days), but this year it somehow feels right, so here I am. :)

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Challenge #1 - In your own space, update your fandom information!

My sticky post and dreamwidth profile are short and sweet and completely up to date (I updated them last spring and last September respectively, after not touching them at all for pretty much an actual decade, lol), and my fandom list (mostly focused on tv shows) is updated every time I watch something new.

  • Transformative Works Policy: It's on my ao3 profile and it says "Everyone is welcome to create any tranformative works based on any of my ao3 works. You don't need to ask me, you don't even need to credit me, but I would love to get a link to your finished work if you would like to share it with me. :)"

  • Current Passion: NI-PAAAA! Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni, a lot of other fandoms *points to the list above*, travel vlogs on youtube (watching them, not making them - I used to make them back in 2015-2016, but it wasn't my thing, I found it stressful), other humans, reading books, drawing, ao3 exchanges, sparkly and bright ~aesthetics~, seals and sea lions, everything that is cute, the subreddits AskHistorians and explainlikeimfive (and just about any other educational one)

  • Where to Find Me: ao3 | tumblr
    I'm also facethestrange on discord, but I don't log in very often. I can give my fb name and reddit username in a PM, if anyone is interested. :)

  • Master List: Honestly, my ao3 profile is the only masterlist I need. :) *points to the link above*

  • Anything Else: One of our two cats, Octavia, yawning and blepping. :D
    under the cut )

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