I think one of the reasons Good Omens is such a gift to fans is because it's so fannish itself. Good Omens inspires fanfic partly because it is fanfic. It's fic of the Book of Genesis and the Book of Revelation, and of Milton's Paradise Lost.
I mean, it's also breathtakingly original, but then so is a lot of fanfiction.
Good Omens: Lockdown is canon, but it also feels like fanfic. The whole fandom just contains so much possibility and feels gloriously permissive.
I love that they produced it during lockdown with Martin Sheen and David Tennant just recording their conversation from their respective houses. And I wonder whether the bookshop footage was leftover from shooting the TV show or shot specially for this, and if the latter, does that mean the set is still all put together, and does that mean they're planning a sequel? Otherwise surely they'd have dismantled it?
I just wrote my first fic and I was really pleased to get some positive comments on it. (I've got the same username there as on here if you want to take a look). I'm working on another (which I started a month ago and is of course about C/A in lockdown, because that's one of the ways I'm processing what's happening) and now I have ideas for a third set in the Garden of Eden, which is sort of Good Omens fanfic and also sort of Bible fanfic. And so we come full circle.
I love the way this fandom encompasses ancient history and mythology and religion and cosmology and ethics. The scope is vast.
I mean, it's also breathtakingly original, but then so is a lot of fanfiction.
Good Omens: Lockdown is canon, but it also feels like fanfic. The whole fandom just contains so much possibility and feels gloriously permissive.
I love that they produced it during lockdown with Martin Sheen and David Tennant just recording their conversation from their respective houses. And I wonder whether the bookshop footage was leftover from shooting the TV show or shot specially for this, and if the latter, does that mean the set is still all put together, and does that mean they're planning a sequel? Otherwise surely they'd have dismantled it?
I just wrote my first fic and I was really pleased to get some positive comments on it. (I've got the same username there as on here if you want to take a look). I'm working on another (which I started a month ago and is of course about C/A in lockdown, because that's one of the ways I'm processing what's happening) and now I have ideas for a third set in the Garden of Eden, which is sort of Good Omens fanfic and also sort of Bible fanfic. And so we come full circle.
I love the way this fandom encompasses ancient history and mythology and religion and cosmology and ethics. The scope is vast.
So, Tumblr have kicked out adult content - maybe we'll see a resurgence of users on Dreamwidth?
Despite my recent posting hiatus (chronic illness blah blah) I'm interested in re-engaging with Dreamwidth. Not for adult content, for the most part, but as an alternative to Facebook. I've cut my Facebook usage back to the bare minimum: I've never installed the app on my phone, my stock reply on Messenger is to ask people to contact me on Signal or Whatsapp instead, I've disabled my feed in Chrome and Firefox on my laptop and PC, and (in theory) I only Facebook for events now - the one feature which is hard to replace.
In practice, I haven't figured out how to turn off my feed on my phone, so I do still find myself scrolling there - although I have got into the habit of using mbasic.facebook.com rather than m.facebook.com, so it only shows me a handful of posts at a time, and I have to actively quick a link to fetch more - which is more disruptive than the infinity scroll and, after a few clicks, reminds me to stop and do something else.
Anyway, my intention is to pretty much not post original content on FB at all and post it here instead. But I do still find myself sharing interesting links on FB which crop up in my feed, when I come across them while scrolling on my phone.
I recently found this recipe by![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
siderea on how to build a virtual community on LJ/DW. To build engagement, she advises posting as many blegs (questions, asking for recommendations) as diary posts, and more pointers (links to interesting things online) than either. This kinda makes sense - diary posts can be hard to comment on, and pointers are likely to be shorter and feel lower-pressure, as well as being safe topics for small talk, and easier for people who don't know each other well to pitch in on.
Personally I like the way that LJ/DW encourage relative strangers to read and comment on each other's personal stuff, but I can see the wisdom of posting more quick link type posts. So far I've mostly used Dreamwidth for diary-type posts, and used Facebook for link sharing. Moving the links here would serve two purposes: it would cut down my engagement on Facebook by another degree, and it would maybe increase engagement here.
It's going to be tricky to make the switch - I only scroll my FB feed on my phone, and I haven't got the hang of DW posting from my phone yet. But I think it would keep me coming back to DW regularly enough that hopefully I'd avoid another hiatus like the ten week one that just happened.
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The main issue I'm having with Dreamwidth is finding friends on here. When I created this account I wanted to start fresh, without a backlink to my previous DW/LJ identities. I posted a link friends-only on Facebook, but I don't know how many people saw it. At present, I'm pretty sure most of the people who follow my previous accounts, and who would still be interested in following me, don't know I'm here. Perhaps the answer is a friends-locked post on my old account, letting people know about this one - it would help old friends find me without linking new contacts back to my old accounts.
Anyway, if there are people you know I know who are on DW, but I'm not following them, please link us up!
Despite my recent posting hiatus (chronic illness blah blah) I'm interested in re-engaging with Dreamwidth. Not for adult content, for the most part, but as an alternative to Facebook. I've cut my Facebook usage back to the bare minimum: I've never installed the app on my phone, my stock reply on Messenger is to ask people to contact me on Signal or Whatsapp instead, I've disabled my feed in Chrome and Firefox on my laptop and PC, and (in theory) I only Facebook for events now - the one feature which is hard to replace.
In practice, I haven't figured out how to turn off my feed on my phone, so I do still find myself scrolling there - although I have got into the habit of using mbasic.facebook.com rather than m.facebook.com, so it only shows me a handful of posts at a time, and I have to actively quick a link to fetch more - which is more disruptive than the infinity scroll and, after a few clicks, reminds me to stop and do something else.
Anyway, my intention is to pretty much not post original content on FB at all and post it here instead. But I do still find myself sharing interesting links on FB which crop up in my feed, when I come across them while scrolling on my phone.
I recently found this recipe by
siderea on how to build a virtual community on LJ/DW. To build engagement, she advises posting as many blegs (questions, asking for recommendations) as diary posts, and more pointers (links to interesting things online) than either. This kinda makes sense - diary posts can be hard to comment on, and pointers are likely to be shorter and feel lower-pressure, as well as being safe topics for small talk, and easier for people who don't know each other well to pitch in on.Personally I like the way that LJ/DW encourage relative strangers to read and comment on each other's personal stuff, but I can see the wisdom of posting more quick link type posts. So far I've mostly used Dreamwidth for diary-type posts, and used Facebook for link sharing. Moving the links here would serve two purposes: it would cut down my engagement on Facebook by another degree, and it would maybe increase engagement here.
It's going to be tricky to make the switch - I only scroll my FB feed on my phone, and I haven't got the hang of DW posting from my phone yet. But I think it would keep me coming back to DW regularly enough that hopefully I'd avoid another hiatus like the ten week one that just happened.
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The main issue I'm having with Dreamwidth is finding friends on here. When I created this account I wanted to start fresh, without a backlink to my previous DW/LJ identities. I posted a link friends-only on Facebook, but I don't know how many people saw it. At present, I'm pretty sure most of the people who follow my previous accounts, and who would still be interested in following me, don't know I'm here. Perhaps the answer is a friends-locked post on my old account, letting people know about this one - it would help old friends find me without linking new contacts back to my old accounts.
Anyway, if there are people you know I know who are on DW, but I'm not following them, please link us up!
Having the opportunity to write here is foregrounding why I haven't been doing much personal journalling for the last few years. A lot of what I have to talk about is work, and I don't want to talk about that here. (Lots of reasons, but the main one you need to know is, my work is relatively sensitive and visible, and I value my privacy.) Beyond work - or perhaps behind it - is heaps of personal stuff which feels - well - personal. I remember having no compunction about spilling all on Livejournal: relationships, decisions, people I met. These days, I'm a little more present to the potential consequences of being so unfiltered.
In one's mid thirties, "life stuff" is higher stakes than it is in one's mid twenties. Back then, I was mostly wrapped up in my own affairs; whereas a lot of what's going on for me at the moment is deeply private because it relates to other people's privacy, which I'm committed to preserving.
Still, I have something of a personal policy of being revealed where I can. I chose my job partly because candour is a bonus - but being very revealed there, it makes it hard to know how much I can share here without crossing the streams. I don't want to make the digital equivalent of small talk here, but nor do I want to commit things to public record which I will regret later. I think it might take me a bit of time to figure out where I want to draw the line.
In one's mid thirties, "life stuff" is higher stakes than it is in one's mid twenties. Back then, I was mostly wrapped up in my own affairs; whereas a lot of what's going on for me at the moment is deeply private because it relates to other people's privacy, which I'm committed to preserving.
Still, I have something of a personal policy of being revealed where I can. I chose my job partly because candour is a bonus - but being very revealed there, it makes it hard to know how much I can share here without crossing the streams. I don't want to make the digital equivalent of small talk here, but nor do I want to commit things to public record which I will regret later. I think it might take me a bit of time to figure out where I want to draw the line.
