long time no see

[dickinsons]

Hello there! It's been almost a year since I last posted here, although I never went back to Tumblr anyway (leaving Tumblr was the reason why I joined DW). I've mostly been on Twitter but I thought I might try being here again. How is everyone doing? I hope you're all safe, here in Spain we've been on lockdown for at least 40 days I think, and it's honestly a lot.

I've been distracting myself by watching tv shows. First I finished watching Xena, which I had started watching already, and although I hated the ending I loved the show. I watched it as a kid so it brought good memories, and of course I LOVE Xena/Gabby. After that I watched Battlestar Galactica, which I also loved and actually had an ending that I liked (controversial, I know). I'm a bit obsessed with Gaius, as I think he's the most interesting character in the show, and with Six (especially Caprica) and their relationship. Finally, I decided to start watching Star Trek a few days ago. Mind you, I've been wanting to do so for years, but the amount of tv shows and films of the franchise intimidated me. I felt that I was ready now! I'm enjoying TOS so far, I hadn't watched old sci-fi since my Doctor Who days when I'd watch some random classic Who serials.

One last question since I'm back. Are there any active comms that you are enjoying lately?

Comments

[goodbyebird]

Yeah, I saw that kids are allowed outside for an hour so long as they're with an adult. That must be such a release for the poor parents and their cooped up kids.

I'm definitely looking forward to it!

Oh btw, when it comes to active places, you're much better off finding people with active journals that share your interests. Sadly communities don't really thrive anymore, besides challenge communities. Reactions and meta usually go in journals, AO3 has pretty much taken fic announcements and recs lists off the table, and graphics mostly go on tumblr.

[dickinsons]

Yes, I'm happy for the kids and their families! Apparently everyone might be able to go outside for an hour starting on Saturday, they still have to give the details but it sounds promising.

Oh I hadn't realised, that's interesting. I'll look for more journals to follow then! Shame about Tumblr though, there are many artists I used to follow there who got their NSFW art removed.

[goodbyebird]

Checking who has the same interests tags as you(just click them on your profile) will give you a list of users with the same interest, sorted by who updated last. Doesn't guarantee they're actively posting about it though, especially for older fandoms.

One thing I like to do if a new show or movie had particularly caught my interest, is go to Explore/Site and Journal Search (just avoid common words like "the"). That'll bring up the most recent entries containing the word(s), and hopefully you find someone who's just as taken with your new shiny as you are ;)

[dickinsons]

Those are great ideas! I haven't used the interests tags in a while so I should do that again as I have new interests, but I've never done your second suggestion before. Thank you!