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[regshoe]

In fact I had already remembered, but as Tumblr has just reminded me, it's ten years to the day since I first made my blog over there, which is the closest thing I have to a specific date of starting to participate in fandom. Well, it's been a long and varied time! I think myself of ten years ago would be pretty surprised, and I hope largely pleased, if she could see where I am, what I've achieved and what I'm doing in fandom now.

Comments

[lyr]

Happy 10 year DW-versary!

[regshoe]

I've only been on DW four and a half years, in fact, but thank you :D

[lyr]

Whoops, sorry, misspoke that a bit. Trying to type Tumblr while on DW just confused me.

[phantomtomato]

Woah, ten years! Even more impressive for having maintained a consistent identity for that whole decade! Congratulations, and here’s to another :D

[regshoe]

Thank you! I suppose I've never really had a reason to change fandom identities, so it's just sort of kept going along...

[shipperslist]

Congrats!

I count my fandom-days from the date I joined on AO3. That'll be nine years in August.

[regshoe]

Thank you :D I took a while to start writing fic, so AO3 is only not-quite-six years for me—early congratulations on your nine years!

[sanguinity]

Happy fandomversary! I'm happy we fell into the same fandom, thus giving me the opportunity to meet you!

[regshoe]

Aww, thank you—and likewise :)

[china_shop]

Happy fanversary!! *\o/*

[regshoe]

Thank you :D

[philomytha]

Happy faniversary!

[regshoe]

Thank you!

[luzula]

Congratulations! : D I can't remember when I first started to follow you? Probably it was for your book reviews, and it wasn't that long before you first read FotH...

My own date of starting to participate in fandom was when I first got a Livejournal in December 2006.

[regshoe]

Thank you :) I remember when I first subscribed to you—I was trying to find people with similar tastes to follow by looking at authors of fics I'd bookmarked, and recips too if they were gift fics, and you were the recip of this lovely story.

[luzula]

Ah, so it was our shared preference for Laurie/Andrew that brought us together! : D Although I am ashamed of what a short comment I wrote on that gift fic ten years ago! I do better these days, I hope.

[regshoe]

Indeed so :D I think commenting—and really, proactively talking to people in general—is something I used to be dreadful at and have (hopefully) got much better at over those ten years.