Ye Olde 'About Me' Post

[dreamerinsilico]

 I should probably do one of these, yeah?

Name: I go by Dae or Silico.
Age: 30s
Nationality: USA (unfortunately)
Classification soup: white, vaguely female enby (they/them), queer as fuck, neurodivergent, SJW (Social Justice Warlock)
Fannish things I do: writing, cosplay, beta reading, geeking out over fandom as a phenomenon in general, roleplay, dreaming up character playlists
Other things I do: Make noises about learning languages, make noises about science, make noises about fibercraft, kvetch about RL and the current state of the world
Fannish things I'm (historically) most known for: Labyrinth fic, smutty Elder Scrolls fic, Dragon Age femslash, cosplaying DA characters for like five DragonCons in a row, griping about scientific inaccuracy

I'm an enthusiastic beta reader when I've got the energy for it; mutuals can feel free to hit me up for that when you need, and I'll help if I've got bandwidth at the time.

I have a PhD in chemical/biomolecular engineering that I'm still recovering from.  Grad school is the tenth circle of hell.  But hey, if you have biology-related questions for some reason, chances are I can answer them.  (And I'll be happy to do so because I'm terribly pedantic when given any encouragement whatsoever!  :D)

My current main obsessions are Hannibal, Sandman, and Pillars of Eternity, but I've got a pretty big handful of 'forever fandoms' I keep coming back to (and I can't decide what the threshold should be for whether or not I list a fandom as an Interest on my profile, honestly - I've enjoyed media from plenty of fandoms that I don't necessarily consider myself to Be In).  I also do some original fiction occasionally.  I'm super enthusiastic about indie video games and tabletop RPG systems (and non-indie ones as well), so you'll see me posting about those sometimes.

I have a long, somewhat cranky history with Blizzard games. Diablo I was the very first non-kiddie video game I ever finished.  I played WoW like it was my job in college (shadow priest and resto druid, mostly), and I played altogether too much Overwatch when it came out in my last year of grad school (support main, but I flex.  Favorites to play include Mercy, Ana, Reaper, Dva, Soldier 76, Moira, and Winston).

I have a fluffy demonspawn cat that I love to pieces and talk about sometimes.

And I'm an enthusiastic if recent member of Yarn Fandom - I knit a lot and will occasionally post pictures.

Transformative Works policy: I welcome translations, podfic-ifying, remixes, and other works based on my fics - please send me a message to let me know about the thing, and I will link to it on the fic.

Friending & Interaction: I welcome comments from anyone and everyone on all my posts, unless explicitly stated otherwise (and I have yet to have a reason to state otherwise), whether or not we follow each other.  If you add me to your circle, I will most likely add you back at the present time, although that may change if the update rate of my Reading page starts to get unmanageable.

Languages: English is my first language.  I speak/understand French well enough to have a conversation in text (my spoken French is rusty as hell, unfortunately, though I could get by if I needed to), and I'm currently applying myself enthusiastically to German.  (If you speak either of those fluently and otherwise want to interact, I'd welcome the practice!) 

I have also previously spent various amounts of time on (but have not attained any real functional level in) Irish Gaelic, Japanese, Hindi, and Korean.  Japanese I have pretty much given up on because I'm sorry, but fuck kanji.  (Which is unfortunate, because I spent a pretty substantial amount of time on it and still have close friends who live in Tokyo.)  Any of the others might see a period of intensive study at some point in the future, and I'm also really interested in picking up a North Germanic language (either Norweigan or Icelandic).

Comments

[oldtoadwoman]

I too walked away from Tumblr during that time even though it didn't directly affect me. The idea of it just pissed me off. Also, I had to admit that I'd been wasting more and more time there experiencing fandom in an increasingly passive way. So I just deleted my Tumblr entirely and came back to Dreamwidth where I still waste time, but in more creative ways and having actual discussions with people.

[dreamerinsilico]

Yeah, I still maintain a presence over there, myself, but frankly I wish I could bring myself to do what you did. It can indeed be SUCH a passive time-waster! DW feels *much* more interactive, and that's been great.

[oldtoadwoman]

I deleted my account in sync with the people trying to rally people to delete their accounts as a form of protest. But the real reason I was deleting it was because it was both wasting my time and stressing me out (because I was following too many political activist blogs and even though I agreed with them, it's not great for your mental health to constantly be told you're not doing enough to save the world). I needed to go cold turkey to make a break with it.

[dreamerinsilico]

Oh god, yeah, I entirely hear you on the activist stress. That's a big thing for me right now, too. I've gotten better about staying away on the really bad days than I used to be, at least.